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FAISALABAD, Pakistan -- At first, in her desperate calls home to her mother in Pakistan, Natasha Masih couldn't bring herself to say what they were doing to her. All the 19-year-old would say was that her new husband -- a Chinese man her family sold her off to in marriage -- was torturing her. Source

After a nerve-wracking and historic playoff run that ended with the Toronto Raptors winning their first NBA title, the time has come for the team and its fans to bask in the glory of victory. Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment (MLSE), the corporation that owns the Raptors, will host the team's official championship parade and rally in downtown Toronto on Monday. Source

A Boeing executive is apologizing to airlines and families of victims of 737 Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Vice-President Randy Tinseth told reporters at the Paris Air Show on Monday that "we are very sorry for the loss of lives" in the Lion Air crash in October and Ethiopian Airlines crash in March. Source

LONDON -- Boris Johnson's bid to become Britain's next prime minister has been bolstered by fresh support from one of his former rivals. Health Secretary Matt Hancock threw his support behind Johnson on Monday, saying the Brexit-backing former London mayor is the best candidate to unite the party and is able to deliver an agenda, "with the energy that gets stuff done. Source

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran will break the uranium stockpile limit set by Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in the next 10 days, the spokesman for the country's atomic agency said Monday while also warning that Iran has the need for uranium enriched up to 20%, just a step away from weapons-grade levels. Source

PHILADELPHIA -- Authorities in Philadelphia say one person has been killed and at least seven others have been shot during a graduation party. KYW-TV reports the shooting occurred Sunday shortly before 10:30 p.m. near South 70th Street and Reed Bird Place. Source

When this election year kicked off, Justin Trudeau's Liberals were on track for victory in the fall federal election. Now, as parliamentarians prepare to head home after this week's expected adjournment of the House of Commons, they'll return to a very different political landscape. Source

In the Beauce, a low-lying valley south of Quebec City, there once was a man who didn't like Muslims. He thought they wanted to impose Shariah law, and that they wanted to convert everyone they met, and that they were terrorists. Source

A false blog post claiming that the Trudeau government sent $465 million in foreign aid to Afghanistan, only to have it "disappear," continues to be shared online. The right-wing fringe political party that originally penned the post is one of a handful of Canadian groups that peddle false and misleading information online in an effort to spread xenophobic ideas, according to the Canadian Anti-Hate Network. Source

The telephone call that changed Mohammad Amin's life came in the summer of 2005, while he was working as a supervisor at a manufacturing plant in Toronto. An Afghan immigrant, he'd lived a quiet, peaceful life and was looking to get married and settle down. Source