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Air Canada planes are seen at Toronto's airport

Air Canada Flight Attendants Strike Over Pay, Shutting Down Service

Air Canada's flight attendants went on strike Saturday, as the airline announced a complete shutdown of operations, creating summer travel chaos for its 130,000 daily passengers.

Made-for-TV Pageantry As Trump Brings Putin In From Cold

Protesters were kept far from the summit venue

Stepping foot on Western soil for the first time since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin basked in choreographed pageantry courtesy of Donald Trump -- but awkwardness was not far away.

Davos Founder Schwab Cleared Of Misconduct By WEF Probe

Schwab had denied all the accusations against him

An investigation conducted by the World Economic Forum's board on Friday cleared the body's founder Klaus Schwab and his wife of wrongdoing, after a probe into whistleblower complaints.

BIWC Group: Unveiling the Shadows of corporate deception

In the cutthroat world of business, trust can often be elusive, and it can take a team of skilled professionals to expose deception and protect the innocent. This is where BIWC Group enters the stage; a business intelligence agency led by ex-Israeli special forces with a global network of contacts and an almost endless outreach.

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Viktor Gyokeres scoring for Arsenal in a pre-season freindly against Athletic

New-look Liverpool Kick Off Premier League Season After Spending Spree

Reigning champions Liverpool kick off the Premier League season on Friday with Europe's richest league strengthened by a remarkable GBP2 billion ($2.7 billion) spending splurge.

Borussia Dortmund coach Niko Kovac has impressed since joining the club in January

Bayern's Bundesliga Crown Up For Grabs After Rocky Summer

Pretenders to the crown Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and cup holders Stuttgart are priming themselves for a run at Bayern Munich's Bundesliga title after a frustrating summer transfer window for the Bavarian giants.

A member of the US National Guard walks past military vehicles on the National Mall in Washington

National Guard Deploys 800 Personnel For DC Mission, Says Pentagon

All 800 National Guard troops who were ordered to the US capital Washington to aid law enforcement personnel by President Donald Trump have now been mobilized, the Pentagon said Thursday.

Former teacher Waqar Malik tells his thousands of followers that he can predict this year's exam questions

Stressed UK Teens Seek Influencers' Help For Exams Success

Posing as a fortune teller on his YouTube channel, former teacher Waqar Malik tells thousands of followers that he can predict this year's exam questions.

Nigeria's oil sector has for decades been tainted by environmental pollution where pipeline spills make fishing and farming difficult

Five Things To Know About Nigeria's Oil Sector

Africa's biggest oil refinery will on Friday start direct and free shipping of fuel to retailers in Nigeria, a move expected to disrupt the oil sector in the continent's largest crude producer.

Delegates speak after talks on a global treaty on combating plastic pollution were extended an extra day in Geneva

New Compromise But Still No Deal At Plastic Pollution Talks

Countries trying to break the deadlock and strike a landmark global treaty on combating plastic pollution negotiated through the night into Friday on a last-minute revised proposal.

Trump promised to end the war within "24 hours" of taking office but has failed to extract major concessions from Putin

Putin-Trump Summit: What Each Side Wants

The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are to meet at a US air base in Alaska on Friday for talks on the Ukraine war.

The Japanese economy's expansion came despite tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on imports, including on cars

Asia Stocks Mixed Before US-Russia Summit

Asian stocks were mixed Friday after better-than-expected Japanese growth and weak Chinese data, while oil slipped back ahead of a US-Russia summit on Ukraine.

With a growing curiosity among Nepali drinkers and tourists alike, bartenders now find themselves at the heart of a fast-evolving scene

Raising The Bar: Nepal's Emerging Cocktail Culture

On a lively weekend, a bartender in Nepal's capital Kathmandu balances carefully a slice of titaura, a local tangy and spicy hog plum treat, on top of a martini glass.

Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai is facing up to life in prison at his national security trial

Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai's Collusion Trial Resumes After Delay

A Hong Kong court on Friday began hearing closing arguments in the national security trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, following a one-day delay because of bad weather.

Juliano Kubitza, director of Fider Pescados, is hoping to find new customers for his tilapia, either in Brazil or abroad, to make up for crippling US tariffs

Trump's Tariffs Drown Brazil's Fish Industry

When the water pump is switched on, hundreds of tilapia come to the surface of a pond at a Brazilian fish farm.

Japan last month agreed to a trade deal with the United States, cutting threatened tariffs of 25 percent to 15 percent

Japan Posts Modest Growth Despite US Tariffs

Japan eked out modest growth in the second quarter despite painful US tariffs, official data showed Friday, in welcome news to embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

South Africa fly-half Manie Libbok takes a kick at goal.

Rugby Championship Kicks Off Amid Uncertain Future

The annual Rugby Championship, featuring World Cup title-holders South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina, kicks off on Saturday amid uncertainty over its future.

Interest in limiting the ability of children to access YouTube clashes with a growing use of YouTube videos in education

YouTube Turns To AI To Spot Children Posing As Adults

YouTube has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to figure out when users are children pretending to be adults on the popular video-sharing platform amid pressure to protect minors from sensitive content.

US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin

Dueling Interests For Trump And Putin At Alaska Summit

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin -- and, from a distance, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky -- have dueling interests going into a high-stakes summit in Alaska on Friday.

A US judge has cleared the way for a trial in US court over claims that Elon Musk (R) has been on a campaign to damage ChatGPT maker OpenAI, run by co-founder Sam Altman (L)

Apple Rejects Musk Claim Of App Store Bias

Apple on Thursday rejected Elon Musk's claim that its digital App Store favors OpenAI's ChatGPT over his company's Grok and other rival AI assistants.

A Frontex border patrol ship in Lampedusa on Thursday as searches continued for survivors of two migrant boat capsizings

Searchers Seek Missing After Deadly Italy Migrant Shipwreck

Italian authorities searched Thursday for migrants missing at sea after two crowded boats sank off the island of Lampedusa, killing at least 27 people.

A view of downtown Anchorage, Alaska at sunrise -- the site of the US-Russia summit, a US military base, is in the outskirts of the city

Trump Turns History On Head With Putin Invitation To Key US Base

Donald Trump is turning history on its head with his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin -- inviting Russia's leader to land that once belonged to Moscow, and meeting him at a military base that monitored the Soviet Union.