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Nico Echavarria shoots another 64 to lead the Zozo Championship by 2 shots after the second round
INZAI CITY, Japan (AP) - Nico Echavarria shot a 6-under 64 on Friday - matching his 64 on Thursday - to lead by two shots over Taylor Moore and Justin Thomas after the second round of the Zozo Champio...
Oct 25, 2024
Maja Stark takes 2nd-round lead at LPGA Malaysia with Marina Alex 1 stroke behind
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Maja Stark shot a 6-under 66 Friday to take the lead after two rounds of the LPGA Tour's Maybank Championship, with a 34-year-old American just one stroke behind. Storms ...
Oct 25, 2024
Criminals may be leveraging climate change as record acreage burns in Brazil's Amazon
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Wildfires in Brazil have swept through an area the size of Switzerland, a level of destruction that will take decades to recover, if it ever does, according to a new satellite ...
Oct 25, 2024
Canada's Andreescu, Fernandez fall in quarterfinals at Tokyo's Pan Pacific Open
TOKYO - Canadians Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez were eliminated in the quarterfinals at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Friday. Andreescu was ousted after dropping a 6-2, 6-1 decision to Britain...
Oct 25, 2024
Buoyed by squash's Olympic inclusion and date change, Canadian Women's Open on rise
TORONTO - When Squash Canada CEO Jamie Nicholls thinks about the impact Pro Squash Association tournaments have had in this country, a conversation with former world No. 1 Jonathon Power comes to mind...
Oct 25, 2024
4 astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Four astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton. A SpaceX capsule carryi...
Oct 25, 2024
Death toll from deadly storm that struck the Philippines rises to 65
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine provincial police chief said Friday that 33 people were killed mostly in landslides set off by Tropical Storm Trami in a province south of Manila. The deaths ca...
Oct 25, 2024
In the news today: Most Canadians would back Harris in U.S.: poll
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Most Canadians would back Harris in U.S.: poll If Canadians could vote in the U.S. election, a majority would ...
Oct 25, 2024
Canadian consensus on immigration under threat, but not gone: immigration minister
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada's long-held consensus on immigration is under threat, but has not disappeared. On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to slash...
Oct 25, 2024
Majority of Canadians would vote for Kamala Harris in U.S. election: poll
WASHINGTON - If Canadians could vote in the U.S. election, a majority would choose to send Kamala Harris to the White House. In a new survey from polling firm Leger, 64 per cent of Canadian respondent...
Oct 25, 2024