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The race to build Canada’s next submarine fleet is on its final lap as the federal government evaluates two rival bids for the lucrative contract. The two qualified bidders, South Korea’s Hanwha Oceans and Germany’s TKMS, have fought tooth and nail in an unusually short competition to supply the Royal Canadian Navy with some 12 submarines — a large order expected to be worth tens of billions of dollars.The federal government’s internal analysis of the competing bids is expected to be complete by now.“Third quarter of the game and it’s still a draw, so let’s see who will win,” TKMS…

Trump says he thinks he’ll attend NBA Finals game President Donald Trump said during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday that he believes he will attend an NBA Finals game next week, as the New York Knicks make their first Finals appearance in nearly 30 years. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jeremy Lin owned a few months of the NBA season in 2012 and gave New York Knicks fans a feeling they hadn’t experienced in quite a while – hope.Even though Lin, Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire never produced a championship or NBA Finals appearance, it was still…

CEO of Dell Technologies Michael Dell (L) speaks during a roundtable discussion with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Dec. 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong | Getty ImagesMichael Dell bought into President Donald Trump’s second term early. Now his hardware company, Dell Technologies, is closing out its best month on Wall Street since its return to the public market in 2018.In Trump’s second term, Michael Dell attended the president’s Invest America Roundtable event in June 2025. In December, Trump introduced the computer executive and his wife, Susan Dell, as they announced a…

A blast at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescue workers and independent media reports.About 70 other people were injured in the explosion that took place about noon in the village of Kaungtup, in Namhkam township.The area, located about 3km south of the Chinese border, is under the control of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, an ethnic armed group which has engaged in sporadic fighting against Myanmar’s central government.A rescue worker who rushed to the site of the blast told the Associated Press that 46…

Polls have opened in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election, in which a left-wing lawmaker, an independent businessman and a right-wing senator are vying to succeed President Gustavo Petro.Government-allied Senator Ivan Cepeda is currently leading in the polls. In Sunday’s election, he is angling to cross the 50-percent threshold in the vote tally to avoid a June run-off, which could allow the splintered right wing to consolidate around a single candidate.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listWhether Cepeda prevails or not is likely to be a bellwether for the strength of Colombia’s political left.In 2022, Petro became the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Graham Platner’s wife Amy Gertner came out to defend her husband’s Senate campaign Saturday, but X reactions to the five-minute video are rebuking it as damage control that did not dispute recent allegations against the Maine Democrat.”So it makes me really angry, disappointed, and I find it really shameful that there’s a group of media outlets and people who are willing to spread gossip, instead of talking about real issues that Graham is running on — like healthcare and education and childcare,” Gertner said hours after the Wall Street Journal reported that…

The federal government has ordered a financial audit into transactions and activities at a landmark Indigenous languages office after receiving anonymous complaints. Canadian Heritage didn’t elaborate on the allegations against the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages, an arm’s-length office set up five years ago after it was recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.“Canadian Heritage has made the commissioner of Indigenous languages aware that we have received anonymous allegations and has contracted an independent third-party firm to conduct a special examination under the Indigenous Languages Act,” the department said in an email.It said the review can look at…

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However, he said countries could contribute in other ways, including through technology transfers, closer access and shared strategic interests with partners. “You may not be spending 3.5 per cent, but (if) you have some technology which will allow you to leverage the depth that a big power has, that could be a substitute,” he said. Teodoro said countries should focus on investing in deterrent capabilities and accelerating military modernisation. “It takes time (to push budgets through), and that time window has to close. If not, we will be outpaced by technology, and to catch up is very, very difficult,” he said.  Teodoro said that…

Ten years after Colombia’s landmark peace agreement, former president Juan Manuel Santos assesses its legacy. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate discusses renewed violence, political divisions and what Colombia’s experience can teach a world facing growing conflict.Published On 31 May 202631 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo