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In the volatile streets of Paris, Macron may be winning his war of attrition against the unions
Chris Brown | News/World | Thu, 30 Mar 2023 04:00:00 EDTFrance’s pension battle has become a war of attrition between the country’s unions and President Emmanuel Macron. Already, the biggest winner is France’s far right. read more
Russia arrests American reporter from Wall Street Journal on espionage charges
The Associated Press | News/World | Thu, 30 Mar 2023 06:42:32 EDTRussia's top security agency says a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, Evan Gershkovich, has been arrested on espionage charges. read more
Vatican repudiates Doctrine of Discovery in response to demands from Indigenous people
Nicole Winfield | News/Canada/Montreal | Thu, 30 Mar 2023 06:57:30 EDTThe Vatican formally repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery, which legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Indigenous lands, on Thursday after decades of demands from Indigenous people. The Vatican said the documents were manipulated by colonial powers. read more
How the Nashville grade school shooter was able to get guns legally
Mark Gollom | News/World | Thu, 30 Mar 2023 04:00:00 EDTThe deadly shooting in a Nashville grade school has sparked calls for a so-called red-flag law in Tennessee. But a proposed law in 2020 never made it out of committee. It's another example how the state has scrapped tighter gun laws and passed legislation that makes it easier to acquire weapons. read more
Pope Francis works, prays to begin first day of hospital stay, Vatican says
The Associated Press | News/World | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:11:21 EDTPope Francis rested well overnight and was "progressively improving" on Thursday after being hospitalized with a respiratory infection, the Vatican said. read more
World's oldest-known surviving Scottish tartan has 'more to tell,' says researcher
Jason Vermes | Radio/As It Happens | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:54:34 EDTDye analysis and radiocarbon testing suggests a fragment of tartan measuring 55-by-43 centimetres dates back the period between 1500 and 1600. It will go on display as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum Dundee’s tartan exhibition next month. read more
Russia stops sharing missile test info with United States
The Associated Press | News/World | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 09:46:44 EDTA senior Russian diplomat said Wednesday that Moscow will no longer inform the U.S. about its missile tests, an announcement that came as the Russian military deployed mobile launchers in Siberia in a show of the country's massive nuclear capability. read more
Fiona and Ian will never again be used to name an Atlantic hurricane
Carolyn Ryan | News/Canada/PEI | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:58:54 EDTThe World Meteorological Organization has retired the names Fiona and Ian from its roster of tropical storm names, citing the damage caused by hurricanes with those names in 2022. read more
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to be interviewed in lawsuit over company ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Reuters | News/Business | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:37:08 EDTJamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co, will be interviewed under oath over the bank's relationship with late sex offender and former client Jeffrey Epstein, a lawyer involved in the case said on Tuesday. read more
Adidas decides to abandon trademark complaint with Black Lives Matter
Reuters | News/Business | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 09:39:40 EDTSportswear maker Adidas AG on Wednesday reversed course 48 hours after asking the U.S. Trademark Office to reject a Black Lives Matter application for a trademark featuring three parallel stripes. read more
Battery-powered 'shark' cleans plastic-infested waters
Reuters | News/Science | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:49:59 EDTA robotic shark that gobbles up plastic waste has been let loose in London’s docklands, to clean up the water by removing the equivalent of more than 22,700 plastic bottles per day, according to its developers. read more
Hit pause on AI development, Elon Musk and others urge
Reuters | News/World | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:09:35 EDTElon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI's newly launched GPT-4, in an open letter citing potential risks to society and humanity. read more
New source of water found in moon samples from China mission
The Associated Press | News/Science | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:27:17 EDTScientists have discovered a new and renewable source of water on the moon for future explorers in lunar samples from a Chinese mission. read more
Kharkiv, once an IT hub for Ukraine, now struggles to provide services after workers fled war
Sarah Lawrynuik | News/World | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 04:00:00 EDTUkraine’s tech sector has been a bright spot in the country’s economy since the war began, but the benefits of that success are not spread equally as highly mobile businesses and workers flee eastern cities like Kharkiv, some with no plans to return. This kind of exodus has major repercussions for the cities left behind. read more
Nashville school shooting victims remembered as 'loving, caring'
The Associated Press | News/World | Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:45:41 EDTThe head of the Christian elementary school in Nashville who was killed in a shooting there on Monday was described by friends as smart, loving and a rare female leader within a male-led religious culture. read more
Giant meatball with woolly mammoth DNA unveiled by cultured meat startup
Reuters | News/Science | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 07:58:54 EDTA giant meatball made from flesh cultivated using the DNA of an extinct woolly mammoth was unveiled on Tuesday at Nemo, a science museum in the Netherlands. read more
Zaporizhzhia nuclear deal compromise sought as Zelenskyy invites China's Xi to Ukraine
The Associated Press | News/World | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 03:34:29 EDTThe head of the United Nations atomic energy watchdog returned Wednesday to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, reportedly saying he is working on a plan to protect Europe's largest nuclear power facility "more locally" amid the war in the surrounding area. read more
More religious or more democratic? Israel protests become fight for country's 'essential character'
Saša Petricic | News/World | Tue, 28 Mar 2023 11:51:48 EDTThe streets of Israel have boiled with anger and frustration for three months. And they continue to seethe even after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paused — just a little — in his quest to rein in the country’s judges. read more
Canada helping Mexico invade the U.S., says Republican firebrand
Alexander Panetta | News/World | Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:04:27 EDTCanada is helping Mexico invade the U.S., a Republican firebrand says. At a U.S. congressional hearing on the border, Marjorie Taylor Greene complained about visa-free Mexican travel to Canada. read more
U.S. court reinstates murder conviction for Serial podcast subject Adnan Syed
Reuters | News/World | Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:48:37 EDTA Maryland appeals court on Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, who was found guilty of the 1999 killing of his former girlfriend in a case that drew attention after the podcast Serial raised doubts about his guilt. read more
Canada to back Biden administration’s limits on ‘mercenary’ spyware tools
Canada/Politics/U.S. News | Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:12:21 +0000Biden issued an executive order on Monday aimed at restricting the U.S. government’s use of spyware that poses risks to national security. read more
Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia over espionage charges
Politics/World/Evan Gershkovich | Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:58:56 +0000Russia's top security agency said Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information. read more
Pope Francis ‘improving’ after hospitalization due to infection, Vatican says
World/Pope Francis/Pope Francis Update | Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:31:33 +0000Pope Francis was hospitalized Wednesday after having suffered breathing problems in recent days and was diagnosed with a respiratory infection, though not COVID-19. read more
Host homes needed as more Ukrainian refugees expected in Calgary
Canada/World/Calgary rent | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:07:41 +0000According to Centre for Newcomers, many Ukrainian refugees are choosing Calgary due to the low rental prices compared to larger cities such as Toronto and Vancouver. read more
Pope Francis in hospital with lung infection after difficulty breathing
World/Pope Francis/Pope Francis Update | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:02:37 +0000Francis, 86, who appeared in relatively good form during his regularly scheduled general audience earlier Wednesday is expected to remain in hospital for several days of treatment. read more
A 2nd giant ‘hole’ appears on the sun, could trigger more amazing aurora
Canada/Science/Trending | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 19:03:22 +0000Researchers say the coronal hole could send solar winds at speeds of up to 2.9 million kilometres per hour toward Earth by the end of the week. read more
Prince Harry accuses Palace of withholding info on phone-tapping allegations
Trending/World/associated newspapers | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:48:41 +0000The case alleges Associated Newspapers engaged in unlawful acts that included hiring private investigators to bug homes and cars and record private phone conversations. read more
Paris trash strike ends as pension protest numbers begin to shrink
World/France/France News | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:08:20 +0000Tuesday's protests in Paris saw dozens of arrests and flare ups of violence, though significantly fewer people participated in the action nationwide. read more
King Charles III lands in Germany for first trip outside Britain as monarch
World/Germany King Charles III/Germany visit King Charles III | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:55:14 +0000As Britain's head of state, the king meets weekly with the prime minister and retains his mother's role as leader of the Commonwealth. read more
Nashville school shooting: Suspect fired indiscriminately at victims, police say
World/Nashville/nashville news | Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:10:35 +0000Before Monday’s violence in Nashville, there had been seven mass killings at K-12 schools since 2006 in which four or more people were killed within a 24-hour period. read more
