Month: October 2022

TORONTO (AP) — Analysts say a multi-billion-dollar merger between two of Canada’s largest telecommunication companies,could still be completed despite initial government rejection. Federal Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Tuesday said he denied the original proposed $19.11 billion merger between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications.. But he appeared to leave the door open if the

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s planet-warming emissions dropped by nearly 9% in 2020 compared to the year before. The reductions came as pandemic restrictions kept people at home. The data released Wednesday by the California Air Resources Board tracks with a similar nationwide drop in emissions. Officials are cautioning that

By TARIK EL-BARAKAH Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The lawyer for a rapper arrested in Morocco earlier this week for incitement to drug use, violence, and defamation says his client has been released on bail. Taha Fahssi, known as ElGrandeToto, released on Wednesday after being detained late Monday following legal complaints were filed against

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has imposed new sanctions on members of Iran’s intelligence agency, leaders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, prison wardens and others. The sanctions come 40 days since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while being held by the morality police. The latest penalties continue a string of actions

By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Black talent. Joe Morgan. Eddie Murray. Garry Maddox. Ken Singleton. Al Bumbry. Disco Dan Ford. And plenty more that night in Baltimore. “There were quite a few of

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ordered former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating whether President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to sway Georgia’s results in the 2020 election. Meadows, a former GOP congressman, is a key

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man was convicted Wednesday of killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade, wrapping up a trial in which he defended himself with bizarre legal theories and erratic outbursts. It took the jury a little

By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — French painter Pierre Soulages, an icon of post-World War II European abstract art famed for his use of black, has died, according to the Soulages Museum in his hometown of Rodez. He was 102.  He was 102. Soulages became highly influential for his use of reflections of the color,

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An investigation into the theft this summer of several semitrailers loaded with frozen beef from Nebraska has led to arrests and uncovered a multimillion-dollar theft ring targeting meatpacking plants in six Midwestern states, federal authorities said. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported Tuesday that the discovery of the Miami-based theft

By ED WHITE Associated Press Three men accused of supporting terrorism in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor were convicted of all charges Wednesday in a trial that focused on paramilitary drills and fierce contempt for government ahead of the 2020 election. Joe Morrison, his father-in-law Pete Musico, and Paul Bellar were found guilty of

CLEVELAND (AP) — Two men accused of stuffing five walleye with lead weights and fish fillets during a lucrative fishing tournament on Lake Erie pleaded not guilty to cheating and other charges on Wednesday. Jacob Runyan, 42, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, 35, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, made no comments during their brief court

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate approved a bill Wednesday to eliminate daylight saving time, putting an end to the practice of changing clocks twice a year. Some cities and towns along the U.S. border can retain daylight saving time, presumably because they are so linked to U.S. cities. The Senate approved the measure on

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian investigators have raided the home of Ksenia Sobchak, the glamourous daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s one-time boss, in a move that has sent shockwaves through the country’s political scene. Sobchak, a 40-year-old TV star, has often been critical of Putin, but many Russian opposition figures have accused her of serving

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A judge has sided with Richmond officials in a lawsuit over whether the Virginia city can remove a final Confederate monument and the remains of a rebel general interred beneath it. Circuit Court Judge David Eugene Cheek Sr. said in a ruling Tuesday that city officials, not the descendants of A.P.

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Six schoolchildren in Uganda’s capital have tested positive for Ebola. Wednesday’s announcement by the health minister marks a serious escalation of the outbreak declared just over a month ago. The children, who attend three different schools in Kampala, are among at least 15 people in the

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers are holding a special meeting on Thursday to discuss ways to deal with a growing crisis in Myanmar, where a military takeover last year set off violence that threatens to destabilize the region. Recent events in Myanmar, including a military air strike that

MILAN (AP) — Italian media reports say the new Italian government has prepared directives that could be used to once again prevent humanitarian rescue groups from accessing Italian ports. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi signed a directive Tuesday notifying port and other relevant authorities that the SOS Mediteranée and SOS Humanity NGOs did not follow European