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Nutritionist Christine Chénard has a habit of embarking on big adventures, like climbing mountains across the planet. Recently, though, she’s been setting her sights on something higher.“Up there,” she giggled, pointing to the sky. “It’s really amazing!”Chénard is the co-founder of Happy Yak, a company in Cowansville, Que., that turns fresh food into freeze-dried gourmet meals. She found a way to remove most of the water and weight while preserving the flavour.“Usually vegetables will lose about 90 per cent of their weight,” she explained, “so a 10 kg vegetable will be 1 kg after freeze-drying. So it’s really, really light.”Such…

Hungary has made its choice and Russia looks forward to dealing with its new leaders, the Kremlin says after the election loss of Viktor Orban, a Moscow ally.

China and Pakistan had backed peace talks in March while urging an immediate ceasefire in the Iran war and restoration of normal navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for about a fifth of global oil and gas supplies.Guo rejected reports that China had plans to supply weapons to Iran as “groundless smears and malicious associations”.Last week, Trump threatened immediate tariffs of 50 per cent, with no exemptions, on imports from countries supplying Iran with military ​weapons.”China has consistently taken a prudent and responsible approach to arms exports,” Guo said, adding that its strict controls were in line with…

Peter Magyar, once a staunch loyalist of Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban, has ended his mentor’s 16-year rule after his Tisza party won Sunday’s parliamentary election by a landslide.With votes in 97.35 percent of precincts counted, Magyar’s centre-right party has secured 138 seats in the 199-seat parliament and 53.6 percent of the vote. Orban’s Christian nationalist Fidesz party won 55 seats with 37.8 percent of the votes, according to official results.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIn a victory speech to tens of thousands of supporters gathered along the Danube River in the capital Budapest on Sunday, 45-year-old Magyar…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! First Lady Melania Trump’s call for public hearings for Jeffrey Epstein’s victims is piling fresh pressure on Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who only days earlier signaled the administration wanted to move past the saga even as bipartisan lawmakers and survivors continue demanding more files, testimony and prosecutions.While the first lady called on Congress to take additional steps to let Epstein “survivors” tell their stories, Epstein victims and members of Congress themselves argued that the onus is with the Trump administration, not Congress. “First Lady asks Congress to bring Epstein survivors in for…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Voters in the federal riding of Scarborough Southwest will choose their first new member of Parliament in more than a decade in Monday’s byelection. The Toronto-area riding had been held since 2015 by Liberal MP Bill Blair, the former Toronto police chief who served as public safety minister and defence minister under former prime minister Justin Trudeau.Blair resigned earlier this year to serve as Canada’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom.The Liberals have nominated former Ontario New Democratic Party deputy leader and MPP Doly Begum as their candidate to potentially succeed Blair.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Augusta gets the best of green jacket winners, too.The 2017 winner, Sergio Garcia, shattered his driver after taking his anger out on the second tee box of the legendary golf course.Paired with fellow Spaniard and 2023 winner Jon Rahm, Garcia slammed his club into the turf twice after hitting a shot that ended up in the bunker. Then he took a swipe at a table with a green cooler on it. Sergio Garcia finishes his first round at the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9, 2026.…

Premier Roger Cook confirmed if a Mandurah private school’s decision to install doorbell-style cameras outside toilets blocks will be rolled out in the public system.

JAKARTA: Indonesia and the United States are discussing a proposal to give US military aircraft access over Indonesian airspace, Indonesia’s defence ministry said on Monday (Apr 13), adding that no deal has yet been reached.The US is seeking “blanket overnight access” for American military aircraft through Indonesian airspace, several media outlets reported on Sunday, adding that Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto had approved the proposal.The proposal will allegedly allow US aircraft overflight access in Indonesia’s airspace for emergency operations, crisis response missions and jointly agreed-upon military exercises, the New Delhi-based Sunday Guardian reported on Apr 12.The report was then picked up…

Other US allies criticise Trump’s move, including France, Spain and Turkiye, and China also condemns the plan.Published On 13 Apr 202613 Apr 2026British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says his country will not join the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz announced by United States President Donald Trump, a move also criticised by other US allies.“We are not supporting the blockade,” Starmer told BBC radio on Monday, adding that the United Kingdom “is not getting dragged in” to the US-Israel war on Iran.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listStarmer said it was vital to get the strait reopened. In peacetime,…