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Official representatives from Turkey, Finland and Sweden met close to the Finnish capital on Friday in an attempt to advance the bids by the two Nordic countries to join the NATO alliance. Friday's talks in the city of Vantaa were the first since the three signed an agreement in Madrid in June. Turkey is the only NATO member to explicitly…

Nova Scotians continue to share stories of ordeals in the province's hospitals, experiences that lead to consequences more serious than just a long wait for care.Missy Johnson, who lives in Lower Sackville, said her father got into a car accident when he was sent away — despite a fever — from the Cobequid Community Health Centre because the ER…

Comment on this storyCommentFor months, the Federal Reserve has been under growing pressure to control inflation without jerking the economy into a recession. On Friday, Chair Jerome H. Powell will map out his plan for how the central bank could pull that off.Policymakers, financial markets and people around the United States — and the world —…

A federal judge in Texas has thrown out the state’s ban on people aged 18 to 20 carrying handguns in what appears to be the first major judicial decision since a landmark ruling on weapons rights by the US supreme court in June.The challenge to the Texas statute that bans young adults not in active military service from having handguns in public…

Comment on this storyCommentOn Tuesday, former federal prosecutor Daniel Goldman was projected to be the winner of the Democratic nomination in New York’s newly redrawn 10th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press, defeating a crowded primary field that at one point included more than a dozen candidates, including a sitting…

It was the beginning and end of a long journey as Otago Polytechnic welcomed back students from Japan’s International College of Technology yesterday. The 10 students were welcomed with a mihi on to the Dunedin campus, where they will study until next February while living with local host families. Programme co-ordinator Nathan Dunbar, an…

Marco Reus has reacted to the UEFA Champions League draw, which will see Erling Haaland return to GermanyManchester City, Sevilla, FC Copenhagen and Borussia Dortmund have all been drawn into Group GErling Haaland left Borussia Dortmund at the end of the last season to join English champions Manchester CityMarco Reus is relishing the…

It’s a wild and wonderful place that few of us will ever be lucky enough to visit. But fortunately, Australians who have been to Antarctica are happy to share their tales of adventure, bringing a taste of the coldest, windiest place on earth to the wider population as part of the Australian Antarctic Festival in Hobart. The festival,…

Police, for a second time in 26 hours, rushed to the Georgia home of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday for another false shooting report, authorities said.A person, calling him or herself "Wayne Greene," reached out electronically to a suicide crisis center to report gunfire at 2:53 a.m., police in Rome, Georgia, said.Greene is…

More than half of U.K. households risk being pushed into energy poverty this winter by soaring bills that threaten suppliers with rising amounts of debt that simply can’t be repaid. The crisis could have a bigger impact on households than the 2008 financial crisis, according to consultancy Baringa…