[ad_1] Russia’s Wagner Group private army claimed on Saturday it had finally captured the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut after the longest and bloodiest battle of the war – but Kyiv denied the town had fallen, despite the critical situation.…

[ad_1] Canada’s exhibit at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy, the world’s most prestigious architecture exhibition, opened like many others outside a Canadian teepee-inspired wood and glass pavilion in the Venetian Lagoon: a speech, a thank you, an acknowledgment…

[ad_1] Australian police are investigating why an experienced officer used a Taser on a 95-year-old woman who approached them “quickly” while holding a steak knife. The woman, Clare Nowland, who is 5-foot-2 and 95 pounds, uses a walker and has…

[ad_1] In theory, the world’s largest industrial democracy has agreed to stop using fossil fuels for more than a quarter of a century and switch to new energy sources such as solar and wind at a rapid pace. But as…

[ad_1] What On Earth54:01How to ditch fossil fuels without leaving workers behind After more than a decade spent thinking about fossil fuels and climate change, Angela Carter was looking for a “beacon of hope” to inspire Canada with alternative visions…

[ad_1] When I came to Alberta recently to report on upcoming political stories, there was no shortage of people wanting to talk about politics and the May 29 provincial election. , discussions of climate change are largely absent. [Read from…

[ad_1] The Cannes Film Festival begins this week with Maïwenn’s “Jeanne du Barry,” starring Johnny Depp as Louis XV, and ends May 27 with the new Pixar film, “Elemental.” In between, there will be many screenings, many awkward standing ovations,…

[ad_1] Well-heeled tourists descend from luxury hotels into the gleaming labyrinth of Mykonos’ historic old town in the evenings, searching for gold jewelry and heading to bars offering expensive bottles of Veuve Clicquot. Tourists cruise the Aegean on 15-deck yachts…

[ad_1] They come from all corners of the globe, speak different languages, span the ideological spectrum and range in age from 43 to 80. But what do President Biden and other leaders at the Group of 7 meeting in Japan…

[ad_1] Leaders of the world’s top democratic industrial nations cleared the decks for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sunday. Issuing the communiqué, usually completed on the final day of the annual G7 summit, is expected to be bumped…