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Sending Canadian vessel to Cuba alongside Russia's was carefully planned: Minister
OTTAWA - National Defence Minister Bill Blair's office is defending the decision to send a Canadian ship to Cuba where it docked alongside some of Russia's fleet, calling it a "carefully" planned move...
Jun 16, 2024
Riot police in Germany intervene to stem fan clashes before Serbia-England match at Euro 2024
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) - Riot police in Germany intervened to stop brawling soccer fans before Sunday's match between Serbia and England at the European Championship soccer tournament in Germany....
Jun 16, 2024
Riot police in Germany intervene to stem fan clashes before Serbia-England match at Euro 2024
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) - Riot police in Germany intervened to stop brawling soccer fans before Sunday's match between Serbia and England at the European Championship soccer tournament in Germany....
Jun 16, 2024
Dabrowski, Routliffe win Nottingham women's doubles title ahead of Wimbledon
NOTTINGHAM - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and teammate Erin Routliffe have won the women's doubles title at the Rothesay Open, which is a grass-court warmup for Wimbledon. The top seeds outlasted Brita...
Jun 16, 2024
Ukraine keen to show its spirit at Euro 2024 with added motivation to advance
MUNICH (AP) - Three years ago Ukraine reached the quarterfinals of the pandemic-delayed Euro 2020 in the country's most successful European Championship to date. But a lot has changed since then. The ...
Jun 16, 2024
Pilgrims commence the final rites of Hajj as Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat. The ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islami...
Jun 16, 2024
80 countries at Swiss conference agree territorial integrity of Ukraine must be basis of any peace
OBBRGEN, Switzerland (AP) - Eighty countries jointly called Sunday for the "territorial integrity" of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia's war, though some key developing na...
Jun 16, 2024
German police shot a man allegedly threatening them with an ax in a city hosting Euro 2024 match
BERLIN (AP) - German police said Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an axe and a firebomb in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosted a match in the Euro 2024...
Jun 16, 2024
German police shot a man allegedly threatening them with an ax in a city hosting Euro 2024 match
BERLIN (AP) - German police said Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an axe and a firebomb in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosted a match in the Euro 2024...
Jun 16, 2024
New signs warning of great white sharks in the works for some East Coast beaches
HALIFAX - There's growing evidence that the number of great white sharks is on the rise along Canada's East Coast, where plans are in the works to post warning signs for beachgoers for the first time....
Jun 16, 2024