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Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings.

The former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development says major funding cuts to the agency could lead to more cases of diseases such as paralytic polio and malaria. 

Canadians may know U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as the face of Donald Trump's tariffs. But nearly 25 years ago, he became a national figure when more than 650 employees of his Wall Street firm located in the World Trade Center were killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

King Charles hasn’t made any official public statements on current high-level political matters that are critical for countries where he is head of state. But in his recent actions, there could be subtle signals and a reflection of the kind of soft power and diplomacy the monarchy can try to exert.