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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 15, 2025 7:51 am Updated May 15, 2025 7:52 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Elections Canada says officials have vowed to work through the weekend if necessary to complete a vote recount in a central Newfoundland riding. Spokesperson Matthew McKenna says all the ballots cast in the Terra Nova-The Peninsulas riding – more than 41,000 – have been counted for a second time.He says the judge overseeing the process must now hear and consider arguments from the parties about which of the roughly 1,000 disputed ballots…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Thomas Laubach Research Conference held by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on May 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that longer-term interest rates are likely to be higher as the economy changes and policy is in flux.In remarks that focused on the central bank’s policy framework review, last done in the summer of 2020, Powell noted that conditions have changed significantly over the past five years.During the period, the Fed witnessed a period of surging inflation, pushing it to historically aggressive…

Criminals involved in the alleged ‘politically motivated’ synagogue firebombing used a stolen car which has been linked to two previous arsons and a shooting.

  Updated 7m ago Recap of Ventura’s testimony so far Some of the details from Ventura’s testimony are disturbing. Wednesday, she told the jury that after a break-up, she was raped by Combs in 2018.Jurors were shown images from the so-called “freak offs,” where Combs allegedly directed Ventura and male escorts to perform sex acts. She also testified about years of psychological and physical abuse during their decade-long relationship, including the video of Combs attacking her at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.For more details of Ventura’s testimony, CLICK HERE. By Alice Gainer https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/live-updates/diddy-trial-live-updates-cassie-ventura-cross-examination/#post-update-63776208   Updated 22m ago What we heard in court Wednesday…

BANGKOK: A Thai court issued arrest warrants on Thursday (May 15) for 17 people over the collapse of a Bangkok skyscraper that fell in a major earthquake, killing dozens of workers. The 30-storey tower being built to house the State Audit Office was reduced to rubble in seconds when a 7.7-magnitude quake struck neighbouring Myanmar on Mar 28, killing thousands in Thailand’s wartorn neighbour. The tower was the only building in Bangkok to collapse, and the speed and suddenness with which it fell has raised questions about the quality of the construction. “A Thai court today issued arrest warrants against three…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! With Pope Leo XIV assuming his post, college football coaching legend Lou Holtz shared an important message for every Catholic around the globe. Holtz said he has been “Catholic all my life,” serving as an altar boy as well. He urged people in the United States and around the world to be gracious to Pope Leo as he begins his leadership of the church. “I’m an old man, I’ve been Catholic all my life. I was taught about how the pope would be selected. The white smoke, the black smoke, et cetera,” Holtz began…

Interim report into sinking of superyacht that killed 7 off coast of Sicily said the vessel was ‘vulnerable’ to strong winds.Investigators in the United Kingdom say a sudden blast of powerful wind was likely behind the capsizing of a superyacht owned by British tech billionaire Mike Lynch, which sank off Sicily last year, killing seven people. Lynch, 59, and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among those who died when the 56-metre Bayesian overturned in the early hours of August 19. The voyage was meant to be a celebratory outing following Lynch’s acquittal in a major fraud case in the United…

A Wisconsin county judge is set to be arraigned Thursday morning on federal obstruction charges after allegedly helping a man evade immigration authorities during a federal law enforcement operation at her courthouse.In April, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI after director Kash Patel said she “intentionally misdirected federal agents away” from an illegal immigrant who had a criminal court hearing in front of the judge and was set to be arrested after his hearing ended.Dugan was charged with one count of concealing an individual to prevent arrest and obstruction, and on Tuesday a federal…

The Alibaba office building in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on Aug. 28, 2024.CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesAlibaba shares fell on Thursday after the Chinese e-commerce giant missed earnings expectations for its fiscal fourth quarter on both the top and bottom line.Shares were down 5% in premarket trade in the U.S. at 6:02 a.m. ET.Here’s how Alibaba did in its fiscal fourth quarter ended March versus LSEG estimates:Revenue: 236.5 billion Chinese yuan ($32.6 Billion), versus 237.2 billion yuan expectedNet income: 12.4 billion yuan, compared 24.7 billion expected.While falling short of analyst expectations, revenue was nevertheless up 7% year-on-year.Alibaba’s net…

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the launch of its redesigned app, the debut of services and experiences within the app, the company’s remote work policy, and more.