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Olympic champs Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron lead ice dance at the figure skating worlds
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France improved their rhythm dance to take a commanding lead in the ice dance at the figure skating world championships on Friday. Olympic bronze medalists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada sit in second heading to Saturday’s free dance Source link
Savannah Guthrie sets Today show return after mother's disappearance
After a two-month absence sparked by her 84-year-old mother’s apparent abduction, Savannah Guthrie will return to NBC’s Today show next month, saying in an interview that aired Friday ‘joy will be my protest.’ Source link
North American stocks fall, oil prices rise as Trump's delays fail to quell fears
The S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow Jones Industrial Average all sank in early trading, a day after Wall Street’s worst drop since the conflict with Iran started. Source link
Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon's blacklist of AI company Anthropic
In their lawsuit, Anthropic accused the government of violating its rights when U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk. The judge’s decision is the latest in the saga between the AI company and the government over how Anthropic’s technology can be used for defence purposes. Source link
'This is people's lives': Canadian soccer star Quinn continues trans advocacy
A Canadian soccer star is speaking out about the need to make sports safe for trans athletes — and the world safer for trans people — as restrictive laws come into effect across North America. Source link
2 humanitarian aid boats en route to Cuba are missing, Mexico says
Mexico’s navy said on Thursday it had activated a search-and-rescue operation in the Caribbean to locate two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba after the vessels failed to arrive in Havana as scheduled. Source link
Judge hands defeat to Musk's X, throws out lawsuit accusing advertisters of illegal boycott
A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed X Corp.’s antitrust lawsuit that accused the World Federation of Advertisers and major companies including Mars, CVS Health and Colgate-Palmolive of illegally boycotting billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s social media company. Source link
Kingsbury's 'last dance': Canadian freestyle legend confirms he'll end his career with last race in Quebec
In an exclusive interview with CBC Sports, the five-time Olympic medallist confirmed he’s retiring at the end of competition this weekend at the Canadian freestyle ski championships at his home course in Quebec. Source link
'Massive overdose' of sedative led to man's cardiac arrest, brain injury at Winnipeg hospital: lawsuit
The Alberta government and the father of a man who suffered cardiac arrest and permanent brain damage after he was allegedly given a “massive overdose” of a potent sedative at a Winnipeg hospital two years ago are suing the facility, three medical providers and two Manitoba health authorities for negligence. Source link
Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars
This is the opening of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars, the New Scientist Book Club read for April, as humans come to the planet to settle it Source link