Canada will co-host an international conference in Toronto later this month aimed at securing the return of Ukrainian children, detained civilians and prisoners of war held by Russia. Foreign Minister Anita Anand announced on Saturday that Canada, Ukraine and Norway will host the two-day conference on September 28-29. The event, called Pathways to Peace: Second … Read more
Iranian official vows ‘not to negotiate’ with US until Tehran’s demands are met An Iranian official declared Saturday that Iran will not return to the negotiating table with the United States until all of its terms are met. “As long as the American side does not accept all of Iran’s conditions, dialogue and negotiation are … Read more
Jakarta, IndonesiaAP — Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation Sunday after a passenger ship carrying at least 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, officials said. The Search and Rescue Office in Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan province, said they … Read more
Dow Jones futures will open Sunday night, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. Iran-related news will be the focus over the weekend. The Federal Reserve meeting will take center stage next week, and markets are largely pricing in an interest rate hike on September 16. The stock market lost ground last week as … Read more
Blizzard’s worst kept secret of recent times has been revealed. This is the World of Warcraft version of “Classic+”. The current retail incarnation of World of Warcraft is fun, but it’s a strangely lonely experience. The game’s matchmaking systems introduced a few years ago have, at this point, really damaged the social fabric of the … Read more
Oklahoma State football survives Oregon in big NCAA upset | Replay, highlights OklahomanOklahoma State stuns No. 6 Oregon, ending 21-game FBS streak espn.com The one fight that shouldn’t be ignored after stunning Oregon loss si.com Oklahoma State fans storm field, throw goal post into Theta Pond after upset win over Oregon KOCOOklahoma State Cowboys make … Read more
Physicists have conducted a global search for dark matter. They literally turned the Earth itself into a giant detector. Even stranger is that the experiment picked up dozens of candidate signals that fit predictions for certain types of hypothetical particles that could form dark matter. Those signals still need verification, and there are plenty of … Read more
Dentist Riaz Yar, a specialist in prosthodontics, treats patients struggling with the effects of severe bruxism – worn, cracked and fractured teeth, and dental work that keeps failing. Many also arrive with chronic jaw or facial pain and report poor sleep, all of which need assessing in their own right, he says, rather than simply … Read more
Celine Dion cried tears of joy Saturday as she fulfilled her dream of returning to the stage after years battling a rare neurological disorder with a sold-out concert in Paris. The 58-year-old French-Canadian singer seemed visibly moved as she opened her first full concert in six years with her ’90s French-language ballad “On ne change … Read more
Trump backs Irish reunification, breaking with decades of US politics The Washington PostTrump says he would ‘love to see’ a united Ireland during his visit to Ireland Al JazeeraDonald Trump says he would ‘love’ to see Ireland united The GuardianTrump says Irish unification would be ‘fantastic’, breaking with precedent The New York TimesDonald Trump interrupts … Read more