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CALGARY – Alberta is moving to ban cellphones in kindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms starting in the fall. Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said Monday that cellphones help with learning but can also be a distraction and lead to cyberbullying. He said there will be exceptions for students…

Russia's presidential office says Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea from Tuesday to Wednesday to meet with the country's leader, Kim Jong Un. North Korea's state-run TV has also reported Putin will come to the country at the invitation of Kim. Putin's visit to the country is his first in 24…

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Riot police in Germany intervened to stop brawling soccer fans before Sunday’s match between Serbia and England at the European Championship soccer tournament. Social media footage showed men throwing chairs at each other outside a restaurant festooned with Serbian flags in…

CANBERRA, Australia: China’s relationship with Australia is “on the right track,” Premier Li Qiang declared in Canberra on Monday, signaling a move past a bitter economic dispute that had strained ties between the two trading partners. Li’s visit marks the highest-ranking Chinese official to set foot in Australia since 2017,…

“I feel amazing to be a free man,” McKinnon said after the hearing as he stood outside US District Court in Clarksburg with his two attorneys. Later in the day, he was scheduled to catch a flight to Florida, where he will live with his mother.Sean McKinnon with his lawyers, Brendan Leary and Katy Cimino outside a federal court in Clarksburg,…

A group of drivers hired in Spain and brought to the UK to deliver Amazon packages to British households in the run-up to Christmas are taking legal action against the company and one of its subcontractors.The drivers claim the subcontractor promised them earnings of more than £100 a day, free housing, van rental, insurance and free return…

U.S. stocks are rallying toward more records as gains for technology companies keep pushing the market higherBy STAN CHOE AP Business WriterJune 17, 2024, 3:40 AM ET• 4 min readNEW YORK -- U.S. stocks are rallying toward more records Monday as gains for technology companies keep pushing the market higher.The S&P 500 was up 0.9% in late…

Kylian Mbappé urges young people to vote, warns against 'extremes' ahead of French electionsFrance get their Euro 2024 campaign underway in Group D with a tantilising match versus Austria. Les Bleus are hotly tipped as one of the favourites to win this tournament having finished second in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with a very similar squad at…

As Alina waited for the bus that would take her to her family’s weekend house outside Belgorod, she made sure to wait deep inside the concrete shelter built early this year around the stop.It had been nearly six months since she and her 8-year-old brother, Artem, were almost injured in an attack on Belgorod’s central square, the day before New…

EXPLAINERMajor Global South nations cited Russia’s absence or Israel’s presence as reasons for not accepting the communique.About 100 delegations from countries and international organisations attended the Switzerland-hosted Summit on Peace in Ukraine last weekend, aimed at crafting a path that many participants said could pave the way to ending…