A former FIFA official says the upcoming World Cup has been tainted by corporate greed, as two US states investigate soaring ticket pricing. Tickets to this year’s World Cup are by far the most expensive on record. Top tickets for the final were selling for the equivalent of almost $16,000, a nearly 600 per cent…
Gates told his foundation staff that he had affairs with two Russian women, the Wall Street Journal reported, but denied spending time with Epstein’s victims. He said his relationship with Epstein began in 2011, three years after Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to soliciting a minor for prostitution.
If you want a measure on Brian To’o’s place in New South Wales Origin history just look at how he went in Game I. It was far from a vintage To’o performance. In fact, with three errors in the first half, it was decidedly against type for one of the best wingers the Blues have…
The City of Edmonton is ditching TransEd and shifting operations of the Valley Line LRT in-house to the Edmonton Transit Service — a move officials say will save taxpayers money. “This is strictly a financial decision,” City of Edmonton manager Eddie Robar said, explaining the goal is to operate the public-private partnership line at a…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is “very worried” about fresh US strikes on Iran and has highlighted the difficulties for global markets responding to President Donald Trump’s repeated peace deal announcements. It comes as the US said it had ordered fresh strikes on Iran which it described as “proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression”…
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that the Gordie Howe International Bridge poised to connect Ontario and Michigan will open “at the end of the week,” but a statement from the White House is raising questions about whether that will actually happen. Speaking briefly to reporters on his way into a cabinet meeting on Parliament…
The large Mount Todd gold mine near Katherine is gearing up to restart production, after nearly three decades in hibernation. The soaring price of gold, on a bull run since 2020, has led to gold mines reopening and expanding across the NT — including in the Tanami, and near Tennant Creek. Brent Murdoch says the…
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A tornado warning issued for Winnipeg has been lifted — one of a series of warnings that covered southern Manitoba on…
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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested an 18-year-old man for first-degree murder in the death of an OPP constable near…