Category: World News
As Iran-Israel conflict rages, Ottawa vows flight help if citizens get out – National
The federal government will help Canadians stuck in Iran, Israel and the West Bank leave the region on nearby commercial flights as the deadly conflict escalates. Those Canadians will have to reach a neighbouring country first, however, Foreign Minister Anita Anand said in a statement Thursday. Airspace over Iran and Israel has been closed since…
Netanyahu visits hospital damaged in Iranian strike
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White House has full schedule on Juneteenth, marking DEI shift from Biden
Despite Juneteenth’s status as a federal holiday, President Trump has a full schedule at the White House on Thursday in sharp contrast with Joseph R. Biden, who gave staffers the day off and didn’t hold public events. Source link
Flooding and rock slides close heavily damaged I-40 section in Smoky Mountains
HARTFORD, Tenn. — Heavy rain, flooding and a rock slide have again closed a section of the major cross country highway Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains. The slide and flood happened Wednesday afternoon around mile marker 450 in Tennessee, just to the west of the state line with North…
Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé in hospital with gastroenteritis at Club World Cup | Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappé has been admitted to hospital with acute gastroenteritis, Real Madrid have said. The forward missed the team’s opening game of the Club World Cup against Al-Hilal, which ended in a 1-1 draw on Wednesday. “Our player Kylian Mbappé is suffering from an acute case of gastroenteritis and has been admitted to hospital in…
What to know about Israel’s nuclear weapons program
The Federation of American Scientists and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, an independent international organization dedicated to researching arms control and disarmament, estimate that Israel has around 90 nuclear warheads. Due to Israel’s official stance of ambiguity regarding its nuclear program, the organizations note the difficulties in determining the extent of the country’s nuclear…
Sole survivor of India plane crash mourns his brother during funeral
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Carney’s major projects bill sails through committee. What’s next? – National
Running roughshod over the environment. Spawning the next Idle No More movement. Picking economic winners and losers. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Building Canada Act is anything if not a magnet for criticism. The Liberal government’s controversial legislation that would let cabinet quickly grant federal approvals for big industrial projects like mines, ports and pipelines sailed…
Google faces setback on EU fine as court adviser sides with regulators – National
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Google faced a big setback Thursday in its attempt to overturn a multibillion-dollar European Union antitrust penalty involving Android after a top court’s legal adviser sided with regulators. The European Court of Justice’s advocate general, Juliane Kokott, recommended in a non-binding opinion that Google’s appeal against the…
Hurricane Erick makes landfall in southern Mexico as category 3 storm – National
Powerful Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca early Thursday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The hurricane’s centre was located about 20 miles (30 kilometres) east of Punta Maldonado. Its maximum sustained winds were clocked at 125 mph (205 kph). It was moving northwest at 9 mph (15 kph), the hurricane centre said. The…