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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Only days after it began its season, the Edmonton Queen Riverboat became stuck in the North Saskatchewan River on Sunday during a Mother’s Day cruise. About 200 people were on board when it got stuck between the James MacDonald and Connors Road bridge on the south side of the river.One passenger who spoke with Global News said one of the paddles was making a loud noise as the boat left the dock at about 2 p.m.When the crew tried to turn the boat around by dropping the anchor and using the current,…

A man accused of storming the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has pleaded not guilty to charges that he attempted to kill President Donald Trump.

KATHMANDU: A Turkish Airlines jet caught fire while landing at Nepal’s main airport on Monday (May 11), causing no reported injuries but forcing the airport to shut down.The flight from Istanbul landed at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport with fire and smoke on the right landing gear. Emergency crew responded and controlled the fire and passengers were safely evacuated, according to airport officials.The airport was shut down on Monday morning.There were 277 passengers and 11 crew members on board the Airbus 330 jet. “Fire was visible during the landing. Investigations are ongoing. All passengers are safe,” Gyanendra Bhul, a spokesman at…

A United States citizen who was on the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship is the latest to test positive for the virus while a French traveller has developed symptoms as the ship is being evacuated and passengers are returning to their home countries.Passengers began flying home on military and government planes after the ship anchored near Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, on Sunday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAt least eight people who were on board the ship had earlier been confirmed or were suspected of having contracted the hantavirus. Three people have died while at least…

The following is the transcript of the interview with former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who is on the boards of Pfizer and UnitedHealthCare, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on May 10, 2026.MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face The Nation. Passengers from the Hantavirus stricken cruise ship arrived this morning in Spain’s Canary Islands, where they were ferried onto land by small launch boats, then checked for symptoms before being flown on evacuation flights. Close to 150 people on-board the ship, and among them, 17 of them Americans. They’re going to be flown to a quarantine unit…

Circle Internet Group has raised $222 million in the presale of Arc, the native token of its new blockchain, as the company looks to expand beyond its core business of issuing the USDC stablecoin, CNBC has learned.The raise gives Arc a fully diluted network valuation of $3 billion. “[Blockchain] infrastructure is becoming as important as mobile operating systems or cloud platforms,” Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire told CNBC in an exclusive interview. “We want to build an operating system that has many, many stakeholders in it … major companies who are running the infrastructure with us and who ultimately help to govern…

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailChris Sununu, Airlines for America president and CEO and former New Hampshire governor, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the state of the airline industry, impact of rising jet fuel prices on airfares, and more.

Hard hats and orange cones have been a frequent sight at B.C. Place for well over a year amid a flurry of construction. Now, with a month to go before the FIFA World Cup comes to Vancouver, the stadium’s facelift — including the installation of a grass playing surface — is nearly complete.“I’m very pleased to share that final touches are being completed on our stadium upgrades and renovations, and that we continue to remain on time and on budget,” Chris May, the stadium’s general manager, said at a press conference on Wednesday.The World Cup kicks off in Mexico City…

Jim Chalmers will unveil another four years of deficits but with a bottom line that’s $44.9 billion better than previously forecast when he hands down his fifth Budget.The Treasurer’s improved set of books comes as Anthony Albanese said he would make no apologies for pulling every lever on housing as his government prepares to cut back property investor tax concessions, breaking an election promise.Tuesday’s budget will show lower deficits every year compared to the mid-year update released in December.That update forecast a cumulative $143.3 billion deficit between 2025-26 and 2028-29, already an improvement on what had been projected in the…

A SHOCK TO THE COMMUNITYOn May 8, Dukono erupted violently, sending a thick plume of ash 10,000m into the atmosphere, making it one of the volcano’s biggest eruptions in recorded history.According to data from the Indonesian Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Centre (PVMBG) past eruptions have rarely expelled ash of more than 1,000m in height since 1933 when such measurement began.  “Even we locals who are used to seeing Dukono erupting were taken aback by the (May 8) eruption,” said Jabir. When 17 people emerged from Dukono’s slopes to report that three of their friends were missing, locals had a hunch that this would not…