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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday launched a trade investigation into excess industrial capacity in …
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‘We’re still a mess’: N.S. man who lost 3 loved ones in crash speaks out over driver’s sentence
The day of Oct. 21, 2023, started out well for Adam Gabriel and his family. Gabriel, then a resident of Springhill, N.S., had driven to the Annapolis Valley for the day with his wife, Amanda, to see their son play in an Acadia Axemen university football game. By the time …
Read More »War has gripped the Middle East, but the turmoil is giving Russia an opportunity
Throughout the past two and a half weeks, as Iran has been hit by waves of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been eager to cast Russia as a potential mediator — one that can use its close ties with Iran to try to bring peace to …
Read More »Manitoba Health Minister says banning paid plasma an option after 2 deaths
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Paid plasma could be banned in Manitoba, the province’s health minister said after two fatal adverse …
Read More »How shipping companies are navigating danger in the Strait of Hormuz
As the Mideast conflict escalates near the Strait of Hormuz, merchant ships and their workers have been caught in the crosshairs. Thirteen vessels have been attacked in the strait since the U.S. and Israel began their war on Iran on Feb. 28, according to the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations Centre, …
Read More »Oil spill in St. Clair River contained, according to Suncor in Sarnia
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A spill in the St. Clair River has been contained, according to Suncor. The Sarnia, Ont., …
Read More »Russia sentences 19 people for deadly concert hall attack that killed 149 people
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A court in Moscow on Thursday convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shooting rampage …
Read More »What’s climate change doing to avalanches and how we predict them?
In February, five people were killed in separate avalanches across B.C. and Alberta. That same month, more than a dozen people were killed in California and Utah, including a particularly deadly avalanche that claimed the lives of nine. In Europe, from Andorra to Slovakia, the season has recorded 125 deaths …
Read More »Can Trump’s ‘gunboat diplomacy’ stop Iran from blocking the flow of oil? Not likely, say experts
With jagged cliffs rising from the Arabian Sea, the Strait of Hormuz is striking in its scenery — and these days, its emptiness. This resource superhighway, which normally hosts more than a hundred of the world’s largest oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) tankers every day, has seen no more …
Read More »Ethiopia landslides leave at least 50 dead, dozens missing
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. At least 50 people have died and 125 others are missing after landslides hit three districts …
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