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PWHL plans further expansion, and eyes 2026 Olympics to broaden reach in Europe, Kasten tells AP
As impressive as the PWHL’s growth has been less than two years since its launch, with the league blowing past initial ...
Real Madrid makes Ancelotti’s departure official, calling the coach a ‘true legend’
Real Madrid made it official on Friday that Carlo Ancelotti is leaving the club after the end of the Spanish league this ...
Holy cow! Pato O’Ward finally milks a cow before Indy 500, hoping to break his streak of heartbreak
Pato O’Ward learned this week that it behooves Indianapolis 500 drivers to take part in the rookie tradition of milking a cow if they ever want to drink the stuff in ...
Brazil’s JBS asks shareholders to overlook opposition and approve a US stock listing
Making meat is a messy business. But for Brazilian meat giant JBS, getting approval to trade its shares on the New York Stock Exchange has been even messier. Environmentalists, animal rights ...
Greek monk hospitalized after monastery clash linked to decades-old dispute
An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalized following a violent confrontation at a monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, authorities said Friday. The incident is tied ...
Urban fires can mean long trips for helicopters to get water. One firefighter had a better idea
Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get water from a street hydrant in time to ...
Trump threatens ‘straight 50% tariff’ on EU
President Trump threatened to impose a 50 percent tariff on the European Union (EU) starting next month, arguing the 27-member bloc has been hard to deal with and that negotiations have gone ...
Venezuelans head to the polls as opposition calls for boycotts and the government tightens grip
As Venezuelans head to a Sunday election, they are again being used as political pawns. Opposition factions are urging abstention while the ruling party aims to tighten ...
Why El Salvador President Bukele’s foreign agents law is fueling democratic concerns
Human rights organizations, politicians and experts have sharply criticized a law approved by El Salvador’s Congress as a censorship tool designed to silence ...
Ukrainian official says major prisoner swap with Russia is underway
An exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine from their 3-year-old war was underway Friday, a senior Ukrainian official said, in one of the few signs of progress in international efforts to ...
Harvard sues the Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students
Harvard University is challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students, calling it unconstitutional retaliation for ...
Why King Charles III is delivering a rare speech in Canada
King Charles III is coming to Canada to deliver a message: Canada is a sovereign nation distinct from the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated suggestion that the ...