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The mysterious disappearance of an American college student in the Dominican Republic has captured national and international attention.Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student from Loudon County, Virginia, was last seen walking on a beach outside the five-star RIU Republica Resort in the early morning hours of March 6. She has yet to be located.Here is what we know so far about the events leading up to and after Konanki’s disappearance:March 5Konanki was in the Dominican Republic, staying at the five-star RIU Republica Resort with a group of six female Pitt students, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office told Fox…

By Sarah Ritchie The Canadian Press Posted March 11, 2025 12:38 pm Updated March 11, 2025 12:39 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Mark Carney’s leadership campaign says he has given a “full and robust conflict of interest management plan” to the country’s ethics commissioner. In a media statement, the campaign says that as part of that plan, Carney has divested all of his assets other than personal real estate into a blind trust.The campaign spokesperson says this happened four months before it was required by law. 2:01 Carney expected to call snap election…

Climate philanthropist Simon Holmes a Court has backed in the independence of candidates amid discussion of money and power influencing the political process.

BEIJING: China warned Britain on Tuesday (Mar 11) against “provoking tensions” in the South China Sea after its foreign minister David Lammy called Beijing’s actions in the disputed waters “dangerous and destabilising”. In a video partly filmed alongside a vessel belonging to the Philippine Coast Guard, Lammy on Monday condemned “dangerous and destabilising activities” by Beijing in the South China Sea. China claims the strategically important waterway in nearly its entirety, despite an international ruling that its claims have no legal basis. Asked about Lammy’s comments, foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said “the UK should respect China’s territorial sovereignty and…

Ukrainian and American officials were meeting in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for their first high-level meeting since an Oval Office shouting match between their presidents last month, in hopes of finding a way to halt the bloodiest European war in generations.But the United States, Ukraine and Russia appear to have very different ideas about what any cease-fire should look like. And so two of the three took a step to try to bridge those gaps on Tuesday — hours after Ukraine and Russia launched deadly strikes on each other’s territory.In a conference room at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in the city…

EXCLUSIVE – A leading conservative organization that has long been a major player in GOP primary battles is putting its weight behind the candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump in the race to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.The Club for Growth PAC, a political arm of the Club for Growth public advocacy organization, on Tuesday endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds in Florida’s 2026 gubernatorial race. The development was shared first with Fox News.Donalds, a conservative former state lawmaker who has represented Florida’s 19th Congressional District in the southwest part of the state, is currently the only major Republican…

President Trump escalated his fight with Canada on Tuesday, saying that he would double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and threatening to inflict even more pain on one of America’s closest traditional allies as he pressed Canada to become part of the United States.His comments sent jittery markets tumbling, with the S&P 500 down about 1 percent in early morning trading.In a post on his social media platform, Mr. Trump wrote that Canadian steel and aluminum would face a 50 percent tariff, double what he plans to charge on metals from other countries beginning Wednesday. He said the levies…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 11, 2025 10:10 am Updated March 11, 2025 10:20 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Public health authorities are warning people who went to the Bell Centre for a Canadiens game on March 3 that they may have been exposed to someone with measles. The warning applies to people who were at the Canadiens-Sabres game between 5:30 p.m. and midnight, in red sections 111 to 117, as well as employees of Tim Hortons and Pizza Pizza stands at the Bell Centre.“Measles contacts who are not protected against…

Yokohama F Marinos have handed Chinese Super League champions Shanghai Port a 4-1 thrashing helped by Anderson Lopes’ double to reach the Asian Champions League Elite quarter-finals.Thai champions Buriram United also advanced at the expense of Malaysia’s Johor Darul Ta’zim.The pair join Ronaldo’s Saudi club Al Nassr and Qatar’s Al-Sadd in the last eight.Lopes’ brace in Yokohama took him top of the tournament’s scoring charts with nine goals and sent Steve Holland’s Marinos side on their way to a victory that secured a 5-1 aggregate win.”Very happy with the performance, very happy with the result and very happy that the…

Five years after Covid-19 shut down activities all over the world, medical historians sometimes struggle to place the pandemic in context.What, they are asking, should this ongoing viral threat be compared with?Is Covid like the 1918 flu, terrifying when it was raging but soon relegated to the status of a long-ago nightmare?Is it like polio, vanquished but leaving in its wake an injured but mostly unseen group of people who suffer long-term health consequences?Or is it unique in the way it has spawned a widespread rejection of public health advice and science itself, attitudes that some fear may come to…