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Switzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day
GENEVA (AP) - Switzerland's government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes...
Apr 10, 2024
Track and field becomes first sport to pay prize money at Olympics. Paris gold medalists get $50,000
Monaco - Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris. The move is a...
Apr 10, 2024
Track and field becomes first sport to pay prize money at Olympics. Paris gold medalists get $50,000
Monaco - Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris. The move is a...
Apr 10, 2024
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime falls to Sonego at Monte Carlo Masters
ROQUEBRUNE-CAP-MARTIN, France - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters tournament on Wednesday after dropping a third-round match 6-4, 7-5 to Lorenzo Son...
Apr 10, 2024
Exit polls suggest a big win by South Korea’s liberal opposition parties in parliamentary election
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Initial exit polls suggested South Korea's liberal opposition parties are expected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday's parliamentary election. The joint exit polls by S...
Apr 10, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to testify at foreign interference inquiry
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to testify today at an inquiry into foreign meddling in Canada's last two elections. The inquiry has already heard that China and other state actors ...
Apr 10, 2024
B.C. doesn't know where all its groundwater is going. Experts worry as drought looms
VANCOUVER - Growing up on a ranch in the Columbia River Valley, water has always been part of Kat Hartwig's life, and over the years, she's noticed changes. Marshy areas her family used for irrigation...
Apr 10, 2024
Time ticks down for stranded orca calf as rescue efforts ramp up, but no set date
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The British Columbia First Nation at the centre of a complex attempt to rescue a young killer whale stranded in a tidal lagoon near the Vancouver Island village of Zeballos says it is...
Apr 10, 2024
Hong Kong building fire kills at least 5 people and injures 11
HONG KONG (AP) - A fire at a building in Hong Kong on Tuesday morning killed at least five people and left another 11 injured. Police said they were still receiving calls from people inside the buildi...
Apr 09, 2024
Connor scores in OT, Jets trip playoff-bound Predators 4-3
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kyle Connor scored at 1:52 of overtime to give the Winnipeg Jets a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists, Gabriel...
Apr 09, 2024