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The Danish foreign minister scolded the Trump administration on Saturday for its “tone” criticizing Denmark and Greenland during U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s visit to the strategic island.Vance – joined by wife first lady Usha Vance, national security adviser Mike Waltz, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Sen. Mike Lee of Utah – on Friday visited the Pituffick Space Base, the northernmost U.S. military installation, in Greenland. The trip had been scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders and Danges who were not consulted about the original itinerary. While there, the vice president blasted Denmark for its handling of the…

There has been growing excitement within Formula One over the potential return of the V10 engines. That roaring sound is part of the sport’s history and identity.But the calls from senior figures in the F1 paddock, including the FIA president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, to consider returning the loud engines used most recently 20 years ago, has also raised questions.If simpler, louder and cheaper V10 engines, running on fully sustainable fuels and resulting in smaller and lighter car designs, are introduced in the coming years, what happens in the interim? And how would that impact the imminent power unit change scheduled…

Newly released court documents reveal a woman’s terrifying first-hand account of how her husband allegedly tried to kill her on a Hawaii hiking trail earlier this week. Gerhardt Konig, a 46-year-old anesthesiologist, is charged with attempted second-degree murder after making his first appearance in a Honolulu district courtroom for a procedural hearing on Thursday, where prosecutors presented an affidavit detailing evidence against him.  According to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, Konig’s wife told police the pair were hiking on Oahu’s Pali Lookout trail when Konig stood “close to the edge and asked her to take a selfie with him,”…

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 29, 2025 11:08 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Tens of thousands of Ontarians are without power as an ice storm pummels parts of the province and threatens even more. A map from Hydro One, the provincial utility, shows roughly 35,000 customers were in the dark because of outages concentrated in cottage country, from Tobermory and Parry Sound to Peterborough.Environment Canada has issued freezing rain warnings for swaths of Ontario and Quebec that begin on the northwestern shore of Lake Huron. Get breaking National news For…

The top vaccine official with the US Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticised the nation’s top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” to guide his thinking behind the safety of vaccinations.Dr Peter Marks sent a letter to acting commissioner Sara Brenner on Friday saying that he would resign and retire by April 5 as the Centre for Biologics Evaluation and Research director.In his letter, Marks said he was “willing to work” to address the concerns expressed by Robert F Kennedy Jr about the safety of vaccinations.But he concluded that wasn’t possible.”It has become clear that truth and…

The deadly quake in Myanmar damaged over 3,000 buildings, including about 150 mosques and pagodas, in the government’s latest count on Saturday morning.

The Utah State Legislature approved a measure that bans the display of all but approved flags in schools and government buildings, a divisive move that civil rights groups have said will undermine free expression for L.G.B.T.Q. people and their supporters.The measure, which became law on Thursday, allows only flags explicitly exempt from the ban — including the United States flag, the Utah state flag and military flags — to be displayed. Other flags, such as the Pride flag and those supporting political causes, will be barred from being flown at government buildings.The new law is one of the most restrictive…

Cornelius Taylor’s promise to visit his family this past Christmas was one of many he had broken in his decades living on the streets. But Darlene Chaney could not stay mad at the troubled cousin raised as her brother. When he called soon after the holiday from the ragged encampment he called home, she made plans to take him to a movie.They never spoke again.A few weeks later, a clearance crew descended on the Atlanta site, a block from the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, and their heavy equipment crushed his tent as he lay undetected inside.With homelessness at a modern…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 29, 2025 11:31 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Liberal Leader Mark Carney will be campaigning in Nepean today, the Ottawa riding where he is seeking election. Carney has faced questions about his decision to run in Nepean, which became vacant only after the Liberal party ousted MP Chandra Arya as its candidate three days before the election was called.The party has not clearly laid out exactly what Arya did that has prevented him from being a candidate, though Carney says it was a decision that was…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Currencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Sweden and Norway’s currencies have become a favourite way for traders to bet on a European economic revival, outstripping other major peers since the start of the year as lawmakers across the region promise a spending spree. The Swedish krona has climbed more than 10 per cent against the US dollar this year, putting it on track for its biggest quarterly rise since 2010, while the Norwegian krone has risen more than 8 per cent, its largest jump in more than two years.That…