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This wildfire season, changes are coming to better inform people about smoke hazards
Last year's record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country. Environment Canada's colour-coded Air Qua...
May 20, 2024
Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
There will be Victoria Day fireworks at Rogers Arena tonight as the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks tangle in Game 7 to determine who becomes "Canada's team" for the remainder of the playoffs. T...
May 20, 2024
South Africa's top court rules former President Zuma cannot stand in election over criminal record
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - South Africa's highest court ruled Monday that former President Jacob Zuma is not allowed to stand as a candidate for Parliament in a national election next week because...
May 20, 2024
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-line diplomat, dies in helicopter crash
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-liner close to the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who confronted the West while also overseeing i...
May 19, 2024
Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protégé, dies at 63 in helicopter crash
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protg of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the coun...
May 19, 2024
Edwards leads Wolves back from 20-point deficit for 98-90 win over defending champion Nuggets
DENVER (AP) - Anthony Edwards overcame a slow start and the Timberwolves roared back from a 20-point second-half deficit to eliminate the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets 98-90 in a Game 7 Minneso...
May 19, 2024
Edwards leads Wolves back from 20-point deficit for 98-90 win over defending champion Nuggets
DENVER (AP) - Anthony Edwards overcame a slow start and the Timberwolves roared back from a 20-point second-half deficit to eliminate the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets 98-90 in a Game 7 Minneso...
May 19, 2024
Dominican Republic's president on path to reelection as main opponents concede
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is on the path to a second term following Sunday's general elections, with his top competitors conceding early in th...
May 19, 2024
Official says rescuers see helicopter that was carrying Iran's president, others at a distance
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Rescuers on Monday found a helicopter that was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials that had apparently crash...
May 19, 2024
Lai Ching-te inaugurated as Taiwan's president in a transition likely to bolster island's US ties
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan has inaugurated Lai Ching-te as its a new president. It took place in a ceremony Monday after he won an election earlier this year. He is a relative moderate who will cont...
May 19, 2024