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Listen to this article Estimated 5 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. It’s the first day of the first week federal employees are expected to return to the …
Read More »Iran begins week of funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
The body of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lay in state in a vast hall in Tehran on Friday as clerics, officials, foreign dignitaries and other mourners paid their respects to Iran’s late Supreme Leader, killed in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike earlier this year. Iran is staging a week of mass funeral processions …
Read More »French officials warn of drowning dangers amid extreme heat, with 40 dead since last week
Listen to this article Estimated 5 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. Millions of people across Europe were exposed to extreme temperatures on Tuesday, with 40 fatalities from …
Read More »He’s paddled 60 km to work on B.C.’s North Coast. This week, he’ll try to kayak from Washington to Alaska
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. Yota Kano is on the water “pretty much every day.” He’s been an avid paddler since …
Read More »5 people found alive after a week trapped in a cave in central Laos
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. Five villagers stuck in a flooded cave in central Laos for more than a week were …
Read More »Innu inquiry commissioners have one word after week of heavy testimony: ‘Hope’
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. All three commissioners for the inquiry into the treatment of Innu families in the child protection …
Read More »9 dead in Turkey’s 2nd school shooting this week
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 student opened fire on two classrooms at a middle school in Turkey on Wednesday, killing …
Read More »Finance minister to visit China later this week
Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute 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. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is visiting China later this week, a spokesperson in his office confirmed …
Read More »The humpback whale rescued last week in the shallow Baltic Sea? It’s stuck again
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 young humpback whale named Timmy got stuck again in the shallow bays off the Baltic coast of …
Read More »Babies exposed to measles getting preventive treatment every week in Manitoba
An average of one baby a week in Manitoba’s Southern Health region is being given a preventive treatment after a potential measles exposure, which a health official says is a sign of the disease’s widespread transmission and the vulnerability of babies too young to be vaccinated. Dr. Davinder Singh, a …
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