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SINGAPORE - Singapore said late on Tuesday border officials in the city-state had denied entry to an Indonesian Muslim cleric, citing what it said were Abdul Somad Batubara's "extremist and segregationist teachings." The cleric, who had traveled by ferry from the Indonesian port of Batam to Singapore on Monday has a large online following in the world's biggest Muslim-majority country. Source

Canadian members of Parliament are urging the government to pay more attention to recent U.S. news about “unidentified aerial phenomena,” or UAP: a term used for what are more commonly known as unidentified flying objects and UFOs. Source

The 18-year-old man accused of mass murder at a Buffalo supermarket legally obtained an AR-15 style rifle, believed to be the same weapon he described modifying in a lengthy, racist rant posted online before the attack. Source

Business owners in P.E.I.'s largest seasonal resort area are hoping for a busy summer following two years of COVID-19 restrictions — but many are struggling to find staff for the upcoming tourist season. Cavendish, on P.E.I.'s North Coast, is known for its white sand beaches, coastal trails and campgrounds. Source

The father of Chelsea Poorman says police lied to him and mishandled his daughter's case from the moment she was reported missing 20 months ago to the announced completion of their investigation in late April, when they categorized her death as not suspicious. Source

SALT LAKE CITY - A 13-year-old Utah boy has died from his injuries a day after a sand dune he was digging in collapsed and buried him at a state park, officials said Monday. The boy had been digging a tunnel into the dune at southern Utah's Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park when it collapsed on him Saturday evening, park rangers said. Source

B.C.-based Trevali Mining Corp. says none of the eight workers missing since the Perkoa Mine in Burkina Faso flooded a month ago were able to reach an underground refuge chamber. The company, headquartered in Vancouver, says rescue workers, who have been working 24 hours a day to remove water from the mine, reached the refuge 570 metres below ground but found it intact with no one inside. Source

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the "poison" of white supremacy and said the nation must "reject the lie" of the racist theory espoused by the shooter who killed 10 Black people in Buffalo. Speaking to victims' families, local officials and first responders, Biden said America's diversity is its strength, and warned that the nation must not be be distorted by a "hateful minority. Source

Tetiana Chudiiovych fled Kyiv shortly after the Russian invasion and made her way to safety in Italy with her two children. After almost two months of waiting for visas, the family arrived in Saskatoon over the past weekend. Source

Many Canadians say gun violence is increasing in the communities they live in, with residents in major cities and the country's largest provinces mostly reporting such views, according to a new survey from the Angus Reid Institute. Source