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US cyclosporiasis outbreak kills two people in Michigan, officials say
Two people have died from cyclosporiasis in Michigan, the state’s health department said on Monday, marking the first fatalities in the largest US outbreak of the intestinal illness.“According to...
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
A former neo-Nazi activist with convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP has been selected as a Conservative candidate for a local election in Somerset.Joshua Bonehill-Paine, the creator of...
Raging Washington state wildfires destroy homes and force 60,000 people to evacuate
Firefighters in Washington state are battling wildfires that have forced 60,000 people to flee and destroyed hundreds of buildings as drought and extreme heat fuel an “extraordinary” fire season...
Sigrid Haugset stuns Tour de France Femmes favourites by storming to stage win
Sigrid Haugset, the Norwegian national champion, shocked the established order in the Tour de France Femmes, breaking away alone for 90km, to take the overall lead after winning stage...
Health
U.S. officials urge Canada to take action after suspected arson at Montreal kosher restaurant
Some U.S. officials are condemning the apparent arson that destroyed a popular kosher restaurant in Montreal early Sunday morning, with some characterizing the incident as part of a broader...
How this Canadian submarine sunk a U.S. warship off Hawaii with a torpedo
The skipper of Canada’s lone operational submarine is hoping HMCS Corner Brook’s recent sinking of a decommissioned U.S. warship off Hawaii will help attract more young people to the...
'Dragon clouds': How massive wildfires create their own weather — fiery clouds with thunder and lightning
A wildfire near Bordeaux burned hot enough to make its own thunderstorm this week, and the lightning it threw started new fires. It was the first pyrocumulonimbus cloud ever...
‘Cracks beginning to appear’ for Liberals in Quebec, Avi Lewis says
OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Mark Carney was triggering three byelections across the country to keep his majority, NDP Leader Avi Lewis was spending most of July in Montreal...
Politics
Senate to vote on stopgap bill to keep government open through Dec. 11
The Senate is set to take a test vote Monday on a stopgap appropriations bill that will keep the government open through Dec. 11. The measure, released Sunday evening,...
Darline Graham promotes Trump's agenda in her political debut ahead of special Senate primary
Sen. Darline Graham made her political debut before hundreds of Republican voters in South Carolina on Saturday, saying that she never envisioned a life in politics for herself until...
ICE detention center staff taunted kids by eating candy in front of them: Democrat investigation
ICE’s main detention center where it holds families awaiting deportation is beset by a “culture of cruelty,” according to a report by a senior Senate Democrat who said migrants...
Trump moves to replace foreign truck drivers with military veterans, calls them ‘Freedom Haulers’
President Trump on Thursday launched the Freedom Hauler initiative for recruiting military veterans to become commercial truck drivers, a follow-up move to the administration’s crackdown on illegal immigrant and...
Technology
Trust, not tracking: Inside the L.A. company that got workers back to the office
Los Angeles video gaming company Riot Games abandoned its return-to-office requirements in January, and surprisingly, more of its employees have been showing up at work. Two years of dictating...
Sports
Glasgow hailed as ‘blueprint for future of Commonwealth Games’ after big success
A new format using exisiting facilities proved to be a "Games changer". The event sold more than 430,000 tickets to show that it was a real Box Office success.The...
Josh Kerr jokes ‘pressure for tyres’ as he celebrates Commonwealth Games gold
The world record holder relaxed after he won the One Mile race in three minutes 54.12 seconds, ahead of rising Australian star Cameron Myers, who took silver, while Kenya’s...
Gianni Infantino is so delusional he does not know his time is well and truly up
Of the many remarkable things about the whole World Cup sell-off saga, one stands out. Power had made Gianni Infantino so delusional he thought his plot would not be...
Commentary: AI companies are creating ‘all-powerful psychopaths.’ Maybe not a great idea?