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Ontario Premier Doug Ford will hold his first news conference in two weeks on Monday morning, as his government looks to try and change the channel after weeks of questions about transparency and its brief private jet purchase. In mid-April, the government confirmed it had bought a second-hand Challenger 650, citing the premier’s travel across the country into the United States and across the country as the reason.But only two days later, in the face of massive backlash, Ontario sold the $28.9 million plane back to Bombardier.The day after confirming the plane had been resold, Ford appeared at a news…

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EXPANDING INFRASTRUCTUREExperts say improvements in retail infrastructure are also enabling growth.“We are adding a lot of real estate to retail and luxury real estate which used to be a big bottleneck for brand boutiques to start,” noted Mitrajit Bhattacharya, founder of Mumbai-based watch business consulting firm The Horologists.“Most of the big brands are here, and even brands like Van Cleef are going to come in this year,” he added, referring to the French luxury jewellery company.The premiumisation trend is evident in sales data.The share of premium-and-above watches in India’s total watch sales surged from 48 per cent in 2020 to…

Inside this old skydiving plane, a crew of Ukrainian volunteers is hunting down Russian drones. Russia is sending thousands of its one-way attack drones into Ukraine every month. Many are shot down, but the country’s air defenses can’t stop them all. On the side of the fuselage here, they’ve mounted this American-made machine gun that’s capable of firing up to 3,000 rounds per minute, or 50 rounds per second. And they’re picking off drones one by one. It takes about $500 of ammunition per drone kill — a bargain considering that the Iranian-designed Shahed drones are mass-produced for tens of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! China is developing AI-enabled robotic “wolf packs” designed to scout, supply and potentially support combat operations alongside troops in a future war — including a possible invasion of Taiwan — according to a new report.The analysis from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) says Beijing is reshaping how wars can be fought by integrating artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous systems directly into frontline operations.At the center of that effort are quadruped robots — often referred to in Chinese reporting as “robotic wolves” — that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is testing…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! At least 10 people were rushed to hospitals with gunshot wounds on Sunday after a shooting during a party at a lake near Oklahoma City, according to police.Edmond police responded Sunday evening after receiving multiple reports of shots fired at around 9 p.m. at a gathering near Arcadia Lake, department spokeswoman Emily Ward said at a press briefing.No arrests had been made in connection with the shooting as of late Sunday, but Ward said there was no known threat to the public.TWO GUNMEN SUSPECTED AFTER INDIANA UNIVERSITY-AREA SHOOTING LEAVES 9 INJURED, POLICE…

Chinese consular officials met with a Vancouver city hall employee last month and urged her to cancel an arts event that highlighted communist party repression, sources told Global News.At the meeting, representatives of China’s consulate told a staff member of the city’s civic theatres branch that they wanted a series of performances by the Shen Yun dance group to be stopped, the sources said.The event, a celebration of Chinese cultural traditions lost under Communist rule, also received bomb threats, but went ahead anyway April 8-12 at the city-owned Queen Elizabeth Theatre.But the incident suggests that China continues to use its diplomatic missions…

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BLOW TO OPPOSITION ALLIANCEIn the southern state of Tamil Nadu, a major hub for electronics and automobiles, popular movie star Joseph Vijay, a first-time entrant into politics who launched his party only two years ago, looked on course to oust the ruling DMK party.The actor, who goes by the single name Vijay, has a frenzied fan following in the state, which has a history of electing film stars to the top office.In the other southern state of Kerala, an alliance led by the Congress party looked set to defeat the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist).The DMK is also a…

Iran’s military has warned the United States Navy to stay out of the Strait of Hormuz after President Trump said the US will “help free up” ships stuck in the strategic waterway.The Iranian military said US forces will be attacked if they enter the strait and told commercial ships and oil tankers to refrain from moving unless they are coordinating with Iran, Ali Abdollahi, the head of the forces’ unified command, said in a statement on Monday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“We warn that any foreign armed forces, especially the aggressive US army, will be attacked if they intend…