Dawn had not yet broken in Jerusalem on October 7, 2023, when Baruch Apisdorf received a text message from his best friend. David Newman, 25, had borrowed Apisdorf’s car to go to a music festival in southern Israel. Newman’s text was urgent: he was hiding in a dumpster, from Hamas terrorists. “Pray for me and pray for your car,” Newman wrote, making a wry joke in the worst of circumstances: He was caught up in Hamas’s attack on the Nova festival, where terrorists killed 378 people, all but a few dozen civilians, and kidnapped 44 more. Apisdorf and his friends would identify Newman...

January 14, 2026 - 07:00 | Special to National Post | National Post

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Morning Update: Carney’s to-do list in China

Good morning. After years of frosty relations, Ottawa is testing whether a Beijing reset is worth the domestic and diplomatic fallout – more on that below, along with ICE clashes in Minnesota and the shrinking public service. Bur first:Today’s headlinesIran hints at fast trials and executions of protesters as the death toll exceeds 2,500As Venezuela begins releasing prisoners, a Manitoba man held there since 2013 seeks Ottawa’s helpAn Ontario court seeks the arrest of a man in a $10-million music-industry heist case

January 14, 2026 - 06:34 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail

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