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Japanese frigate arrives in Australia as Tokyo bids for defense deal
The JS Yahagi, a Mogami-class stealth frigate from Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force, is docked in Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory in what appears a symbolic and strategic move aimed at ...
Russian drone and missile attack, one of the biggest in the war, kills 2 and wounds 13 in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an online statement called the attack “one of the biggest” in the war that has raged for over three years, saying Moscow’s forces fired over 315 drones, ...
'Not our best': Undisciplined Oilers thumped 6-1 by Panthers in ugly Game 3
The Oilers were undisciplined from there with three minor penalties in the offensive zone and another for too many men on the ice before the first intermission. The Panthers finally made the visitors ...
Scores and sports schedule for Monday, June 9
Washington (Gore 3-5) at N.Y. Mets (Canning 6-2), 7:10 p.m. Atlanta (Holmes 3-4) at Milwaukee (Priester 3-2), 7:40 p.m. San Francisco (Harrison 1-1) at Colorado (Palmquist 0-4), 8:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers ...
Filipino forces and villagers struggle to live in China's shadow in disputed waters
WEST YORK ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — Overwhelmed after setting foot for the first time on a far-flung but picturesque island in the disputed South China Sea, a Filipino army official knelt to kiss ...
Fans in McDavid's hometown of Newmarket, Ont., show support for favourite son
NEWMARKET — With the Oilers in the Stanley Cup final again this year, the decision to bring back “Connor McDavid Square” in the hometown of Edmonton’s star forward was a no-brainer for Newmarket Mayor ...
In London, the fox has its own ambulance service when it needs help
While not as visible as phone boxes or double-decker buses, the red fox is a fixture in London, a city not known for its wildlife. But living on the streets, alleys and back gardens of a dense urban ...
Russia skirts Western sanctions to ramp up its military footprint in Africa
The two-year-old Africa Corps, which has links to a covert branch of Russia’s army, is ascendant at a time when U.S. and European troops have been withdrawing from the region, forced out by ...
Alabama to execute a long-serving death row inmate for the 1988 beating death of a woman he dated
Gregory Hunt is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday night at a south Alabama prison. Hunt was convicted of killing Karen Lane, a woman he had been dating for about a month, according to court records ...
Florida set to execute man convicted of raping and killing a woman 3 decades ago
Anthony Wainwright, 54, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was convicted in the April 1994 killing of 23-year-old Carmen Gayheart, a mother of two young ...
Weinstein jury set to keep deliberating after tensions spill into public
NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Harvey Weinsteinn’ssex crimes retrial appear to be moving past some interpersonal tensions and focusing on one of his three accusers as deliberations stretch into a fourth ...
Scammers are using AI to enroll fake students in online classes, then steal college financial aid
Scammers frequently use AI chatbots to carry out the fraud, targeting courses that are online and allow students to watch lectures and complete coursework on their own time.