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"My dog was like, sitting next to me, just wagging his tail, like nothing happened."
A US judge ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to overturn deep funding cuts to Harvard University that froze more than $2 billion over allegations of antisemitism and bias at the Ivy League institution.
BEIJING (AP) — China showcased its military might in a parade Wednesday marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II as it seeks to wield greater influence on the global stage.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Construction work has intensified on a major new structure at a facility key to Israel’s long-suspected atomic weapons program, according to satellite images analyzed by experts. They say it could be a new reactor or a facility to assemble nuclear arms — but secrecy shrouding the program makes it difficult to know for sure.
The arrest of Graham Linehan on suspicion of inciting violence against transgender people is adding to a debate across the Atlantic over the policing of speech in Britain.
Officials had mulled the idea of classifying a new bridge planned to link the Italian mainland to Sicily as a project of strategic, military importance.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — As artillery and bombs pound around Gaza’s largest city and Israel promises a punishing new offensive, Palestinians in the city are paralyzed with fear — unsure where to go, when to leave and if they will ever return.
BANGKOK (AP) — Soldiers in pristine and pressed uniforms marched in lockstep, their boots clacking a steady cadence on the pavement and their eyes following leader Xi Jinping as he drove by in review. Helicopters flew overhead, forming the numbers 8 and 0 in honor of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
U.S. tariffs of 15% on imports from the European Union still allow trade with the United States to flow and what is important is not the rate itself but the level compared with competitors, a senior European Commission trade official said on Wednesday. “There is a level ... where a tariff becomes prohibitive and trade [...]The post At 15% US Tariffs, EU Says Its Trade Still Flows appeared first on GV Wire.
Poland's new president, Karol Nawrocki, is set to visit the White House, looking to strengthen his relationship with President Donald Trump and make the case that the United States needs to maintain its robust military presence in his country.
U.S. employers posted 7.2 million job vacancies, falling from a March 2022 high of 12.1 million.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said that she will not seek reelection next year, confirming in a video post on social media that she will retire after months of speculation about her plans.
Troubled Dutch soccer club Vitesse Arnhem has been given a lifeline by an appeals court that suspended a previous decision to strip its license to play in the professional leagues. Vitesse said Wednesday the ruling by the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court means...
There are lots of old tales about fences ("Trump seizes victory in border wall fight with new funding," Web, Aug. 31).
Experts say the decision marks the first time such techniques are allowed as evidence in a New York court.
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-area home sales rose 2.9 per cent in August compared with last year, as the city's real estate board says the market appears to be recovering "albeit somewhat slowly" from the first half of the year.
Kim Jong Un set foot in Beijing for his first visit to China in years, accompanied by his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, also thought to be his successor, per South Korea’s National Intelligence Service.
The visit to Washington is President Karol Nawrocki's first overseas trip since taking office last month. It comes after Trump took the unusual step of involving himself in the elections of longtime ally Poland, endorsing Nawrocki.
"The United States Secret Service's (Secret Service) Counter Sniper Team (CS) is staffed 73% below the level necessary to meet mission requirements," the inspector general's report says. "Failure to appropriately staff CS could limit the Secret Service's ability to properly protect our Nation's most senior leaders, risking injury or assassination, and subsequent national-level harm to the country's sense of safety and security."
Splitero reports that 2025 is key for homeowners to access equity due to high values, living costs, and debt pressures, making options like home equity loans attractive.
BEIJING (AP) — China hosted several world leaders at a military parade in Beijing that marked the 80th anniversary Wednesday of the end of World War II.
BEIJING (AP) — China hosted several world leaders at a military parade in Beijing that marked the 80th anniversary Wednesday of the end of World War II. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. The Associated Press
Trump says US strike on vessel in Caribbean targeted Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang, killed 11
The upcoming change comes after parents recently filed a lawsuit accusing ChatGPT of encouraging their teenage son, Adam Raine, to commit suicide.
Smoke billowed from a brush fire burning in the Hollywood Hills Tuesday evening. The fire was first reported around 6:40 p.m. on the 2100 block of Sunset Plaza Drive, according to the Pulse Point app and was reportedly sparked by a car that was on fire. Multiple units were dispatched to battle the blaze, which [...]
'We can’t afford to keep it on the backburner any longer'
'We are once again going to put Pennsylvania steel into the backbone of America like never before,' Trump said
Candidates hoping to succeed Jagmeet Singh should be making themselves known in short order
Paragon’s technology is designed to hack into mobile phones and secretly record messages sent using encrypted apps such as Signal and WhatsApp
All eyes will be on how the trio of Xi, Putin and Kim interact with each other in a choreographed photo opportunity seen as a coup for China on the world stage
After Trump did not have any public appearances or hold press conferences for several days last week, speculation grew that he may have died
A U.S. House of Representatives committee released a first batch of documents from the investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sales of new single-family homes fell in July 2025, continuing a trend of slowing demand amid elevated mortgage rates and shifting market dynamics, according to new data ...
A jury has ruled in favor of Cardi B in a lawsuit where a security guard accused her of assault during the rapper's first pregnancy. On Tuesday, the jury in Alhambra, California, deliberated for about an hour before finding Cardi...
Peruvian authorities are investigating the shooting of an Indonesian diplomat as a contract killing
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A court on Tuesday annulled the Istanbul provincial congress of Turkey’s main opposition party, citing alleged procedural irregularities in a decision that critics view as an escalating campaign to weaken the party. The ruling against the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, led to the dismissal of Istanbul chair Ozgur Celik and [...]
People could face up to five years in prison for breaking the new measure once signed into law.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A court on Tuesday annulled the Istanbul provincial congress of Turkey’s main opposition party, citing alleged procedural irregularities in a decision that critics view as an escalating campaign to weaken the party.
Activists’ Sumud flotilla continues its voyage toward Gaza but faces setbacks, including rough weather, lost vessels, and slow speeds as the group sails...
Wall Street is pulling further from its records, ground down by tightening pressure from the bond market. The S&P 500 sank 0.9% after falling as much as 1.4% early Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 305 points, and the...
Deep-rooted resentment between the haves and have-nots set off a wave of antigovernment protests that have turned violent.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration will announce Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado, according to a person familiar with the announcement. Trump is expected to speak Tuesday afternoon, and he will give the new location, according [...]The post Trump will announce Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, AP source says appeared first on CityNews Kitchener.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration will announce on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado, according to two people familiar with the announcement. Trump is expected to speak Tuesday afternoon, and he will give the new location, [...]
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday accused the United States of seeking regime change in his country amid a naval buildup in the Caribbean.
The verdict and sentencing phase has started in the trial of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro. He faces allegations of leading a conspiracy to stay in power in the proceedings that opened Tuesday. A Supreme Court panel is set to...
Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, 78, who was first elected to Congress in 1992, says “watching the Biden thing really said something about the necessity for generational change in the party, and I think I want to respect that." He added that someone younger "can maybe do better, can maybe help us more."
President Donald Trump's administration has started requiring parents seeking to reunite with their children who crossed into the U.S. alone to attend interviews with immigration officers. That's according to a policy memo obtained by The Associated Press. And a legal...
BRANDON UNIVERSITY • A new academic year has arrived at Brandon University. New students will arrive on campus for Orientation today, beginning at 10:30 a.m., with campus tours, information sessions a...
Naomi Osaka delivered a statement win at the US Open by thrashing home favourite Coco Gauff in the last 16 on Monday as Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek charged into the quarter-finals.
World number one Jannik Sinner demolished big-serving Alexander Bublik to storm into the US Open quarter-finals on Monday.
Taiwanese Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting will not compete at the world championships starting this week, Taiwan's association told AFP on Tuesday, despite reportedly submitting her sex test results.
China will mark Japan’s defeat in World War II with a parade of missiles, soldiers and leaders like Kim Jong-un of North Korea and Vladimir Putin of Russia.
Yang Huafeng, a 92-year-old Chinese army veteran, recalls the modest military presence at the founding of communist China in 1949
Centrist Bolivian presidential front-runner Rodrigo Paz is hoping to attract a diverse group of voters with catchall rhetoric to fix Bolivia’s worst economic crisis in decades
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam marked its National Day on Tuesday with its largest military parade in decades, as thousands packed the streets of the capital, Hanoi, after many camped overnight to witness the grand display marking 80 years of independence. The parade unfolded at Ba Dinh Square, the site where revolutionary leader Ho Chi [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Defense paused on August 26 to honor the 13 U.S. service members and approximately 170 Afghan civilians killed in the 2021 suicide bombing at ...
Powerball players will get another chance tonight at a jackpot estimated at over $1 billion.
Psychologist Greg Jackman faces charges of sexually penetrating a client at a rape crisis center.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was on his way to Beijing on Tuesday morning, having crossed the border into China aboard an armoured train ahead of a massive military parade on Wednesday. Kim will join Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin for a huge spectacle in which China [...]The post North Korea’s Kim in China ahead of massive military parade appeared first on Digital Journal.
With "The Odyssey" and a new "Spider-Man" film, next summer looks set to be the summer of Tom Holland -- and the famously boyish and ebullient star can hardly contain his excitement.
The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off Thursday, with Hollywood stars Russell Crowe, Sydney Sweeney and Daniel Craig bringing hotly anticipated world premieres to the 50th edition of North America's biggest movie event.
Brazil’s Supreme Court will on Tuesday start passing judgment in the coup-plotting trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, a case that has put the Latin American powerhouse in US President Donald Trump’s sights. Bolsonaro risks over 40 years in prison if convicted of conspiring to cling onto power despite losing 2022 elections to leftist rival [...]The post Bolsonaro verdict looms as Brazil coup trial closes appeared first on Digital Journal.
SHENYANG, China (AP) — Yang Huafeng, a 92-year-old Chinese army veteran, remembers the troops on horseback and the handful of planes that marked the founding of communist China in 1949. It was a far cry from the military might the country will display Wednesday in a parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of [...]
Venus Williams prolonged her stay at the US Open on Monday, partnering Leylah Fernandez to reach her first Grand Slam doubles quarter-final in nearly a decade.
"I look forward to working with all countries for a more just and equitable global governance system and advancing toward a community with a shared future...
The International Cricket Council has announced a prize money of $13.88 million for the upcoming women’s ODI World Cup. This is almost a fourfold increase from the previous World Cup. The 2022 women’s World Cup in New Zealand had a...
Palestine team members checked anxiously for news from home even while they were competing at the Para Cycling Road World Championships at the weekend. The two riders were part of the Gaza Sunbirds, a para cycling team established for Gaza residents who lost their limbs in conflicts with Israel. Mohammed Asfour nearly pulled out of [...]
The Venice Film Festival celebrated Hollywood actress Kim Novak on Monday, bestowing a lifetime achievement award to the reluctant star and platinum blonde heroine of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo", now 92.
TIANJIN, China (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of a regional summit in China on Monday in a show of deepening ties when New Delhi’s relations with Washington are strained...
The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide said Monday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and...
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump said he will be signing an executive order ending mail-in voting and requiring voter ID.
It's possible that many more people have been sickened, the CDC said.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched strikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 31 people as it presses ahead with a major offensive in the territory’s largest city, according to health officials. Leading genocide scholars, meanwhile, joined other rights groups in accusing Israel of genocide, allegations it vehemently rejects. Airstrikes [...]
SYDNEY (AP) — A man was arrested after crashing an SUV through the gates of the Russian consulate in Sydney on Monday, police said. Police were called at 8 a.m. to the consulate in the eastern suburb...
Media outlets coordinated a large-scale editorial protest on Monday to demand Israel stop the killing of journalists in Gaza and call for international press to be allowed into the enclave to report freely.
Australian police arrested a man on Monday after a car was driven into the gates of the Russian consulate in Sydney. New South Wales Police said they were called to the Russian consulate after reports that an unauthorised vehicle was parked in the driveway. Officers attempted to speak to the driver, who then allegedly “drove [...]The post Australia police arrest man after Russian consulate car crash appeared first on Digital Journal.
Indonesian political parties have agreed to cut lawmakers’ benefits, President Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday, in a bid to calm anti-government protests that have killed at least five people in the country’s worst violence in decades.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border late Sunday, causing some injuries. Information on the scale of damage was not immediately available. The quake at 11:47 p.m. was centered 27 kilometers (17 miles) east-northeast of the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, the U.S. Geological Survey said. [...]
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have pledged to resolve their border differences and bolster cooperation ahead of the opening of a regional summit in Tianjin.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new weapons factory that’s key to his plan to accelerate mass production of missiles in a weekend visit before he depar...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed settlement permanently banning the operators of an alleged e-commerce business opportunity scheme and their affiliated companies from the industry. ...
Multiple investigations are underway after a Spanish tourist was filmed pouring beer into the trunk of a wild elephant in Kenya. "Just a tusker with a tusked...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Sunday that the war in Ukraine could still last for a long time and ending it quickly at the country's expense was not an option.
CAIRO (AP) — The Iran-backed Houthis raided offices of the United Nations’ food, health and children's agencies in Yemen’s capital Sunday, detaining at least 11 U.N. employees, officials said. The rebels tightened security across Sanaa after Israel killed their prime...
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said Sunday. The boy had been ringing doorbells as a prank late Saturday eveni...
As a U.S. federal judge blocked the deportation of unaccompanied Guatemalan children, the government of Guatemala says in a statement it suggested the U.S. return its children to their home country.
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said Sunday.
Pope Leo XIV has demanded an end to the “pandemic of arms” during a public prayer for victims of a shooting at a Catholic school Mass in the United States. Speaking in English, the Chicago-born pope referred directly to the...
The Israeli military says it has killed a longtime spokesperson for Hamas’ armed wing. The announcement was made Sunday as the country’s security cabinet met to discuss the expanding offensive in some of Gaza’s most populated areas. An official who...
Some colleges are allowing pets in dorms to help students feel more at home, saying it helps reduce stress and build connections.
Congressional Republicans scored a massive victory this summer when they passed President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” of tax and spending cuts without a single Democratic vote. But as they ret...
Many of Syria's Alawite minority are leaving a Damascus suburb after a pro-government armed faction raided the area
Mexico's first elected Supreme Court is set to be seated, and observers are watching to see if it will assert independence from the governing party
The Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday raided offices of the United Nations’ food and children’s agencies in Yemen’s capital, detaining at least one U.N. employee, officials said
There are benefits that can be obtained from the Social Security Administration of the United States that many people are unaware of. These are the benefits you can receive from your spouse; did you know that? They are payments calculated based on the work history of both, and in some cases even of the ex-spouse. [...]The post If you are married or divorced, you could be claiming thousands of dollars from Social Security without knowing it. Here are the requirements appeared first on La Grada US.
Russian drone attacks on power facilities in northern and southern Ukraine overnight left nearly 60,000 customers without electricity, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowing to retaliate by ordering more strikes deep inside Russia.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s first elected Supreme Court will be seated Monday and observers will be watching closely to see whether it will assert its independence from the governing party that held t...
Israel says it killed Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida in Gaza as at least 43 Palestinians died over the weekend amid renewed fighting, worsening hunger, and mass displacement.
Powerball players will get another chance Monday at a jackpot estimated at over $1 billion, after no one won the big prize Saturday night.