Palestinian man shot by Israeli troops while trying to cross into Israel for work dies of wounds
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man who was shot by Israeli soldiers as he tried to cross the barrier between the occupied and Israel in search of work died of his wounds Monday, Palestinian health officials said.
It was the second case in less than a week that a Palestinian trying to cross the barrier for work was shot and killed by troops.
The Ramallah-based Health Ministry identified the man as 32-year-old Mahmoud Al-Amleh. It said he was shot Sunday morning by Israeli soldiers in
Greenland’s prime minister tells Trump’s envoy self-determination cannot be negotiated
NUUK, Greeland (AP) — said Monday that he had a respectful and positive meeting with ’s special envoy to the Arctic territory, but that he made it clear that the Greenlandic people continue to insist on self-determination.
Greenland is a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark, and Trump in the past has frequently insisted that the for security reasons, which has raised sovereignty concerns and pushback from Greenlandic and Danish leaders.
“The Greenlandic people are not for sale. is not something that can be negotiated,”
Federal court rejects Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal court on Monday dismissed filed against OpenAI and its top executives by Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it to remain a nonprofit dedicated to guiding artificial intelligence’s development for the good of humanity.
The nine-person jury found Musk waited too long to file his lawsuit and missed a statutory deadline. After a three-week trial, the jury deliberated less than two hours.
Musk, the world’s richest man, was a co
Six Canadians detained by Israel off coast of Cyprus: flotilla organizer
Six Canadians are among the activists detained by Israel after its military intercepted boats off the coast of Cyprus that were part of a mission aiming to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza, Canadian flotilla organizers said Monday.
The Global Sumud Flotilla said five of its Canadian members and one from the Freedom Flotilla that is part of the same mission have been detained in an ongoing interception 250 nautical miles (463 kilometres) from the shores of Gaza.
The group identified the detained Canadians as Safa Chebbi, a
3 off-duty Toronto police officers facing charges in Barcelona
Three off-duty Toronto police officers are facing charges in Barcelona and the Toronto Police Service (TPS) confirms “the allegations are serious.”
“The officers were on vacation and were not travelling in any official capacity,” TPS tells CityNews.
“On arrival in Canada, one officer was suspended from duty as authorized by the Chief of Police in accordance with the Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA). The two other officers will also be suspended upon their return to Canada in the coming days.”
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U.S. says it’s pausing long-standing military board with Canada
WASHINGTON — The U.S. undersecretary of defence for policy said Monday that the United States is pausing a long-standing military board, claiming “Canada has failed to make credible progress on its defense commitments.”
In a post on social media, Elbridge Colby said his department is pausing the Permanent Joint Board on Defense “to reassess how this forum benefits shared North American defense.”
The board was established in 1940 and is an advisory forum for U.S.-Canada bilateral defence co-
Inter Toronto pathway player makes waves on the pitch
Inter Toronto of the Canadian Premier League (formerly known as York United) created a U-14 pathway team for the first time this year and after heading to tryouts, 13-year-old Filippo La Verde got the good news that he was selected to be on the team.
Not only is Filippo a tremendous talent, he also finds time to train other kids at soccer youth clinics to help them with all aspects of the game. In addition, Filippo helps out in the community, participating in activities
Runny nose? Itchy? Experts say seasonal allergies worsening due to increase in pollen
A group of Canadian researchers says the amount of powdery pollen released by plants during their reproduction process has gone up across Canada in recent years and is exacerbating allergies from hay fever to hives.
Daniel Coates, director of Aerobiology Research Laboratories, which monitors pollen, said monitoring by his lab suggests pollen levels across Canada have doubled.
Climate change is partly to blame, he said.
“It’s getting worse because pollen loves warm weather,” he said. “When you have longer periods of warm weather, science and
Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV and the co-founder of artificial intelligence company Anthropic will launch the on May 25, a document on the care of human dignity in the era of AI, the Vatican said Monday.
The presence of Anthropic’s Christopher Olah at the Vatican is significant, and suggests that the U.S. pope’s position on AI will become a new flashpoint with the Trump administration.
In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to Anthropic’s
Etobicoke fireworks store set ablaze after vehicle drives into it
Toronto police are investigating after a blaze was ignited at a fireworks store in Etobicoke when a vehicle drove into it in the early hours of Monday morning.
Police were called to the area of Albion Road and Highway 27 for reports of a vehicle driving into a store in a plaza in the area shortly before 1:00 a.m.
Police say both the vehicle and the store caught fire. When fire crews arrived on the scene, the building was fully engulfed in flames and fireworks were going off as a
