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The Toronto Maple Leafs hired John Chayka as their next general manager and confirmed team legend Mats Sundin will join the front office in an advisory role Sunday. The tandem will be introduced in a press conference Monday afternoon. “Today is an important day for the Toronto Maple Leafs organization,” Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment president and CEO Keith Pelley said in a statement. “I’m thrilled to welcome John and […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Recent flooding during ongoing heavy rains in Kenya left 18 people dead over the past week, police said Sunday, with most of the deaths attributed to drowning. More than 54,000 households have been affected by the flooding countrywide, with 6,000 of those being in the capital, Nairobi, according to the Interior Ministry. Dozens of schools and hospitals across the country have flooded, and 17 roads have […]

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has killed three people and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organization said Sunday. In a statement to The Associated Press, the WHO said an investigation was underway but that at least one case of hantavirus had been confirmed. Hantavirus, found throughout the world, is spread by contact with urine […]

By Muvija M LONDON, May 3 (Reuters) – Britain is set to enter talks to join the European Union’s 78 billion pound loan ($106 billion) to Ukraine, the government said on Sunday, in a further sign of deepening European defence ties under rising U.S. pressure. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected on Monday to tell a summit in Armenia’s capital Yerevan of the European Political Community – a discussion forum set […]

May 4 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s a2 Milk said on Monday it has commenced a recall of three batches of its a2 Platinum infant milk formula sold in the United States after testing detected cereulide, a toxin that can cause vomiting. The affected product was manufactured by a2’s associate company, Synlait Milk, according to a statement from Synlait. a2 Milk said no illnesses had been reported, and it is consulting […]

WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States would begin an effort to free up ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday morning. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social site, gave few details about the operation, including whether the U.S. Navy would be involved. He described the effort as a “humanitarian gesture” meant only to aid neutral countries that […]

May 3 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Sunday that three people have died and one case of hantavirus has been confirmed among passengers on a cruise vessel sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. It said that six individuals were affected in the incident, of whome three have died and one is in intensive care in South Africa. (Reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Edmund Klamann) Brought […]

DENVER (AP) — The Minnesota Wild will be without forward Joel Eriksson Ek and defenseman Jonas Brodin for the first two games of their second-round series against the Colorado Avalanche because of lower-body injuries. Neither player made the trip to Denver. Wild coach John Hynes said the team is still “making a couple decisions on the lineup” ahead of Game 1 on Sunday night. The Avalanche will be without defenseman […]

GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Joel Embiid wants Philadelphia fans at the Philadelphia games. Good luck with that. One way or another, the Knicks know the New Yorkers are coming. The 76ers and Knicks begin the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday at Madison Square Garden, which is expected to be packed with Knicks fans, from the celebrities in the front row all the way to the die-hards way up top. Both […]