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Supermodel was disqualified from role in 2024 after Charity Commission accused her of misusing funds and abdicating responsibilities

Naomi Campbell has won a legal challenge to overturn a five-year ban on being a charity trustee after judges found she was unaware of serious misconduct at the charity she set up and helped oversee for several years.

In 2024, the 56-year-old supermodel was disqualified from being a charity trustee for five years after the Charity Commission – which regulates charities in England and Wales – found mismanagement of funds at Fashion for Relief, which she founded.

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Police investigating reports of politicians’ homes being broken into in last year with nothing being stolen

The Finnish prime minister, Petteri Orpo, has said a foreign power could be responsible for a series of suspected break-ins at the homes of several members of parliament.

Police said on Thursday they were investigating multiple reports of MPs’ homes being broken into in the Helsinki area in the last year in which nothing was stolen but subtle signs of breaking and entering were left.

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1. Winner of Nikon microscopy photo contest faces criticism over AI usage  CNN
2. Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest  BBC
3. Nikon ‘Re-Reviewing’ Winner of Small World in Motion Contest After AI Accusation  PetaPixel
4. Nikon Contest Winner Doubted: 'Not Consistent With Nature'  Newser

1. Winner of Nikon microscopy photo contest faces criticism over AI usage  CNN
2. Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest  BBC
3. Nikon ‘Re-Reviewing’ Winner of Small World in Motion Contest After AI Accusation  PetaPixel
4. Nikon Contest Winner Doubted: 'Not Consistent With Nature'  Newser

Canadian Joshua Kutryk and Crew-13 astronauts set to launch to International Space Station today  Radio-CanadaSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News

1. Kindle gets a clicker: Amazon unveils $35 page-turning remote and refreshes its e-reader lineup  geekwire.com
2. Amazon introduces a completely redesigned Kindle family  About Amazon
3. Amazon is launching colorful new Kindles — and a case with physical page-turn buttons  The Verge
4. Amazon’s New Kindles Are Thinner, Lighter and More Colorful  Bloomberg.com
5. Amazon Rolls Out a Cornucopia of New Kindle E-Readers  CNET

1. Kindle gets a clicker: Amazon unveils $35 page-turning remote and refreshes its e-reader lineup  geekwire.com
2. Amazon introduces a completely redesigned Kindle family  About Amazon
3. Amazon is launching colorful new Kindles — and a case with physical page-turn buttons  The Verge
4. Amazon Introduces New Kindle Paperwhite, Colorsoft And Entry-Level Models  Engadget
5. Amazon Rolls Out a Cornucopia of New Kindle E-Readers  CNET

What’s happening on (and off) Parliament Hill, plus the news you need to start your day.

It would be the first project to receive the designation since Ottawa passed Bill C-5 more than a year ago. The act gives Ottawa the power to issue special conditions for projects covering a dozen federal laws in order to help them proceed.

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In protecting the right to collective bargaining, someone needs to be responsible for thinking about the public interest beyond the specific employer and union. 

In a statement, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 500 called Bill C-39 the "most aggressive federal assault on collective bargaining and the right to strike we've witnessed in decades."

In a letter released to constituents today, Aitchison said after 30 years of public life, he plans to explore other opportunities.

The two-day meeting of trade ministers from the world's biggest economies is being held in Milwaukee amid a global trade disruption caused in large part by U.S. President Donald Trump's trade agenda.

What’s happening on (and off) Parliament Hill, plus the news you need to start your day.

Beginning in the 19th century, more than 150,000 Indigenous children in Canada were separated from their families and communities and sent to church-run residential schools where abuse, malnutrition and inadequate health care were rampant.

Mark Maki says he can see and feel private-sector interest returning, "like old familiar faces are back," after being asked about the limited and conditional interest so far.

Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement in Vancouver on Tuesday, days before he's expected to advance a project to build a new pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast.

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