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India-US ties could face their biggest test in years after a foiled assassination attempt on a Sikh

Dec. 01, 2023 08:52 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Ties between India and the U.S. had never looked better than they did in June, when President Joe Biden honored Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a pomp-filled state visit. The relationship was among the most consequential in the world and “more dynamic than at any time in...

Shane Pinto's half-season suspension from the NHL shines a light on gambling education in hockey

Dec. 01, 2023 07:50 AM EST

Glenn Healy still remembers longtime NHL director of security Frank Torpey walking into a locker room in the 1980s to warn players about the pitfalls of illegal sports wagering. Back then, a warning like that conjured images of shady bookies asking for injury information and taking...

Haslam family denies allegation from Warren Buffett's company that it bribed truck stop chain execs

Dec. 01, 2023 07:17 AM EST

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An attorney for the billionaire Haslam family called bribery allegations leveled by Warren Buffett's company a “wild invention” Thursday. But a judge didn't decide immediately whether those allegations will be resolved at a January trial that should help...

National Bank of Canada: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Dec. 01, 2023 07:19 AM EST

MONTREAL (AP) — MONTREAL (AP) — National Bank of Canada (NTIOF) on Friday reported net income of $565.5 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. The bank, based in Montreal, said it had earnings of $1.58 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.80 per share. ...

Don't eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the source is unknown, CDC says, as deadly salmonella outbreak grows

Nov. 30, 2023 22:55 PM EST

Consumers shouldn't eat pre-cut cantaloupe if they don't know the source, U.S. health officials said Thursday, as the number of illnesses and recalls tied to a deadly salmonella outbreak grows. At least 117 people in 34 U.S. states have been sickened by contaminated cantaloupe,...

Paraguay official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country

Nov. 30, 2023 14:16 PM EST

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A Paraguayan government official was replaced after it was revealed that he signed a memorandum of understanding with representatives of a fugitive Indian guru’s fictional country, who also appear to have duped several local officials in the South American...

What to know about the Sikh independence movement following US accusation that activist was targeted

Nov. 30, 2023 14:03 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — The U.S. has charged an Indian national in what prosecutors allege was a failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist at the behest of an unnamed Indian government official. The charges announced Wednesday against an Indian national arrested in June in Europe come...

A Dutch court orders Greenpeace activists to leave deep-sea mining ship in the South Pacific

Nov. 30, 2023 12:25 PM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court ruled Thursday that Greenpeace protesters staging a sit-in must leave a deep-sea mining exploration ship in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii but that they can continue to demonstrate around the vessel. Canada-based The Metals...

Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law

Nov. 29, 2023 15:05 PM EST

TORONTO (AP) — Canada's government said Wednesday it reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100 million Canadian dollars annually to the country's news industry to comply with a new Canadian law requiring tech companies to pay publishers for their content. The...

Young man gets life sentence for Canada massage parlor murder that court declared act of terrorism

Nov. 28, 2023 12:15 PM EST

TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian man who pleaded guilty to the murder of a Toronto massage parlor employee received a life prison sentence Tuesday for what a judge described as an act of terrorism related to an internet subculture that fuels sexual loneliness into rage and misogyny. The...