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Ireland preparing for difficult debut in Women's World Cup opener against co-host Australia
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Overwhelming demand for tickets meant co-host Australia's opening match at the Women's World Cup had to be shifted to the tournament's biggest stadium, where it's set to be ...
Jul 18, 2023
Cathy Freeman, Australia's iconic Olympian, pays Matildas a surprise visit before Women’s World Cup
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - During a recent team trip to Melbourne, Tony Gustavsson, head coach of Australia's national women's soccer team, called a meeting. Instead of leading the Matildas through a ...
Jul 18, 2023
Thousands died in the Philippines' 'war on drugs.' An international probe will now go ahead
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Tuesday that an investigation into the Philippines' so-called "war on drugs" can resume, rejecting Manila's objec...
Jul 18, 2023
Trump's classified documents case set for first pretrial conference hearing before Judge Cannon
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida judge who issued a court ruling last year that critics said was unduly favorable to Donald Trump is set to preside Tuesday over the first pretrial conference in his ...
Jul 18, 2023
Capelin conservation concerns and Inflation numbers get an update: In The News today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today. Experts call for pause in N.L. capelin fishery Marine scientists and conservation...
Jul 18, 2023
Russia targets key Ukraine Black Sea port of Odesa, a day after halting grain export deal
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian forces shot down scores of exploding drones and six cruise missiles from a pre-dawn Russian attack on the port of Odesa on Tuesday, Ukrainian authorities said, a day aft...
Jul 18, 2023
Scientists head to Nunavut island to help solve Mars methane mystery
AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND, NUNAVUT - A team of researchers has travelled to a remote Arctic island in the hopes of better understanding the possibility of life on Mars. Astrobiologist Haley Sapers, an adjun...
Jul 18, 2023
B.C. expected to surpass record 2018 wildfire season for most area burned
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is encroaching on its worst wildfire season on record as more than 370 fires burn in the province. BC Wildfire Service figures show wildfires have consumed more than 12,90...
Jul 18, 2023
She planted more than 4,500 trees in a day and found an audience of millions
To plant more than 4,500 trees in one day, you don't move like a gardener, you move like a machine. In a video viewed millions of times on social media, Leslie Dart walks across a desolate and burnt l...
Jul 18, 2023
Israeli protesters block highways in 'day of disruption' against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli protesters blocked highways and gathered outside Tel Aviv's stock exchange and military headquarters on Tuesday in the latest countrywide demonstration against Prime Mi...
Jul 18, 2023
