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After an off-season which saw a massive retool of the roster by general manager Ed Hervey, the Edmonton Elks will look to put forth a good impression on Friday night when they welcome the B.C. Lions to Play Alberta Field at Commonwealth Stadium. The Elks lost their first pre-season game 31-4 to the Stampeders in Calgary last Saturday. It was a young lineup who played in Calgary. On Friday, the Elks will roll out their starters led by fourth-year quarterback Tre Ford who signed a three-year contract extension in December.Ford is coming off a 2024 CFL campaign where he would…

Matildas interim coach Tom Sermanni says Australia has to be at the “cutting edge” of women’s football to remain in contention to win a Women’s World Cup.In Thursday’s pre-match press conference, Sermanni slammed the professionalism of the A-League Women competition, especially in the wake of the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.After the Matildas’ 2-0 win over Argentina on Friday night, Sermanni’s 150th game at the helm, the women’s football stalwart said he hoped his comments would prompt a “positive reaction”.”I always want more for the women’s game,” he said.”That’s my job, and it’s always been my…

“RESTORE DEMOCRACY” Whoever succeeds Yoon will have to grapple with a deepening economic downturn, some of the world’s lowest birth rates and a soaring cost of living. He will also have to navigate a mounting superpower standoff between the United States, South Korea’s traditional security guarantor, and China, its largest trade partner. But analysts see martial law as the defining issue in the presidential race. Kang Joo-hyun, a political science professor at Sookmyung Women’s University, told AFP the high turnout “naturally reflects the public’s strong desire to restore democracy in South Korea”. “Overseas Koreans … more than ever, felt compelled…

Torrential rainfall triggered devastating floods in a western Nigerian town, according to local officials, who said the severity of the flood had taken them by surprise.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed to Fox News Digital that it is no longer operating any “soft-sided” facilities, following the closure of a migrant processing center near San Diego in March.The Biden administration used the facilities to process migrants who entered the country illegally at multiple sites in California, Texas, and Arizona, amid a surge of millions crossing the border.”Due to the unprecedented drop in apprehensions of illegal aliens as a result of the President’s recent executive actions, CBP is not operating any temporary, soft-sided processing facilities where illegal aliens have been held in specific locations along the southwest…

The legal team representing a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities recently expanded their motion to dismiss the case.Judge Hannah Dugan’s attorneys say that she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts and that the federal government overstepped its authority by arresting and charging her. Additionally, the legal team asserts in its memo that the charges violate the Constitution’s Tenth Amendment and the principle of separation of powers.They further argue that Dugan can be charged for conduct that is “wholly unrelated” to her duties as a judge, such as taking bribes or violating someone’s…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is “trying to learn some diplomacy” from King Charles III as Canada faces “foreign threats.” The King was in Canada earlier in the week to deliver the Throne speech and open this session of Parliament.Carney, who was speaking at an event hosted by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, made an apparent reference to the economic threat Canada is facing from the tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.“In the face of foreign threats — no prize for guessing, you know what I’m saying — I’m trying…

World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka says she has had the last laugh over ultra-critical coaches who said she was stupid and would never make it to the top.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An investigation by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) into two New York state agencies has found that both violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act over a ban on Native American-inspired mascots and logos – an issue thrust into the national spotlight because of one Long Island school district.The Department of Education released a press release of its findings on Friday, just a month after first launching the probe into the New York Department of Education and the New York State Board of Regents.   Education Secretary Linda McMahon…

SCEPTICISM IN WASHINGTON Some in Washington wonder if Lee’s pivot on a range of issues will last, and how his views might clash with US President Donald Trump, who has slapped South Korea with tariffs, pressed it to pay more for the 28,500 troops stationed there, and upped competition with China. “Great scepticism remains that Lee would actually stray from his previous advocacy for conciliation with China and North Korea, nationalist antagonism toward Japan and more independence in its alliance with the United States,” said Bruce Klingner, a former CIA analyst now at Washington’s Heritage Foundation. While this pivot has…