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TORONTO, May 30 (Reuters) – Alphonso Davies will play for Canada at the World Cup, the final squad announcement showed on Friday, relieving the nation’s fears that the injured captain wouldn’t be better in time. The televised announcement of the 26-man team contained few surprises. As expected, Bayern Munich’s Davies is included in the squad, as are other prominent players like Jonathan David of Juventus. “We really think this is […]

Plenty has changed in the four years since the last World Cup. FIFA’s global championship has added 16 teams to its field, which means 48 countries will compete in the United States, Mexico and Canada from June 11 to July 19. The schedule has returned to the traditional summer months as opposed to the matches Qatar hosted in November and December 2022. As for changes on a less grandiose scale, […]

May 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Friday that it struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three men, in the latest such incident over the last few months. President Donald Trump’s administration has touted its success at taking out suspected drug trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command said in a post on X that the vessel was “engaged in narco-trafficking […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers have found their replacement for Daryl Morey and have agreed to hire Mike Gansey as their president of basketball operations, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the hiring has not yet been revealed publicly. Gansey joined the Cavaliers in 2011 and has worked as their general manager since 2022. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. commander in Latin America met with Cuban military leaders on Friday in a “brief exchange on operational security matters” near the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, the latest official to visit the island nation as President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on its leaders. Trump has warned that Cuba “is next” after U.S. military forces captured Venezuela’s autocratic leader, Nicolás Maduro, in a […]

Crews on Friday recovered the remains of one more victim of a massive chemical tank rupture at a paper mill in Washington state, leaving two workers still unaccounted for. Among the 11 workers killed in the disaster were two brothers who worked there together, a trivia champ and an electrician who would help his farmer neighbors cut hay. A tank containing more than 500,000 gallons (1.9 million liters) of a […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump endorsed two Republican gubernatorial candidates Friday, wading into contests in South Carolina and Iowa that have pitted allies against each other in a fierce competition for their party leader’s blessing. In a pair of social media posts, Trump gave his backing to South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Iowa Rep. Randy Feenstra, as primary elections in both states approach. Iowa’s primary is […]

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — A disoriented man slowly drove his car through doors Friday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, alarming morning travelers inside a busy terminal but causing no major injuries, authorities said. The 67-year-driver was immediately arrested when the SUV stopped, said Tadarial Sturdivant, vice president of emergency and support services. The man seemed “very disoriented” and said he was there to meet actor Tom Cruise and “to save his […]

May 29 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms plans to start testing an AI pendant in the next year as part of an ambitious roadmap for wearable devices aimed at reversing the huge losses in its hardware division, The Information reported on Friday. The Facebook and Instagram owner plans to significantly expand its selection of AI glasses and to add a business-focused service called “Wearables for Work,” the report said, citing an […]