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Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris (Getty Images) A group of Twitter shareholders come together to try to prevent the richest man in the world from running away from buying Twitter. In a class action lawsuit filed earlier this week, Twitter shareholders accused Musk of engaging in market manipulation during his takeover bid, alleging that he violated California …

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Toronto Public Health (TPH) says another new suspected case of smallpox in the city has been reported on Friday. In a press release on Friday, TPH said the new suspicious case brings the city total to one confirmed case, two probable cases and five suspicious cases. “These people with probable and suspicious cases are undergoing …

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard captured two Greek tankers on Friday in helicopter raids on the Persian Gulf, authorities said. The action appeared to be in retaliation for Athens’ assistance in seizing crude oil from an Iranian-flagged tanker ship this week in the Mediterranean Sea in violation of Washington’s overwhelming sanctions …

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Rising oil prices may occupy most headlines, but another commodity, natural gas, is on an even wilder path and is expected to hit new highs this summer. The war in Ukraine and the consequent concerns about global energy security have pushed up commodity prices around the world. But where the price of oil rises by …

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Moscow-backed separatists on Friday struck the industrial region of Donbas in eastern Ukraine, alleging the seizure of a railway core as concerns grew that besieged cities in the region would suffer the same horrors experienced by the people of Mariupol during the weeks before the port was taken. Ukrainian officials renewed their calls for more …

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Route links Toronto and GTA Date Posted: May 27, 2022 • 1 hour ago • 2 minutes reading • 147 comments A photograph of the East Ave and Lawrence rifle on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Content of the article Police are trained to eliminate a lethal threat to themselves, to someone they are protecting, or …

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Hydro Ottawa president and CEO says he can’t keep a previous promise to restore power to most customers on Friday night. During a Friday afternoon update, Bryce Conrad said bad weather is partly to blame for the slower-than-expected recovery from last weekend’s destructive and fatal windstorm. Rain has fallen over the last day in Ottawa, …

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Unmanned flight paves the way for crew missions Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands at the White Sands Missile Range spacecraft on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in New Mexico. Boeing’s orbital-2 flight test (OFT-2) is Starliner’s second unmanned flight test on the International Space Station as part of NASA’s commercial crew program. The OFT-2 serves as …

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With protesters shouting outside, the National Rifle Association began its annual convention in Houston on Friday, three days after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school across the state. Trump, other Republicans speaking at the event just days after the school’s mass shooting Posted: May 27, 2022 1:55 PM ET …

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WARNING: This article contains graphic content and may affect people who have experienced or know someone who has been sexually abused. Prosecutors allege that Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is a “sexual opportunist” who felt entitled to satisfy his particular sexual preferences in the face of objections from a teenage fan and a young woman. In …

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