Under Secretary Rogers said groups like Code Pink "denigrate the United States" and "whitewash" the brutal history of the Chinese Communist Party.

TAMPA — If Aaron Judge’s elbow were still a concern, he would, in all likelihood, not be about to play for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic next month.
 And whenever Yankees officials have been asked over the offseason about Judge’s physical status, they have insisted that all is well. But there was further...

Mark Carney says he joins in ‘grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today’ after shooting at a high school in British Columbia

• Full report: suspect dead and nine killed in Canada shooting

“We believe we’ve been able to identify the shooter,” said Floyd, adding that RCMP will withhold the shooter’s identity for privacy reasons and for the conduct of the investigation.

Floyd also refused to disclose details on how many of the victims were children and adults, adding that more details will emerge in coming days.

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Officials arrested Kwok Yin-sang after he tried to end his daughter’s insurance policy and withdraw the funds

A Hong Kong court has found the father of a wanted activist guilty of a national security violation, after he tried to end her insurance policy and withdraw the funds, drawing international criticism for the targeting of relatives of pro-democracy campaigners.

Kwok Yin-sang, 68, is the first person to be charged under a homegrown national security law, also known as Article 23, for “attempting to deal with, directly or indirectly, any funds or other financial assets or economic resources” belonging to an absconder.

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Sam Darnold took a moment to thank the Jets fans who have continued to support him after his career got off to an up-and-down start before he became a Super Bowl champion with the Seahawks on Sunday.

Israeli president’s visit met with protests outside Parliament House, with at least one independent MP boycotting question time

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Anthony Albanese has told the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, that Australia expects transparency over the death of aid worker Zomi Frankcom, killed by an Israel Defense Forces strike in Gaza, and is pushing for “any appropriate criminal charges”.

Herzog, who was in Canberra on Wednesday, has said his country wants to work with Australia to “uproot this phenomenon” of antisemitism. His Canberra visit was met with protests outside Parliament House against the Palestinian civilian death toll in Gaza.

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Les assauts de lobbying de l’industrie mettent en péril la révision du règlement européen sur les produits chimiques et l’objectif de juguler la pollution, selon un rapport de l’organisation Corporate Europe Observatory.

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Faute d’accord au Parlement régional, la troisième région belge n’a pas pu former un gouvernement après les élections de juin 2024. Sept partis – trois francophones, quatre néerlandophones – se réunissent pour une nouvelle tentative, alors que les ressources des associations de secours social fondent.

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to block a new bridge from Detroit to Canada followed a meeting between his commerce secretary and a billionaire who owns an existing border-crossing bridge just miles from the new span, according to two people familiar with the matter. Read More

Carlos Santana does not fit under the umbrella to be covered by insurance for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

USC is going with an up-and-comer to fill a spot coaching its defensive line.

So much has changed since the last time these two teams met in this arena. 

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Ten people, including a suspected shooter, were found dead after a mass shooting in a town in northeastern British Columbia on Tuesday, Canadian police said.

Sheriff Chad Bianco is running for governor to make California great again. 

One of the only things I admired about Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for mayor was his temperament.

Sept personnes ont été abattues dans un établissement de l’ouest du pays, où a également été trouvé le corps de l’auteur présumé des tirs. Deux autres personnes ont été retrouvées mortes dans une résidence à proximité.

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Lovato previously swore off touring in a 2022 social media post.

The NBA needs to revisit its rule that players must play in 65 games to be eligible for major awards. 

Ali Ghodsi, PDG de Databricks, estime que les agents IA rendront les applications SaaS traditionnelles obsolètes, positionnant les plateformes de données comme le nouveau centre des technologies d'entreprise

Ali Ghodsi, PDG de Databricks, prédit que les agents d'intelligence artificielle (IA) rendront bientôt obsolètes les plateformes traditionnelles de logiciels en tant que service (SaaS). Selon lui, ces agents IA, capables d'exécuter des tâches de manière autonome à l'aide de commandes en langage...

Les plus grandes entreprises de réseaux sociaux sont accusées d'avoir créé des « machines à addiction » lors d'un procès historique pour examiner les effets d'Instagram et YouTube sur la santé mentale

Meta Platforms et YouTube ont délibérément conçu des produits dont ils savaient qu'ils rendraient les enfants dépendants, a récemment déclaré à un jury californien l'avocat d'une femme qui poursuit les deux entreprises dans le cadre d'un procès qui déterminera si les grandes plateformes technologiques...

No charges have yet been filed in the teen's death.

Sofo is expected to be out for a couple of weeks.

Six mois après avoir recueilli plus de deux millions de signatures, la pétition contre la loi Duplomb sera discutée mercredi à l'Assemblée lors d'un débat inédit, mais sans vote, qui ne manquera pas de tourner autour d'un nouveau texte pro-pesticide tout juste redéposé au Sénat. Aucune pétition n'a été débattue dans l'hémicycle jusqu'ici dans l'histoire de la Ve République. Mais la portée de ce débat, qui ne pourra pas aboutir à une modification de la loi décriée, par ailleurs largement censurée par le Conseil constitutionnel entre temps, suscite les critiques.