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At a massive shipyard in North Vancouver, Canadian workers grind metal beams for a powerful new icebreaker crucial to cementing the country’s presence in the increasingly contested Arctic.Icebreakers are specialized, expensive vessels able to navigate in the frozen far north.And “this is the crown jewel,” Eddie Schehr, vice president of production at the Seaspan shipyard, …

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World number one Aryna Sabalenka kept her bid for a first Indian Wells title on track, holding off Canadian teen Victoria Mboko 7-6 (7/0), 6-4 to reach the semi-finals on Thursday.Sabalenka had beaten Mboko in the fourth round of the Australian Open in January in a match the 19-year-old called “an eye-opener.”This time around, Mboko, …

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Unbeaten Italy advanced to the World Baseball Classic quarter-finals by routing Mexico 9-1 on Wednesday, allowing the fancied collection of United States stars into the last eight as well.A night after the Italians delivered a stunning upset of the Americans to leave them on the brink of elimination, they overwhelmed Mexico to win Pool B …

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Global airlines are grappling with the effects of the war in the Middle East, as fuel prices soar and customers reassess their travel plans.The war has sent the price of oil and gas soaring, after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards vowed to choke off traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s key energy transit …

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Energy ministers of the G7 said on Wednesday they stood ready to take “all necessary measures” in coordination with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to tackle the rise in crude oil prices due to the Middle East war.The statement was released as President Emmanuel Macron, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Group of …

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Two men fired multiple shots at the US consulate in Toronto early Tuesday in what police described as a “national security incident,” prompting beefed-up protection for US and Israeli diplomatic buildings in the Canadian city.The individuals approached the consulate in downtown Toronto at around 4:30 am (0830 GMT), exited a white SUV and fired several …

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The family of a girl gravely injured during a mass shooting in Canada is suing OpenAI over the company’s failure to notify police about the killer’s troubling activity on its ChatGPT chatbot, lawyers said Tuesday. OpenAI had banned an account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar in June 2025, eight months before the 18‑year‑old transgender woman killed …

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A star of the massively popular Canadian show “Heated Rivalry” has hit back against an avalanche of hateful online posts, with the hockey drama’s success stirring up a frenzy online.The show about the budding careers and secret relationship of two young male hockey stars — one Canadian, one Russian — over a series of years, …

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France’s finance minister said Monday the G7 was “not there yet” in terms of any release of strategic oil reserves as the world’s leading industrialised nations held crisis talks on the economic fallout of the Middle East war.Earlier Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven advanced …

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“Hoppers,” the latest original animated film from Disney’s Pixar, easily topped the North American box office with $46 million in ticket sales in its opening weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday.The adventure comedy tells the story of Mabel (Piper Curda), a young animal lover who uses technology to transfer her consciousness into a robotic beaver so …

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