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Ottawa warns more than 20,000 Canadians there is no guaranteed Lebanon evacuation
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada is warning more than 20,000 Canadians in Lebanon that they can't rely on government evacuation flights if war engulfs that country. The department says 21,399 Canadians ...
Jul 31, 2024
South Carolina Supreme Court rules state death penalty including firing squad is legal
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state's death penalty, which now includes a firing squad as well as lethal injection and the electric chair, is legal. A...
Jul 31, 2024
Former Sask. Party MLA Lyle Stewart dies after battle with cancer
Former Saskatchewan Party MLA Lyle Stewart has died after a battle with cancer. He was 73.Premier Scott Moe paid tribute to the party stalwart, who resigning his Lumsden-Morse seat in 2023, in a post ...
Jul 31, 2024
Borden’s Savannah Sutherland excited to make Olympic debut
The Olympic Games in Paris could be the first of many for Savannah Sutherland.The 20-year-old from Borden, Sask. is making her Olympic debut in track and field, where she'll compete in the 400-metre h...
Jul 31, 2024
Colombian President Petro calls on Venezuela's Maduro to release detailed vote counts from election
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday called on his close ally, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, to release detailed vote counts of the weekend election in which...
Jul 31, 2024
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran by an alleged Israeli strike, threatening escalation
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital Wednesday, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risks escalating the con...
Jul 31, 2024
Canadiens sign defenceman Kaiden Guhle to six-year, $33.3M extension
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens signed defenceman Kaiden Guhle to a six-year, US$33.3-million contract extension on Wednesday. The contract begins in 2025-26 with Guhle entering the final year of hi...
Jul 31, 2024
UK leader accuses far right of hijacking a town’s grief after killing of 3 children sparks violence
Residents swept up broken bricks, shattered glass and burnt plastic on Wednesday after far-right protesters clashed with police outside a mosque in a northwest England town where three girls were fata...
Jul 31, 2024
Critic of Arizona’s elections operations unseats incumbent election official in GOP primary
PHOENIX (AP) - State Rep. Justin Heap, a critic of Arizona's voting operations in 2020 and 2022 has unseated Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer in the Republican primary. Elsewhere, Primary Elect...
Jul 31, 2024
Sudan's military says its top commander survived a drone strike that killed 5 at an army ceremony
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military said its top commander, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, survived a drone attack on a military graduation ceremony that killed five people in the country's east. The military sa...
Jul 31, 2024