At least 4 construction workers are killed in an avalanche in northern India
LUCKNOW, India — At least four workers have died after an avalanche swept away a large construction crew working on a highway near India’s mountainous border with Tibet, Indian army said Saturday.
FedEx cargo plane makes emergency landing following bird strike, engine fire
NEWARK, N.J. — A FedEx cargo plane made an emergency landing at a busy New Jersey airport on Saturday after a bird strike caused an engine fire that could be seen in the morning sky.
Life imitates art as Pope Francis fights pneumonia while ’Conclave’ heads into Academy Awards
“Conclave,” director Edward Berger’s adaptation of the Robert Harris novel starring Ralph Fiennes as the dean of the College ...
Two pedestrians struck by vehicle in Mississauga
One woman was killed and another critically injured when they were hit by a vehicle in Mississauga Friday evening. Peel Regional Police say the pedestrians were struck in the area of Lakeshore Rd. W.
Trump’s Oval Office thrashing of Zelenskyy shows limits of Western allies’ ability to sway U.S. leader
President Donald Trump’s Oval Office thrashing of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday laid bare the limits of a ...
KINSELLA: Pierre Poilievre must make big changes in light of Trump litmus test
Poilievre is everything Trump isn’t – a policy wonk, a traditionalist, a disciplined politician. But Poilievre’s persona and ...
Hamas reports no progress in talks with Israel on ceasefire’s second phase
Hamas has rejected an Israeli proposal to extend the ceasefire’s first phase by 42 days, doubling its length, saying it goes against the truce agreement, according to a member of the group who ...
Canada’s plans to fuel Ukraine’s war effort with Russian cash, explained
OTTAWA — Canada is set to take its first steps toward expropriating assets held by the Russian government and sanctioned Russian citizens to help fund Ukraine’s war effort — measures that could test ...
Kurdish militants declare a ceasefire in a 40-year insurgency in Turkey
ISTANBUL — Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday in what could ...
Pope has coffee, rests after setback in recovery - a bronchial spasm requiring further ventilation
ROME — Pope Francis had coffee and was reading newspapers Saturday after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia: Doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ...
Trudeau off to security summit in London, as Trump’s Ukraine comments rile Europeans
Starmer has said he is positioning the U.K. as a bridge between the U.S. and the European Union, and Hewitt said Starmer will “try to keep both sides happy, and it may well end up alienating both ...
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SALTZMAN: Alexa gets ‘her’ biggest upgrade in a decade
Alexa is about to get much smarter. Amazon’s popular personal assistant has already powered more than 600 million devices worldwide over the past 10 years, says the company – including its many ...