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Man punches cougar in face, deters attack near Smithers, B.C.
SMITHERS — A British Columbia man suffered minor injuries after fending off a cougar attack…
Naomi Osaka announces she is no longer working with coach Patrick Mouratoglou
WASHINGTON (AP) — Naomi Osaka and coach Patrick Mouratoglou are done working together after less…
Anand counting on Israel to allow Ottawa’s trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa has trucks of aid ready to…
Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism…
Syria to hold first parliamentary elections since Assad’s fall in September
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a…
Boat capsizes in Nigeria’s Niger state and at least 25 people feared dead, authorities say
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A boat transporting passengers to a market in north-central Nigeria capsized,…
Canada’s Victoria Mboko tops Aussie Kimberly Birrell in National Bank Open debut
MONTREAL — Toronto’s Victoria Mboko made good on her first impression in front of the…
‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ scores Marvel’s first $100 million box office opening of 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marvel’s first family has finally found box office gold. “The Fantastic…
Head of China’s famous Shaolin Temple under investigation on suspicion of embezzling funds
BEIJING (AP) — China’s famous Shaolin Temple announced on Sunday that its abbot is under…
NIH cuts spotlight a hidden crisis facing patients with experimental brain implants
Carol Seeger finally escaped her debilitating depression with an experimental treatment that placed electrodes in…
Extremist rebels capture remote but key town in central Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The extremist rebels of al-Shabab seized control of the central Somali…
To host UN climate talks, Brazil chose one of its poorer cities. That’s no accident
NEW YORK (AP) — When world leaders, diplomats, business leaders, scientists and activists go to…
Trump’s demand for Washington NFL team name change ignores years of psychological data, experts say
President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal if Washington’s NFL…
Authorities seek to file terrorism and assault charges against suspect in Walmart knife attack
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of entering a Walmart in Michigan and…
Trump once decried the idea of presidential vacations. His Scotland trip is built around golf
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — During sweaty summer months, Abraham Lincoln often decamped about 3 miles…