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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 3, 2025 12:37 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winning the lottery has become almost routine for an Alberta man after his third major prize in less than nine months. David Serkin of Lethbridge, Alta., won $500,000 last August in a Lotto Max draw.Serkin then won $1 million in a Lotto 6/49 draw in November.He’s now won again, a $1-million prize in a Lotto 6/49 Classic draw in May that brings his total to $2.5 million. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the…

US stock indexes have edged higher, helped by gains in Nvidia and other chipmakers, as investors awaited possible negotiations between the United States and its trading partners for more clarity on tariff plans.US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are set to speak this week, the White House said on Monday, days after Trump accused China of violating an agreement to roll back tariffs and trade restrictions.Trump’s administration wants countries to provide their best offer on trade negotiations by Wednesday as officials seek to accelerate talks with multiple partners ahead of a self-imposed deadline in just five weeks,…

MANILA: Philippine medical authorities on Tuesday (Jun 3) warned of a looming “public health emergency” as HIV infections have soared this year, with young males especially hard-hit. On average, 57 new cases a day were tallied in the country of 117 million people over the first three months of 2025, a 50 per cent jump from a year earlier, health department data shows. “We now have the highest number of new cases here in the Western Pacific,” Health Secretary Ted Herbosa said in a video message released Tuesday. “What is frightening is, our youth make up many of the new cases,”…

In SummaryThe African banking market is projected to experience substantial growth in Net Interest Income, reaching over $205.53 billion by the end of 2025.According to experts, traditional banks are expected to dominate the market, with a projected volume of $201.34 billion by the end of 2025.African Banks are experiencing significant growth in brand value, with an average increase of 22% across various markets. Deep Dive!!According to the African Economic Outlook 2025 report released by the African Development Bank Group, the continent’s economy is projected to increase from 3.3 percent growth in 2024 to 3.9 percent by the end of 2025. The…

More than three decades after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda plunged the African Great Lakes region into unprecedented turmoil, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to struggle in establishing collaborative and neighbourly relations for the collective benefit of their peoples. Following the genocide, in which approximately 800,000 people were killed in just 100 days, hundreds of thousands of Rwandans – including some members of the defeated Rwandan armed forces and militias responsible for the genocide – crossed into the DRC and settled in refugee camps in the country’s east, close to the Rwanda…

A Romanian man has pleaded guilty to leading an extensive plot to use swatting calls and bomb threats to intimidate dozens of people, including a former United States president and multiple members of Congress, authorities announced on Monday. The allegedly years-long scheme involved bogus police emergencies and false reports of violent incidents at government buildings, churches and private residences, including some senior government officials’ homes, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C.Thomasz Szabo, 26, is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 23 by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in the U.S. capital, after he was extradited from Romania…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Sovereign bonds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.The interest rate, real and nominal, on long-term safe assets is perhaps the most important price in a capitalist economy. It tells one about confidence in governments and the economy. In recent years, these prices have normalised. The era of ultra-low interest rates that began in 2007-09, with the financial crises, seems to be over. An era of normality seemed to be returning. Hurrah! But the world does not really look very “normal”. Should we be waiting for big new shocks, instead?The…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A former Janus Henderson analyst and his associates were part of a “secret trading club” driven by greed that used insider information to earn profits of nearly £1mn, a London court has heard.Redinel Korfuzi fed “wall-crossed” information gleaned from his job about companies, including Daimler and Jet2, to his sister and friends, the prosecution told the jury during its closing speech at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday as the three-month criminal trial neared its conclusion.The group were motivated by “greed, plain and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).An Illinois school district’s board meeting was overtaken by opposing protesters for the second time on Monday night amid erupting tensions over trans athletes in girls’ sports.The community has been embroiled in a growing divide after a junior high trans athlete won three girls’ track and field events in May. The Naperville Community Unit District 203’s board meeting saw nearly its entire three-hour duration dedicated to impassioned…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hundreds of the University of Michigan’s iconic peonies were reportedly cut in an act of vandalism – apparently perpetrated by at least one unidentified pro-Palestinian agitator.The Ann Arbor school’s W.E. Upjohn Peony Garden, located in Nichols Arboretum, is home to North America’s largest collection of historic herbaceous peonies, according to The Associated Press – and it boasts about 800 plants with 10,000 flowers at peak bloom.However, about 250 – or one-third of them – were found Sunday morning with most of their flowers cut off.ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS TORCH DIPLOMAS OUTSIDE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ON…