The conditions underlying intense July wildfires in Ontario and Northwest Territories were made roughly twice as likely due to human-induced climate change, said a new report published Thursday. The report by an international team of scientists says what were once rare fire conditions are now increasingly likely today due to climate change, driven by the burning of…
A silhouette depicting Fifa President Gianni Infantino is seen next to a Uefa logo in this illustration taken July 30, 2026. — Reuters European football’s governing body UEFA said they would maintain their boycott of the men’s and women’s World Cups on Thursday despite FIFA withdrawing the plan to open up their competitions to private…
In October 2025, a storm brewed over the Caribbean Sea. Weather models differed on its trajectory. Would it remain weak and end up in Haiti, or would it intensify and head to Jamaica? Artificial intelligence model WeatherNext, developed by Google’s DeepMind and Google Research, went with the latter. Five days before landfall, it predicted with…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 6, 2026 12:16 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Montreal-area home sales fell 10 per cent year-over-year in July as the province’s real estate board says activity cooled across the entire market. The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says 3,338 residential properties…
A Send-Off Dinner was hosted on Wednesday at Karachi Gymkhana Club to bid farewell to the Pakistan Over-60s squad. Pakistan Over-60s cricket team departed from Jinnah International Airport, Karachi to compete in the IMC Over-60s Cricket World Cup 2026. The tournament is scheduled from 9th to 23rd August 2026 in Mississauga, Canada and will feature…
Tesla and SpaceX said Thursday that “Terafab,” the advanced chip factory they are jointly developing, will be built in Grimes County, Texas, outside Houston, and that they will make an initial investment of $16.8 billion in the project. The factory will be “the largest and most valuable building on Earth by far,” Elon Musk, CEO…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The wildfire that broke out in Belcarra Park, near Port Moody and Anmore, B.C., remains at 1.5 hectares on Thursday morning. The fire was sparked near the Sugar Mountain Trail. Two properties on Fern Drive in Anmore were evacuated on Wednesday afternoon as a precaution, according to…
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin (right) and Fifa president Gianni Infantino shake hands during an event. — Reuters/File PARIS: Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin says one of his mantras is to “choose your battles”, but European football´s governing body is now locked in a bitter fight with Fifa boss Gianni Infantino. Ceferin has previously called himself an “underdog”…
As eBay tries to keep up with competitors like Whatnot and TikTok Shop, the online marketplace is making a bigger push into live shopping after seeing record results. During its second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, the company noted that eBay Live’s gross merchandise volume (GMV) jumped about 8 times year-over-year across seven markets, along with…
Dr. Stacy Norton was only seven years old when her mother died of colon cancer, one of several family members struck by aggressive tumors at unusually young ages. Decades later, Norton rolled up her sleeve to help test if a new kind of vaccine might protect her and her own children from cancer. The Houston…
