Jordan Walker #18 of the St. Louis Cardinals poses with the trophy after winning the 2026 Home Run Derby. Photo: AFP NEW YORK: St. Louis slugger Jordan Walker smashed home runs on the last four pitches he faced on Monday to edge Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber 12-11 in Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby final. The 24-year-old American…
The Trump administration moved on Thursday to tighten the length of visas for international college students, cultural trade guests and journalists. The brand new last rule from the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) creates a hard and fast time interval for F visas for worldwide college students, J visas that permit guests on cultural trade…
Ecuador’s players celebrate after Gonzalo Plata scored their second goal against Germany in the Group E match of the Fifa World Cup 2026 at New York/New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, US, on June 25, 2026. — Reuters Ecuador, Netherlands, Japan, Ivory Coast, Australia secure qualification. Curacao, Tunisia eliminated; Paraguay and Sweden remain in…
Quebec is proposing new restrictions on Benadryl and other medications containing diphenhydramine as their sole active ingredient. Under a draft regulation recently published in the Gazette officielle du Québec, those products would no longer be available on pharmacy shelves and would instead be kept behind the counter. The medications would still be available without a…
The S token, the native utility asset behind the Sonic blockchain, dipped on Friday after Sonic Labs introduced the resignation of three former executives from its board. The S token fell to 0.031, down 5% over 24 hours. The resignations embrace Michael Kong, a former CEO of the Fantom Basis and director at Sonic Labs;…
Activewear company Lululemon has invested in the $30 million Series A round raised by Syntetica, a French startup that developed a novel approach to recycling nylon, whose properties make it both too good to give up but hard to reuse. Syntetica promises to recycle two types of nylon — Nylon 6 and Nylon 6,6 —…
A nurse wearing protective medical clothing draws a dose from a vaccine vial during the launch of an Ebola trial vaccination campaign at Mulago Referral Hospital during a previous Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda, on February 3, 2025. — AFP A vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus will be ready by the…
By The Canadian Press The Canadian Press Posted July 3, 2026 5:24 pm Updated July 3, 2026 5:50 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs signed forward Gavin McKenna to a three-year entry-level contract, the club announced Friday. The 18-year-old was selected first overall…
Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of four dead stars hidden within 65 light-years of Earth. The stars had remained unnoticed for decades because they were concealed by the bright light of nearby companion stars. The discovery was made by scientists from the University of Warwick and the University of Colorado Boulder using the Hubble Space…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Nine Buddhist monks were killed, and more than 20 were injured, after an 11-year-old boy driving a pickup truck crashed into a group of them during a pilgrimage in Thailand’s northeastern province of Mukdahan, Thai officials said on Thursday. The victims were among a group of 35…
