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By Steve Keating BRAMPTON, Ontario (Reuters) – The Canada government will restore funding to Hockey Canada after the body met three conditions to make the sport safer, said Minister of Sport Pascale St-Onge on Sunday, ahead of the women’s ice hockey world championship gold medal game between the United States and Canada. Hockey Canada had its funding frozen last year when the national governing body came under scrutiny over its […]

By Stella Qiu and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – When China ended a lengthy border closure in January, e-commerce marketer Tianni Ren immediately began planning a team building trip for her 14 staff to Australia, hoping to see its stunning pink salt lakes that had captivated her on social media. But instead she took her colleagues from the city of Hangzhou to New Zealand after learning Australia was cut from […]

By Matthias Williams and John O’Donnell LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces are finding a growing number of components from China in Russian weapons used in Ukraine, a senior adviser in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office told Reuters, as Western supplies are squeezed by sanctions. In “the weapons recovered from the battlefield we continue to find different electronics,” said Vladyslav Vlasiuk, who advises the president’s chief of staff on sanctions policy. “The trend […]

By Ellen Zhang and David Kirton GUANGZHOU (Reuters) -Chinese exporters exhibiting their products at the country’s largest trade fair said the weak global economy was hurting their businesses, with many freezing investments and some cutting labour costs in response. The subdued mood at the Canton Fair in the southern city of Guangzhou suggests China’s unexpected jump in exports in March may have reflected exporters catching up with orders delayed last […]

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia was baffled and angry after throwing away 25 points by crashing out of Sunday’s Grand Prix of the Americas while leading from pole position. The Ducati rider, who took a Saturday sprint/Sunday double in last month’s Portuguese opener, has now crashed out of his last two full distance races when he might have banked 45 points. Sunday’s points blank at Austin’s […]

By Cheney Orr and Julia Harte DADEVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) -At least four people were killed, including a high school football player, in a shooting that erupted during a birthday party held inside a dance studio in the small town of Dadeville, Alabama, state police and local news media said on Sunday. In addition to the four people whose lives were lost, 28 people were injured, some critically, during the shooting […]

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea held a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the completion of 10,000 new modern homes in the newly built Hwasong District in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported. Leader Kim Jong Un took part in the ceremony, the report said, as well as a number of senior government officials including Kim Tok Hun, premier of the cabinet. The milestone comes two months after Kim broke ground in February […]

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea held a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the completion of 10,000 new modern homes in the newly built Hwasong District in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported. Leader Kim Jong Un took part in the ceremony, the report said, as well as a number of senior government officials including Kim Tok Hun, premier of the cabinet. The milestone comes two months after Kim broke ground in February […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea held a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the completion of 10,000 new modern homes in the newly built Hwasong District in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported. Leader Kim Jong Un took part in the ceremony, the report said, as well as a number of senior government officials including Kim Tok Hun, premier of the cabinet. The milestone comes two months after Kim broke ground in […]