October 2, 2023
The speaker of Canada’s parliament resigned on Tuesday, days after he singled out a Ukrainian veteran who apparently fought for the Nazis during World War II for a standing ovation during a visit by Ukraine’s leader. “It is with a heavy heart that I rise to inform members of my resignation as Speaker of the
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Chiba – Tsuyoshi Wada threw five solid innings, backed by home runs from Kensuke Kondo and rookie Tomoya Inoue, as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks soared to a 10-1 win Monday over the Chiba Lotte Marines with potentially big implications for the Pacific League playoff race. Locked in a three-way battle for the two remaining PL
READ MORECanada’s prime minister said Monday the singling out of a Ukrainian veteran alleged to have fought for the Nazis during World War II for a standing ovation during a visit by Kyiv’s leader was shameful and intolerable. The speaker of Canada’s parliament, Anthony Rota, has apologized for the gaffe. He’d paid homage to Yaroslav Hunka,
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The investigation into the suicide crisis roiling Australia’s military community has been “stymied and stonewalled” by defence and government bureaucracy, the man leading the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has said. In a furious speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, commission chair Nick Kaldas called on the ADF and Commonwealth to
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Hanke Bruins Slot served in the Dutch military in the war in Afghanistan before becoming the country’s interior minister in the caretaker administration of Mark Rutte. Now Bruins Slot has been appointed as the Netherlands’ new foreign minister. Christian Democrat leader Henri Bontenbal said “Hanke is more than qualified to make this move to the Foreign
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As Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva faced off at the U.S. Open on Wednesday, fans in the stands remarked about how old — really how young — they were while competing at the top of their sport. Gauff, who at 19 is not much older than the 16-year-old Andreeva, has for several years been a
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A mother who lost her son to suicide has harrowingly recounted how he went through a first-aid training course that forced him to re-live the death of his own baby boy. David Finney, a veteran who died by suicide in 2019, lost his first son to SIDS in 2007 while he served in the Navy.
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Looking for a way out of the classroom, Ray Lastelle, was only 16 when he signed up for military service in 1963. “I had enough of school and I just wanted to get out and do something, so I applied for two jobs – a jackaroo on a cattle station and I applied for the
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Given the uncertainty with their primary running back, the Las Vegas Raiders are seeking some insurance, signing veteran running back Damien Williams, his agent told ESPN Friday. Josh Jacobs, the league’s leading rusher last season, and the Raiders were unable to come to terms on a long-term deal before camp started, so Jacobs is holding
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Michael Hooper, Quade Cooper and Len Ikitau were shock omissions from a young Wallabies squad named on Thursday for the Rugby World Cup, with Will Skelton handed the captain’s armband ahead of veteran James Slipper. Coach Eddie Jones also named three uncapped players among the 33 for the September-October tournament in France, including scrum-half Issak
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