Gaza ceasefire and hostage negotiators discussed new compromise proposals in Cairo on Saturday, seeking to bridge gaps between Israel and Hamas as the U.N. reported worsening humanitarian conditions, with malnutrition soaring and polio discovered. Israeli military strikes in Gaza killed 50 people on Saturday, Palestinian health authorities said. Victims of hostilities over the past 48…
With inflation nearly defeated and the job market cooling, the Federal Reserve is prepared to start cutting its key interest rate from its current 23-year high, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday. Powell did not say when rate cuts would begin or how large they might be, but the Fed is widely expected to announce a…
Special police units on Saturday joined the search for an unknown man who carried out a stabbing attack at a crowded festival in the western German city of Solingen, killing three people and wounding at least eight others, four of them seriously. A 15-year-old boy was arrested early Saturday. Police said he was suspected of knowing about…
TORONTO – Addison Barger will require a video review of his first walk-off homer in Major League Baseball because after his massive moment he had difficulty relaying what it was like to be mobbed by his Toronto Blue Jays teammates. After Joey Loperfido led off the ninth inning with a solo shot to left-centre field,…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday and announced a new military aid package ahead of Ukraine’s Independence Day on Saturday, their offices said. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who also spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umerov on Friday, said on…
Eating just 50 grams of processed meat per day — about the equivalent of two slices of ham — appears to correlate to a 15 per cent higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes within the next decade, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, suggests that eating…
As questions swirl around how long Canadian rail lines might stay dormant, some economists argue that the Bank of Canada ought to look past any disruptions as it looks to tame inflation and ease pressure on the stagnant economy. The federal government on Thursday waded into a rail shutdown that began earlier that day, promising…
When U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, she highlighted an issue that dominated the party’s convention this week: the reality millions of women face without access to abortion. Each day of the convention, audiences inside Chicago’s United Center and watching from home heard harrowing stories from women who faced…
Alberta’s top court has allowed a southwestern ranching community to appeal the provincial energy regulator’s decision to accept applications to explore for coal in the Rocky Mountains. In a ruling released Thursday, the Alberta Court of Appeal said it will hear arguments from the Municipal District of Ranchland that the Alberta Energy Regulator shouldn’t have…
By Staff The Associated Press Posted August 23, 2024 6:39 pm Updated August 23, 2024 6:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Three people were killed and four were seriously wounded in an attack on Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, police said. Police…
