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Time is running out for the federal government to meet its deadline for allowing direct-to-consumer alcohol sales across Canada. The service is only available in two provinces so far, after nearly all provinces and territories agreed to do the same by the end of May 2026.Direct-to-consumer sales means that customers can order alcohol products directly from businesses like breweries, wineries and distillers within their own province and from other provinces and territories for delivery.But with just a few days left in the month, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says there is a “lack of transparency and progress” in seeing this…

The first human to fly past Mars will be a Bitcoin miner. F2Pool co-founder Chun Wang, a Bitcoin miner, has been named by SpaceX as commander of its first private crewed interplanetary mission.During the global Starship V3 launch livestream, Wang delivered a pre-recorded announcement from Bouvet Island confirming he would command a two-year Mars flyby mission and return to Earth. Wang co-founded F2Pool in 2013 and has mined more than 1.3 million BTC, representing over 9% of all Bitcoin blocks ever produced. SpaceX has just announced that billionaire Bitcoin miner Wang Chun will lead its first mission to mars. He…

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, on April 29, 2026. Li Rui | Xinhua News Agency | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — A majority of Federal Reserve officials at their most recent meeting anticipated that interest rate increases would be necessary if the Iran war continued to aggravate inflation, according to minutes released Wednesday.Though the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee again voted to keep its benchmark rate targeted between 3.5%-3.75%, the meeting featured four “no” votes, the most since 1992, and an apparently heightened level of disagreement about where policy should go.At…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NEW YORK – Adam Copeland and Christian Cage ended a 25-year drought of tag team titles on Sunday when they forced Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler to quit in their match for the AEW Tag Team Championship at Double or Nothing.Cope and Cage and FTR battled in a brutal match that saw ladders, tools and even a flaming table be used. As the match got more and more brutal, none of the four men in the ring were immediately going to quit. Cage had his arm smashed multiple times, Wheeler had a…

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Global oil prices fell on the day, with West Texas Intermediate approaching the psychologically important $90-a-barrel level and Brent crude easing towards the mid-$90s after briefly trading above $100 overnight.The pullback came as broader financial markets shifted back into risk-on mode. Equities advanced across major markets, bond yields declined and crude prices gave up part of the sharp risk premium that had built during the previous session.Oil was down by about $5 a barrel on the day, as investors assessed reports around US-Iran talks and their potential implications for the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important energy…

People in Lebanon have gathered to observe Liberation Day, which marks the date in 2000 when Israel ended its 22-year occupation of southern Lebanon. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr explains how this year’s celebrations come as occupation returns to the country’s south.Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump is pressuring Muslim-majority nations to join the Abraham Accords if they want to participate in a developing Iran agreement, according to multiple reports.The Abraham Accords are a series of agreements aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations between Israel and several Arab and Muslim-majority nations.PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS DEAL WITH IRAN IS ‘LARGELY NEGOTIATED’ President Donald Trump attends and claps during the signing ceremony of the Peace Charter for Gaza at the 56th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2026. (Harun Ozalp/Anadolu)Trump said Saturday that he urged Saudi Arabia,…

By Catherine Morrison The Canadian Press Posted May 25, 2026 1:54 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent visit to his country paved the way for a complete overhaul of the Canada-India relationship. Goyal is in Canada for meetings on trade and investment this week, starting today with a discussion with Canadian International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu.Goyal says the relationship between Canada and India will be very important in the coming years and both countries are keen to reach a free trade…

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