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Prime Minister Mark Carney unveils $18 billion Canadian investment fund
TORONTO (AP) — Canada is developing a government-owned investment fund, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Monday.Carney said the fund will invest in major Canadian industrial projects in areas such as energy, infrastructure, mining, agriculture and technology. It will begin at 25 billion Canadian dollars ($18 billion).
The prime minister said the federal government will put up funds alongside private investors. The money will help fund projects Carney's government is focused on building as Canada seeks to diversify away from the United States.
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Joel Embiid made a gutsy return from an appendectomy. The 76ers are still in trouble against Boston
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid presumed he had a wretched stomach bug that hit him hard for a day or two on the Philadelphia 76ers' road trip earlier this month in Texas.The 7-footer from Cameroon became so debilitated by the ailment that he struggled walking, stayed awake deep into the night and even going to the bathroom became a chore. Embiid was finally forced to tell team officials this sickness was worse than food poisoning or any other malady he suspected, and he required a hospital visit.
The test results almost seemed preordained for bad news for Embiid... Read More
Latino leaders surge into local office as Trump-era attacks fuel new urgency
Rhetoric dehumanizing immigrant and Latino communities may appear more open and in-your-face in the current political climate. But that has not been a barrier for Latinos seeking elective office or high-level roles in government.Voters are choosing an increasing number of nonwhite Hispanic leaders to local elective office — and many of the leaders are the first Latinos to hold their seats. Some political science experts attribute the rise of Latino leadership to years of grassroots organizing, coupled with ongoing demonization of their communities by Trump administration... Read More
Melanie C says she's bringing joy to the club with 'Sweat,' an athletic album from the Spice Girl
NEW YORK (AP) — Get your heart pumpin'. She'll make you “Sweat.”Such is the promise sung by the artist known as Melanie C, or Mel C and Sporty Spice of the game-changing ‘90s girl group Spice Girls, in the lead single from her ninth album of the same name. Atop a sample of Diana Ross’ “Work That Body” and sleek house-pop production, it is equal parts club banger and workout anthem, something for the DJ booth and a runner's playlist.
Surprised? Don't be. Eight or so years ago, Melanie C began deejaying, reinvigorating her love of rave and dance music —... Read More
Summer Movie Preview: Nolan, Spider-Man and 'Toy Story' light up the cinemas
The movies always feel bigger in the summer. The budgets. The ambition. The names. The stakes. This summer, Hollywood has many of the regulars on the lineup: “Spider-Man,” “Minions,” “Star Wars” and “Toy Story.” But the most eagerly anticipated is not a superhero, toy, or franchise: It’s a 3,000-year-old epic poem.For filmmaker Christopher Nolan, “The Odyssey,” out July 17, isn't just a story. It's the story: A foundational piece that deserved to be done on the biggest possible scale, with all the resources modern Hollywood had to offer.
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- Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s bee-hived pop band the Ronettes, dies
- Melanie C says she's bringing joy to the club with 'Sweat,' an athletic album from the Spice Girl
- Summer Movie Preview: Nolan, Spider-Man and 'Toy Story' light up the cinemas
- Veniceâs La Fenice theater drops incoming music director after months of protests
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- Joel Embiid made a gutsy return from an appendectomy. The 76ers are still in trouble against Boston
- Ryan Poehling scores early in OT, Ducks push Oilers to the brink with 4-3 win in Game 4
- Durant sidelined again as Rockets extend series, Udoka calls return 'a possibility'
- Lakersâ Deandre Ayton ejected after 'unnecessary and excessive' elbow to Alperen Sengun