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A child actor since she was cast in various commercials as an 11-month-old, Panettiere was best known for her role as the country music star Juliette Barnes in the series "Nashville."

Forum-backed Montréal startup aims to simplify construction loan management with AI. The post Brdg secures $850,000 to modernize construction financing first appeared on BetaKit.

President orders Pentagon to scale back ‘inappropriate and hostile’ exercises with South Korea Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. US president Donald Trump said he ordered the Pentagon to scale back “inappropriate and hostile” military drills with South Korea, hours before the exercises began on Monday. Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating Donald Trump’s chief of staff, the Guardian understands. The UK prime minister was in contact with an unknown individual pr

Transaction in Own Shares August 14, 2026 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Shell plc (the ‘Company’) announces that on 14 August 2026 it purchased the following number of Shares for cancellation. Aggregated information on Shares purchased according to trading venue: Date of Purchase Number …

Britain's new premier has promised to ease the suffering of millions of families unable to afford basic items.

Temperatures could drop by more than 15C compared with last Thursday as cold front moves arrives from Monday Relief from the unrelenting heat is finally arriving this week across western Europe, with more unsettled conditions bringing the chance of rain. Temperatures are expected to fall back towards the seasonal norm, with some parts of the UK even falling about 3C below normal by Thursday. After such a scorching summer, and with a temperature drop of more than 15C compared with last Thursday’s

A residential fire in a Mississauga neighbourhood prompted a large emergency response and precautionary evacuations after flames broke out on Gardenview Crescent early Monday. Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services (MFES) were called to the scene near Winston Churchill Boulevard around 1:05 a.m., deploying a number of crews to contain the blaze. Officials say the fire …

Operator wins track access approval for up to 20 daily return trains through tunnel to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam in 2030 Virgin Trains has been granted track access by the rail regulator to run new services between London and Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam in 2030, in a step forward for its plans to break’s Eurostar’s passenger monopoly on the cross-Channel route. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said it had granted approval for Sir Richard Branson’s company to run up to 20 new daily return

President Trump wants to curtail military exercises with South Korea, saying they were hostile to North Korea. But under Mr. Kim, the North has become increasingly belligerent toward the South.

PM was in contact with unknown person pretending to be senior White House aide Susie Wiles, it is understood Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating Donald Trump’s chief of staff, the Guardian understands. The prime minister was in contact with an unknown individual pretending to be the senior White House aide Susie Wiles before concerns were raised about the incident. No messages of significance were sent and the suspicious activity was quickly reported to the appropriate aut

Canadian Gen Z are outpacing every generation when it comes to buying refurbished, open box or traded in technology, with 44 per cent listing environmental impact as a factor VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Ahead of back-to-school, one of the largest shopping moments for electronics, Canadians are rethinking what “new” means to them when buying tech. …

Modi's BJP once controlled media narratives in India, but this might be changing with the 'Cockroach' movement.

Japan avoided a major disaster after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit last month. Our reporter River Akira Davis visited Kumamoto, a prefecture near the epicenter, to see how it built quake-proof buildings and infrastructure.

Here’s how speedy access to satellite imagery is bolstering Ukraine.

Children on Tonle Sap sacrifice education, with many working to help their families cover increasing fuel costs.

Brian Eno and Olly Alexander also among signatories saying exploitation of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields defies reality More than 200 musicians including Massive Attack and Brian Eno have written to Andy Burnham, urging him to reject plans for more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. The letter, signed by artists such as Olly Alexander and Paris Paloma, called on the prime minister to reject the Rosebank oilfield, warning the project will fail to lower energy bills or provide energy security as

Unexpected absences can cost employers tens of thousands of dollars a month. An app that helps workers with last-minute transportation, food and childcare is making a difference.

There's a lot homeowners can do to prepare for wildfires, such as managing flammable plants and using fire-resistant building materials. But some states struggle to pass rules requiring those steps.

Four states are suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, alleging that the platforms were designed to hook kids and that Meta hid the mental health risks.

New bans on using student IDs for voting in Indiana and New Hampshire have sparked lawsuits after creating the latest hurdles to the ballot box for the U.S. voting-age group least likely to vote.

For 10 years, a Catholic-run home offered young women an affordable place to live in the nation's capital as they studied and launched careers. Now, that community is saying goodbye.

Landowners and activists worry about impact to the environment around SpaceX's complex.

In some wellness circles, tadalafil is promoted as a longevity drug. There is evidence showing a link between it and a lower risk of death in men, but there are no well-controlled trials in humans.

Aaron Rosenberg engages the community to make transformative art. In March 2026, this young resident of Squamish, British Columbia, brought 30 people from his community together to build a life-sized, interactive, travelling model of an orca on the body of an old diesel truck.

Classification gets surprisingly complicated, contradictory and contentious once the stakes are high enough. At $100 billion a year in Canada alone, sustainable investment is high stakes. That is the problem Canada’s proposed Sustainable Finance Taxonomy is trying to solve.

The federal government is moving to repeal regulations requiring automakers to hit certain electric vehicle sales targets before having all the alternative measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in place.

Thousands have been forced from their homes as Indigenous leaders raise concerns about firefighting resources, emergency assistance and who decides when communities are safe.

Canada’s calm, low-fire summers are gone, cooked away by unchecked fossil fuel burning. Here’s what we’ve replaced them with and where we are headed if we don’t stop feeding the fire weather beast.

USS Washington to relieve USS Lincoln after concerns about conditions, Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks on Russia, a look at where talks stand regarding the future of Gaza.

Scheffler's 21st career PGA Tour title earns the American $3.6m for his resounding victory at TPC Southwind.

Some 53 people were killed and thousands displaced by the earthquake, which struck early on Saturday.

Niu Lai's confusing plot and laughable animation quality has won ironic fans on the internet.

The deal that U.S. President Donald Trump signed at Versailles in June set an ambitious 60-day deadline for ending the war with Iran and reaching an accord on its nuclear program.

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment of hard-line loyalists to top jobs suggests he is prepared to keep the country on a war footing and to quash domestic dissent.

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka escapes with a nail-biting win while Felix Auger-Aliassime downs ex-champ Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Outrage as Colombian president hands out footballs in earthquake-hit city where residents say they await urgent aid.

The talks come one day after the US president's son-in-law held a rare meeting with Hamas leaders in Egypt.

Thousands more houses could be built near transport hubs including on green belt sites The new national planning policy framework is aimed at providing clearer national policies for plan-making and decision-making, meaning that conflicting local policies will carry less weight when they are inconsistent with national policies. Other changes will include: Stronger support in principle for development, meaning a more explicit presumption in favour of building in sustainable locations. Pubs will ge

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TORONTO, Aug. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — International Petroleum Corporation (IPC or the Corporation) (TSX, Nasdaq Stockholm: IPCO) is pleased to announce that IPC repurchased a total of 205,334 IPC common shares (ISIN: CA46016U1084) during the period of August 10 to 14, 2026 under IPC’s previously announced normal course issuer bid / share repurchase program …

The move to the CTC — precipitated by Lansdowne 2.0 plans for a smaller arena — is part of the price the Charge is paying for its success. | Opinion

A former government executive says the return-to-office issue has "become a question of confidence for many."

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make an announcement about energy security after reports that Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador have reached a deal regarding Churchill Falls.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to report fresh inflation figures for July this morning.

Overnight Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine kill two people and injure 19.

The lawsuit is the first public revelation of CRA's ongoing audit of the U.S.-based company

MONTREAL — In a biomedicine laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal, animal protein grows in a bubbling orange solution as researchers in white lab coats take samples with large syringes.

How the Okanagan Jewish community has delivered everything from kugels to pet food while suffering themselves from the wildfire smoke.

Billionaire CEO of world’s biggest bank says any windfall tax on sector’s bumper profits could harm jobs in the City Jamie Dimon, the boss of the US bank JP Morgan, has urged John Healey not to use his first budget as chancellor to increase taxes on banks’ bumper profits. Speculation has been growing that a windfall tax could be imposed on UK lenders to fund Andy Burnham’s cost of living agenda, with campaigners estimating such a move could raise £19bn. Continue reading...

The leftwing commentator has been invited to appear on the Planet America program in Australia on Monday night The ABC is set to air the return of its Planet America program on Monday night as the US midterm elections gain steam, with a new episode featuring the leftwing commentator Hasan Piker. Host John Barron said the episode will focus on the “rise of Democratic socialists and the populist left”, with Piker speaking about “what it’s like in the eye of a political storm”. But the appearance q

Wildfire thought to be largest in Belgium’s history creeps closer to German border prompting evacuations Belgium’s King Philippe will visit the area affected by what is believed to be the largest wildfire in the country’s history this morning, after a weekend of intense firefighting in the Hautes Fagnes nature reserve. The fire has been raging since Friday afternoon, burning more than 3,000 hectares of land, provisional figures show. Continue reading...

LUXEMBOURG — SES, a global leader in space solutions, today announced an expanded strategic investment and collaboration with Elveo Mobile (Elveo), the new company created through the completion of the Lynk and Omnispace merger. Elveo unites the heritage of two pioneers in direct-to-device (D2D) services and will deliver mobile connectivity from space to mobile phones, …

The authorities allege they were involved in an insurrection plot but the leading opposition candidate says there was an attempt on his life.