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After years of planning and preparation, Toronto’s opening FIFA World Cup match is now just 100 days away. On June 12 at 3 p.m., tens of thousands will descend on Exhibition Place to watch Canada play their first game of the international soccer tournament.Their opponent, however, is still to be decided. Matches in late March will determine if Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Northern Ireland will compete in that game.Through the rest of June and the first week of July, Toronto will also host matches featuring countries such as Ghana, Germany, Croatia and Senegal.The city’s final match will be a…

Roger Cook has called a teenager’s suicide less than three hours after she left Fiona Stanley Hospital ‘devastating’ and promised he’ll seek answers for Hailee Hildebrandt’s grieving mother.

Annual financing in the sector exceeded US$2.5 billion last year, up 32 per cent year on year. The broader commercial space industry is estimated to be worth more than US$350 billion.State media have also reported that at least five private rocket makers are considering initial public offerings, a sign of growing investor interest.Orion Astropreneur Space Academy’s Dong said such momentum is important to attract both investors and public attention to the sector.But he added that as the industry becomes increasingly commercially driven, the challenge will be whether Chinese space companies can generate sustainable revenue from their operations.SPACE FOR THE PUBLICChina’s space…

Published On 3 Mar 20263 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoIran has held a mass funeral for 165 schoolgirls and staff killed in what it has described as a United States-Israeli attack on a girls school in the southern city of Minab.Saturday’s strike came on the first day of the joint US and Israeli attacks on Iran. It was the deadliest incident in the campaign against Tehran so far.The Israeli military said it was not aware of any Israeli or US attacks in that area. Throughout its genocidal war on Gaza, however, Israel has…

When the National Capital Planning Commission convenes later this week, the panel is expected to rubber stamp President Trump’s East Wing plans. But the Trump-friendly commission will also face a skeptical public, some of whom are expected to register their dismay over the nearly 90,000-square-foot ballroom addition.About 100 people, including architects, preservation experts and ordinary citizens, have signed up to speak at Thursday’s meeting. The roster includes Carol Quillen, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a group suing the president to pause construction. In addition, NCPC has collected more than 32,000 written comments, the “vast majority” of which are “in opposition…

Australians trapped in the Middle East have revealed the desperate measures they have had to take as Iranian missiles shake buildings.

MANILA: A Malaysian national and a Filipino were killed on Tuesday (Mar 3) when a helicopter crashed in a vacant lot about two hours southeast of Manila.The helicopter was carrying five people, including two Malaysians, when it went down in a grassy area of a residential district in Pililla, a small town in Rizal province, at around 7.27am local time, officials said.Rizal provincial police officer Ramjae Pangga told AFP that two passengers, a Malaysian and a Filipino, were killed in the crash.The pilot, meanwhile, had been critically injured, said Pililla town mayor John Masinsin. “The three survivors are … still…

By AFP, Anadolu and ReutersPublished On 3 Mar 20263 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoExplosions have rung out across Tehran as the war entered its fourth day with the United States and Israel continuing to pound Iran’s capital and numerous other cities and locations after the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.Iran continued on Tuesday to retaliate against Israel and throughout the Gulf where nations host US assets.At least 787 people have been killed in US-Israeli strikes on a minimum of 131 cities across Iran, the Iranian Red Crescent Society said on Tuesday.Israel’s military…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The 2026 primary season kicks off on Tuesday with showdowns in Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas, with contests that could ultimately decide whether Republicans can hold their House and Senate majorities in the midterm elections.Taking center stage this week: the combustible Democratic and Republican Senate primaries in right-leaning Texas.Progressive firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a nationally known politician and vocal critic of President Donald Trump, is facing off against rising star Democratic state lawmaker James Talarico in the battle for the Democratic Senate nomination.Either Crockett or Talarico will try to become the first…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israeli racecar driver Alon Day was in Florida getting ready to compete in the CUBE 3 Architecture Trans Am 2 Series when the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes in Iran in a joint offensive on Saturday.The former NASCAR driver had a lot on his mind, thinking of his family back home as Iran launched retaliatory action against countries that have U.S. military bases in them. Alon Day stands in the garage during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on June 23, 2017, in Sonoma,…