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UN food agency warns that the new US sea route for Gaza aid may fail unless conditions improve
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday that the new U.S. $320 million pier project for delivering aid to Gaza may fail unless Israel starts providing the conditions the humanitaria...
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NHL will have a new Stanley Cup champion this century as lengthy droughts take centre stage
No matter which team wins the Stanley Cup championship this year it will be a first this century. The Dallas Stars won its lone championship in 1999, months before the world worried computers would ma...
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Mauricio Pochettino leaves Chelsea after one year as manager of the Premier League club
Mauricio Pochettino has left Chelsea by mutual consent, the Premier League club said Tuesday. Pochettino spent just one season as manager at Stamford Bridge and endured a troubled campaign in which he...
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Orphan orca's extended family spotted off northeast side of Vancouver Island
ALERT BAY, B.C. - Members of a killer whale pod related to an orphan orca calf that escaped a remote British Columbia tidal lagoon last month have been spotted off the northeast coast of Vancouver Isl...
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Canadian men's rowing eight misses Olympic berth by heartbreaking margin
LUCERNE, Switzerland - Canada came agonizingly close to adding to its Paris-bound rowing team in Tuesday's last-chance qualifier, but will have just two boats entered in Olympic rowing. The men's eigh...
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Canada's women's basketball coach Lapeña signs extension through 2026 World Cup
EDMONTON - Canada Basketball has signed senior women's basketball coach Victor Lapea to a contract extension through the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup, the organization announced Tuesday. Lapea has coac...
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Cozens scores second of game in OT as Canada outlasts Czechia at hockey worlds
PRAGUE, Czechia - Dylan Cozens scored his second goal of the game short-handed in overtime as Canada held on for a 4-3 win over host Czechia on Tuesday at the world hockey championship. Cozens pounced...
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U.N. halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies in the southern Gaza city
CAIRO (AP) - The United Nations says it has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity. It also said no aid trucks entered via a pier set up ...
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Freeland says government will introduce capital gains legislation before summer break
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Liberal government will introduce legislation to increase the inclusion rate on capital gains before the parliamentary summer break. The federal bu...
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Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to felony charges in Arizona election interference case
PHOENIX (AP) - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nine felony charges stemming from his role in an effort to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in Arizona t...
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