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UEFA suspends Turkey player Merih Demiral for 2 games for making nationalistic gesture at Euro 2024
BERLIN (AP) - UEFA suspended Turkey player Merih Demiral for two matches on Friday for making a controversial gesture at the European Championship. It rules the defender out of Turkey's quarterfinal a...
Jul 05, 2024

Hungary's Orbán arrives in Moscow for talks with Putin, a rare visit from a European leader
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbn has arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Orbn's press chief said Friday, a rare visit to Russia by a Europea...
Jul 05, 2024

Jude Bellingham avoids an immediate ban at Euro 2024 over offensive gesture but gets fined
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Jude Bellingham has avoided an immediate ban after the England midfielder appeared to make an offensive gesture in his team's win over Slovakia. Bellingham will be availabl...
Jul 05, 2024

In the news today: LCBO workers on strike after talks break down
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Break down in talks lead to LCBO workers strike Thousands of workers are now on strike for the first time in t...
Jul 05, 2024

Calgarians put water crisis aside, prepare for fun at Stampede
CALGARY - Calgary residents are getting a happy diversion from their water woes, as its annual Stampede summer festival begins today with a downtown parade. The parade comes a month to the day after a...
Jul 05, 2024

Statistics Canada to release jobs report for June today
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release its latest reading on the job market today. The agency is set to publish its labour force survey for June later this morning. The Canadian economy added 27,000 ...
Jul 05, 2024

International environmental watchdog wants probe into shipping pollution enforcement
Investigators with an international environmental watchdog have recommended a probe into whether Canada is violating its own laws by not stopping toxic wastewater from being dumped into the ocean alon...
Jul 05, 2024

Canada's global reputation suffering under Trudeau, Garneau asserts in autobiography
OTTAWA - Former foreign affairs minister Marc Garneau says Canada has lost its standing in the world under the tenure of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom he criticizes as an ill-prepared leader who...
Jul 05, 2024

A new U.K. government renews hopes for a free-trade deal with Canada
OTTAWA - The major shift in the British political landscape after Thursday's election will likely have little impact on Canada's relationship with its ally across the pond, experts say, though it is r...
Jul 05, 2024

Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iranians began voting Friday in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become p...
Jul 04, 2024