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FIFA president defends World Cup ticket prices, says fans ‘should chill’ about ref denied U.S. entry

Listen to this article Estimated 3 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. FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended World Cup ticket prices, saying Wednesday “if we are doing something …

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Medical expert defends doctor’s assessment of Heather Winterstein before she died in St. Catharines hospital

Heather Winterstein didn’t show hallmark warning signs of potentially life-threatening sepsis when she went through triage screening the day before she died at the hospital in St. Catharines, Ont., an emergency medical expert told the coroner’s inquest for the 24-year-old.   Early detection of the kind of extreme reaction to a …

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Doctor says diagnosis of Niagara woman was ‘wrong’ but defends treatment 1 day before she died

The physician who treated Heather Winterstein the day before she died in hospital from a severe reaction to bacterial infection said he may have erred in diagnosing her condition as being due to “social issues.” But the doctor also stressed that was a “working diagnosis,” not necessarily a definite or …

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NHL’s head of player safety defends punishment for hit that ended Auston Matthews’s season

Listen to this article Estimated 3 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. George Parros is standing by the NHL’s decision to suspend Anaheim Ducks defenceman Radko Gudas five …

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Ford defends health-care record as hospitals say financial ‘crisis’ is coming

Premier Doug Ford is defending his government’s health-care record ahead of his eighth budget, even as the province’s hospitals say they face a billion-dollar structural funding deficit.  Ontario’s premier has repeatedly pushed back in recent weeks against criticism that his government is not providing the province’s hospital system with enough …

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Calgary’s WinSport again defends demolishing bobsled track after athlete criticism

Follow Winter Olympic SportsPersonalize Your Feed It’s been seven years since heavy equipment started picking apart Calgary’s prized bobsled track at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park. It’s a move once again being debated and criticized in the days after the curtain came down on the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic Games — without …

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Kamala Harris defends Biden’s abilities in new book, but says his re-election was ill-advised

Former U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris has suggested that Democrats around former president Joe Biden didn’t do enough to prevent him from embarking on an ultimately doomed re-election bid in 2024, according to an excerpt from a new book. In an excerpt of 107 Days — a reference to the length …

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Pakistan defends flood response after over 270 people killed in northwestern district

A Pakistani official says the death toll from flash floods in the country’s northwest has risen to 274 after rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from the rubble of collapsed houses. Mohammad Suhail, a spokesperson for the emergency service, said 54 bodies were found on Sunday in Buner, a mountainous district …

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Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar defends Tour de France title, winning for 4th time overall

Tadej Pogačar won his fourth Tour de France title by a comfortable margin after Sunday’s final stage, which he tried to win even though he did not need to. The 26-year-old Slovenian rider won the Tour last year and in 2020 and 2021. “Just speechless to win the Tour de …

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U.S. defence secretary defends military deployment to L.A., expected to cost $134M

The deployment of National Guard troops and U.S. marines to Los Angeles will cost at least $134 million US and last at least the next 60 days, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and a senior defence official told lawmakers Tuesday. “We stated very publicly that it’s 60 days because we want to …

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