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Americans' pride in US history and democracy drops, and fewer are proud to be American, polls find

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans have grown less proud of their country's history or the way its democracy works over the past decade, according to a new AP-NORC poll. Americans' pride in the U.S. on sever...

The Canadian Press Jun 29, 2026

Pakistan says ground operation and strikes along Afghan border killed 29 militants

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani security forces Sunday carried out a ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, followed by "calibrated strikes" against militant hideouts and safe havens, kill...

The Canadian Press Jun 28, 2026

Authorities say 14 are dead after an oil company helicopter crashed in Saudi Arabia

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - All 14 people on board were killed in Saudi Arabia when a helicopter belonging to the world's largest oil company crashed on Sunday morning, according to the Saudi M...

The Canadian Press Jun 28, 2026

A skydiving plane crashes in northeastern France, killing all 11 people on board

NANCY, France (AP) - A skydiving plane crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board, authorities said. The plane suffered a malfunction and "fell almost vertically" after t...

The Canadian Press Jun 28, 2026

3 firefighters killed, 2 injured while tackling wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border

BEAVER, Utah (AP) - Three firefighters died and two were injured while tackling fires on the Colorado-Utah border, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service reported Sunday. The agency - created earlier this yea...

The Canadian Press Jun 28, 2026

Iran narrowly knocked out of tumultuous World Cup on Austria's last-second goal

Iran has been eliminated from the World Cup, narrowly failing to advance past the group stage in a politically charged tournament where the team played its matches amid tight restrictions imposed by t...