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After operating out of St. Saviour’s Anglican Church for 40 years, the Penticton Soupateria is being forced to look for a new home. The volunteer-driven soup kitchen on Orchard Avenue received an eviction notice last week, effective May 31.It’s a decision the church says wasn’t easy, given a big part of its Christian faith is to feed the hungry.“It’s heartbreaking. It’s very hard,” said Bishop Lynne McNaughton, speaking on behalf of the Diocese of Kootenay of the Anglican Church of Canada. “People are sad, very sad not to be able to continue it. We struggled with this for a long…

A bit off sabre-rattling can be useful in foreign policy.Too much of it, though, and the sabre is liable to end up pointing back at you.That is where America finds itself after a two-month stand-off with Iran.Donald Trump, the US President, has ordered an enormous military build-up in the Middle East — by some measures the biggest in two decades. Yet he has seemed unwilling to order a risky strike.Nor have his threats yet compelled Iran to negotiate a deal that would prevent one. Now he is left with a difficult choice: order an attack anyway, or beat an embarrassing…

State officials say the information in unsealed FBI files ‘warrant further examination’ of a case closed in 2019.Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoNew Mexico has reopened an investigation into possible illegal activity at a ranch formerly owned by disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Attorney General Raul Torrez made the announcement on Thursday. He referenced new information revealed in documents recently released by the United States Department of Justice.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listMore than three and a half million government files related to Epstein were published online on January 30, in response to a law compelling their…

The U.S. is said to have more military air power in the Middle East than at any time since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, according to the Wall Street Journal. With a second aircraft carrier on its way on Thursday, the White House appears prepared for the possibility of a weekslong war with Iran, if ongoing nuclear talks fall through. Charlie D’Agata has more.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A repeat offender once described by federal prosecutors as a “danger to the community” was set to be released Thursday after receiving a sentence commutation signed with an autopen in the final days of former President Joe Biden’s administration.Oscar Freemond Fowler III had been serving a 12-year, six-month federal sentence after pleading guilty in 2024 to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Federal prosecutors urged the court to impose at least 150 months in prison, citing his lengthy criminal history and arguing he…

A plurality of Canadians no longer view the United States as an ally, a new poll suggests, while nearly half now view the United States as a bigger threat to world peace than Russia. The Politico poll released Thursday is the latest sign of tattered relations between the two countries in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and attacks on Canada’s sovereignty, and aligns with recent Ipsos polling on the issue conducted for Global News.The new poll was conducted in partnership with U.K.-based polling firm Public First, and surveyed thousands of adults in Canada, the U.S., Britain,…

Oscar Piastri had another fruitful day at Bahrain pre-season testing, but his world champion teammate Lando Norris suggested McLaren were still off the pace.

RACE FOR DOMINANCEAI is thus far dominated by American and Chinese companies, with Indian developers lagging. It is too early to tell whether that is a disadvantage for India, which has its own strengths in terms of the scale at which AI will be applied. Yet, that raises the question whether Indian data will mainly serve to improve the AI models of foreign companies pouring investment into India’s infrastructure. But there is a difference between fundamental research and applications. “India never had the research muscle, as we simply do not have the R&D budgets that these economies have,” Amit Joshi, Professor at…

Who: New Zealand vs PakistanWhat: 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Super EightsWhen: Saturday, February 21, at 7pm (13:30 GMT)Where: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri LankaHow to follow: We’ll have all the buildup on Al Jazeera Sport from 10:30 GMT in advance of our text commentary stream.The Super Eights stage of the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup starts on Saturday with a match between two sides considered dark horses for the title, New Zealand and Pakistan.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listPakistan are the previous winners of the competition, but sit outside those ranked as favourites in this…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Last year, when President Donald Trump helped broker a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, he took a victory lap.”Who else could say, ‘I’m going to make a phone call and stop a war between two very powerful countries, Thailand and Cambodia?'” he said.Now, that agreement appears under strain. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet told Fox News Digital that Thai forces have pushed into long-held Cambodian territory beyond the line of dispute. Thai soldiers have sealed off villages with barbed wire and shipping containers, leaving 80,000 Cambodians unable to…