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Comments AA Asian shares held near nine-month highs on Monday as worries over the impact of Britain’s Brexit vote eased amid efforts to maintain growth, while the dollar was buoyed by a run of solid U.S. economic data. Policy makers from the Group of 20 countries agreed to work to support global growth and better […]

Comments Print /License AA After seven days in solitary confinement, Brett Crane told prison staff he wanted to transform into a werewolf. As his days in “the pit” marched on, he says he saw demons, heard voices and predicted that an imminent earthquake would wipe out humanity. Health staff at the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre […]

Comments Print /License AA Though no one will be pleased by it – except perhaps Russia – the International Olympic Committee showed on Sunday that it is occasionally capable of something other than cynical self-interest. The easy thing to do would have been to expel the Russian team en masse from the Rio Games after […]

Comments AA The Australian team will not move into the Olympic Village for next month’s Rio Games because of problems including “blocked toilets, leaking pipes and exposed wiring”, the head of the country’s delegation Kitty Chiller said on Sunday. Chiller, who will reassess the situation later on Sunday, said she had raised concerns on a […]Read More

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Comments AA Our Prototypes column introduces new vehicle concepts and presents visuals from designers who illustrate the ideas. Some of them will be extensions of existing concepts, others will be new, some will be production ready, and others really far-fetched. The concept The Troubadour is a medium-sized motorized cart designed to transport garbage bags and […]

Comments AA Bessma Momani is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance and Innovation and a professor at the University of Waterloo’s Balsillie School of International Affairs. Turkey’s failed coup d’etat will be a night few Turks will forget and will be noted as the first in Turkey’s tumultuous modern history of coups […]Read More

Comments AA Former NBA great Nate Thurmond, a tenacious defensive centre who played with Wilt Chamberlain and was an iconic sports figure in two cities, died Saturday after a short battle with leukemia. He was 74. The Golden State Warriors announced the death of one of the team’s most iconic players less than a month […]

Comments AA What we know so far At least 265 people killed, 2,839 plotters arrested President Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to conduct a purge of the armed forces while a purge of the judiciary is already underway Uprising appears not to have been backed by the most senior ranks of the military Many world leaders […]

Comments AA Khris Davis hit two home runs, Ryon Healy hit his first career homer and Sonny Gray snapped a 12-game win-less streak as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Saturday. Davis was 2 for 4 in his ninth career multi-homer game, three of which came this season. The A’s have […]

Video: Turkey’s Erdogan calls on U.S. to hand over cleric Fethullah Gulen Jul. 16 2016 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan calls on the U.S. to hand over U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Erdogan blames for Friday night’s attempted coup. Diane Hodges reports.

Comments AA Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson delivered what everyone expects out of a major championship. They matched birdies and improbable par saves. Momentum could change with any shot. The lead changed four times over four hours of golf at its highest level, played in the cold wind and occasional rain off the Irish Sea. […]