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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Scores of Greek firefighters and water-bombing aircraft succeeded late Wednesday in taming a large wildfire on the fringes of Athens that forced authorities to evacuate two nearby settlements.Summer wildfires also plagued Greece’s Mediterranean neighbor Turkey, where two villages…

Banks and post offices will be closed on Wednesday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth, however major restaurant, grocery and retail store chains will remain open on the holiday.Companies such as Target, Walmart, Starbucks, and Costco, among many others, will keep their doors open on the federal holiday this year. The stock market, however,…

NEW YORK – Aaron Judge was angry first, nervous next.“I was definitely (ticked),’’ said the Yankees captain, upset at being drilled in the left hand, and worried at the potential for damage – both to his and the team’s season.So, it was “a big relief’’ to Judge when X-rays and a CT scan came back negative following a 4-2 win against the…

Many markets in Asia have implemented new digital imports systems in the past few years in order to cope with logistics changes and customs congestion issues at their borders, from Thailand​ to South Korea​.The Philippines is the latest market to join this digital transformation shift, and similar with most of the previous markets, will be…

As the war has raged in Gaza, another battle has unfurled in parallel along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon — a risky game of tit-for-tat that has intensified in recent weeks, with a far stronger foe.In a measure of the danger of a full-scale war erupting, President Biden dispatched one of his senior aides, Amos Hochstein, to Israel on…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksQuebecNewsLocal NewsMcGill president Deep Saini says the university is exploring “the full spectrum of legal recourses” and disciplinary processes.Published Jun 18, 2024  •  Last updated 17 minutes ago  •  7 minute readYou can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.A…

Toyota Motor President and CEO Sato Koji apologized to customers and shareholders over the company's failure to follow vehicle testing procedures. Sato pledged to prevent a recurrence at a meeting of shareholders on Tuesday. Toyota earlier this month admitted it falsified data to obtain government test…

With a combined age of 106, Germany’s three remaining 2014 World Cup winners Manuel Neuer, Thomas Mueller and Toni Kroos are leading the hosts’ charge for Euro 2024 glory.Friends off the pitch, Neuer, Mueller and Kroos are the only players in the 26-man squad to have each played over 100 games for Germany.But not only are they the most…

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has raised with China’s Premier Li Qiang an incident at parliament house where Chinese officials tried to obstruct a journalist previously jailed in Beijing, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday.Li’s visit to Australia from June 15-18 was the first by a Chinese premier in seven years…

The District’s law licensing committee for the D.C. Court of Appeals has recommended suspending the law license of Hunter Biden, roughly a week after he was convicted on felony gun charges in Delaware.Biden has been licensed to practice law in the nation’s capital since 2007, registered under his full name, Robert H. Biden.A jury in Wilmington,…