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Spain’s government has refused a demand from Mexico’s new president that it apologise for conquering the country five hundred years ago. Firing the first shots in what threatens to become a diplomatic row, the Left-wing Mexican leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador  announced on Monday that he had sent letters to Spain’s King Felipe VI and Pope […]

A former Irish soldier who once worked on the official plane of the Irish Taoiseach has been captured by US-backed forces in Syria under suspicion of joining Isil.  Lisa Smith, a 37-year-old woman from Dundalk, was a member of the Irish Defence Force until 2011 but quit after converting to Islam and then moved to […]

This week General Motors announced the closure of assembly plants including Oshawa (Ont.), Lordstown (Ohio) and Detroit-Hamtramck (Mich.) by the end of 2019, eliminating 6,200 jobs in the Great Lakes manufacturing region. While the sustained lows of the DOW industrial average could indicate GM is bracing itself for the possibility of a looming recession, the […]

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Canada’s Wonderland says the amusement park north of Toronto will feature a record-setting roller coaster when it opens for the 2019 season. It’s called the Yukon Striker, which Canada’s Wonderland bills as the “longest, fastest and tallest dive roller coaster in the world.” The park says it will be the first such […]

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Unbeaten two-time defending national champion Tufts University continues to be the pacesetter atop the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Top 25 softball rankings.   Tufts (38-0) extended its victory streak to 40 games, dating back to the final two games of the NCAA Championship Series last May, and holds the […]

The first poster for Toy Story 4 has popped up, and it’s a little more downbeat-looking than today’s teaser trailer. Featuring a lone Woody giving a (goodbye?) hat-tip against a plain background, it definitely lends some credence to the idea that the film might be a little melancholy, after Tim Allen said he “couldn’t even […]

A prominent Austrian far-Right leader barred from entering the UK last year is facing investigation over suspected links with the gunman held for the New Zealand mosque attack. The Austrian government announced on Wednesday that it may ban the far-Right Identitarian movement if any link is proved. Martin Sellner, one of the movement’s founders and […]

Click:1P 2 200kA Surge TORONTO — Shoppers Drug Mart has been granted a licence to sell medical marijuana online. Health Canada’s list of authorized cannabis sellers and producers has been updated to reflect that the pharmacy can sell dried and fresh cannabis, as well as plants, seeds and oil. A website has been set up […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Missouri Western senior Tiffany Gillaspy and St. Mary’s (Texas) senior Vianna Gutierrez Touchtone were named Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for games played over March 16-22.   Gillaspy, a native Johnston, Iowa, batted .529 and slugged 1.059 to help the Griffons win all 10 games […]