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By Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — As crews work to subdue a blaze near the territorial capital of Yellowknife, some who have stayed behind are doing what they can to help those fighting the fires. “We’re a community grocery store, we’ll try to stay
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE is flexing its branding muscle, selling more than 90,000 tickets to next year’s WrestleMania about eight months before the premium live event is held and before a single match has been announced. Tickets for WrestleMania 40, which will take place in Philadelphia on April 6 and April 7,
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Still haven’t seen “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer”? This Sunday, you’ll be able to catch up for $4 a ticket in movie theaters nationwide. Theater owners announced Monday that the second annual National Cinema Day will be held Sunday, Aug. 27. For one day, all movies —
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Still haven’t seen “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer”? This Sunday, you’ll be able to catch up for $4 a ticket in movie theaters nationwide. Theater owners announced Monday that the second annual National Cinema Day will be held Sunday, Aug. 27. For one day, all movies —
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August 21st is what the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognize as National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day. It is a day to raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl, share ways to prevent fatal overdose and remember those who have lost their life to the drug. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid up
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By Ivana Kottasová, Zahid Mahmood and Sana Noor Haq, CNN London (CNN) — A British nurse was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Monday for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the UK hospital where she worked. Lucy Letby, 33, was handed a
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Chef Michel Roux Jr. has announced that his two-Michelin star London restaurant Le Gavroche will be closing its doors permanently in January. In a statement released last week, the English-French TV personality said that he’d decided to shut the fine-dining institution, opened by his father Albert Roux and uncle
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company to end its operations in a region that’s home to two uncontacted tribes and is a hotspot of biodiversity. Yasuni National Park is inhabited by
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press AFRIN, Syria (AP) — One summer night a decade ago, the al-Shami family was woken up by a roaring sound or rockets but it wasn’t followed by the usual explosions. Instead, the family members started having difficulty breathing. Ghiad al-Shami, 26, remembers how everyone tried to run
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe, has died aged 82, the software company announced on Sunday. Warnock helped start the revolutionary company in 1982 with the late Charles Geschke, and transformed Adobe into a software powerhouse that became the backbone of the internet. “John’s brilliance and technology innovations
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Saudi border guards killed “hundreds” of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers crossing the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and June 2023, Human Rights Watch alleged in a report released Monday. The organization said it interviewed 42 Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers and analyzed over 350 videos
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRUNAT and GRAHAM DUNBAR Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Moments after Spain won the Women’s World Cup, the man who leads the country’s national soccer federation took some unwanted attention away from the celebrating players. Criticism from the Spanish government and the soccer world rained down Monday on Luis Rubiales for his inappropriate
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — London police say they will take no action on allegations that people associated with one of King Charles III’s charities offered to help a Saudi billionaire secure a knighthood and British citizenship in return for donations. The Metropolitan Police Service began an investigation into the matter after the Times of London reported
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former neonatal nurse convicted of murdering seven babies in her care and trying to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of release by a judge who highlighted “the cruelty and
Continue Reading By Max Foster, Catherine Nicholls and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — British police on Monday said it will take no further action following an investigation into an alleged cash-for-honors scandal linked to one of King Charles III’s charities. London’s Metropolitan Police started a probe of The Prince’s Foundation last February following media reports that
Continue ReadingBy ASIM TANVEER and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities have handed out $6,800 to each of the nearly 100 Christian families whose homes were destroyed or damaged by a Muslim mob angered over an alleged desecration of the Quran last week. Police say they have arrested a total of 160
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer When President Joe Biden has questions about artificial intelligence, one expert he turns to is his science adviser Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Prabhakar is helping to guide the U.S. approach to safeguarding AI technology, relying in part on cooperation from
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has promised his government’s full support for fishing communities during the decades-long process to release treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. Kishida met with the head of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives and nine other
Continue ReadingBy Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN (CNN) — Antalya is a city bathed in sunlight and baked in history. Standing on Turkey’s beautiful Turquoise Coast, it is the hidden jewel of the Mediterranean. A place where luxury hotels, vast beaches, striking ruins and quiet villages create something that’s truly unique. The city is the
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday he will not participate in the first Republican primary debate this week. Stating that the public already “knows who I am,” Trump wrote on his social media platform: “I will therefore not be doing the debates!” It was not immediately clear whether
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