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The 30 beluga whales at Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., are one step closer to new homes. Last week, Fisheries and Oceans Canada endorsed a rescue plan led by an international team of aquariums, said Johnny Ford, a spokesperson for Shedd Aquarium. He spoke on behalf of the U.S. aquariums involved in the proposal.That plan would divide the remaining whales between four aquariums in the United States — Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and two SeaWorld facilities in San Diego and San Antonio. Whales would also be sent to Oceanogràfic València in Spain, which is Europe’s largest…

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Sam Altman speaks during CNBC’s ‘Power Lunch’ on June 1, 2026. CNBCOpenAI CEO Sam Altman is meeting with lawmakers in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, including officials involved with the executive order on artificial intelligence that President Donald Trump signed this week.Altman will meet with members of the Trump administration at the White House, according to an OpenAI spokesperson. He will also sit down with Republican and Democratic members of Congress, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., their representatives confirmed to CNBC.Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order asking AI companies to voluntarily provide the government…

The issue is especially visible in Daerim-dong, where Kang is seeking a council seat. Kang himself is a naturalised South Korean citizen, originally from China’s northeastern Jilin province. While foreign-born candidates remain rare in South Korean politics, their presence has become more visible as the country’s foreign resident population grows. “In my view, there is little doubt that the growing number of Chinese residents has been a key factor in bringing this issue back into the spotlight,” said Kim Gidong, an assistant professor of political science at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. But he argued that the broader issue extends beyond any single…

The administration of US President Donald Trump has proposed new tariffs of up to 12.5 percent on imports from 60 economies after determining they had failed to curb trade in goods made with forced labour, an assertion that was rejected by US trading partners.The proposal from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), issued late on Tuesday, comes from a Section 301 unfair trade practices investigation designed to help rebuild US President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, struck down by a US Supreme Court decision in February.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listDespite laws banning them, the products…

Washington — Senate Republicans are moving forward with a package to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration agencies on Wednesday, following a back-and-forth over the Justice Department’s “anti-weaponization” fund that threatened to derail the long-sought funding.A revised version of one part of the package released Wednesday also dropped language that would have provided $1 billion in security funding for the Secret Service, including for President Trump’s East Wing renovation, where he plans to build a massive ballroom. That funding faced intense scrutiny from a handful of Republicans, prompting senators to abandon it.Last month, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary and…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off next week with Canada, the U.S. and Mexico jointly hosting the mega event, and sports betting is expected to surge this year, a new report warns. With more than 100 games held over six weeks, total betting volumes are expected to exceed US$50 billion worldwide, a report by investment bank Macquire released on Wednesday says.For each game, the average wagers could exceed half a billion USD, the report added.The growth of the sports betting market in the last four years, particularly in the U.S., has meant that 65 per cent of the population…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! On the football field, there is no mistaking New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers. On the roads, however, that is a different story.Nabers, 22, was stopped by police after there was a report of road rage incident involving someone driving a vehicle similar to his in Paramus, New Jersey, on Tuesday, according to NFL Network. According to a separate report, the individual brandished a gun during the incident.Nabers’ car was searched, but no weapon was found and no citation was issued. New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers looks on before…

Aussie tennis player James McCabe has claimed his father and coach, Patrick, was assaulted by a member of the ground staff at the Birmingham Open.

NEW DELHI: Indian authorities have removed top education bosses from the exam board after marking failures in tests taken by nearly two million high school students sparked outrage and calls for protests.The controversy, after the board acknowledged cybersecurity vulnerabilities in a digital marking system, is the latest to rock India’s examination system, sparking mounting criticism of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).The board’s chairman Rahul Singh and secretary Himanshu Gupta were transferred to other government departments, according to an order issued late on Tuesday (Jun 2).Anger at the CBSE erupted last month when 19-year-old cybersecurity researcher Nisarga Adhikary alleged…