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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 31, 2026 11:45 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Gilbert Rozon, the founder of Just for Laughs, has been ordered to pay a total of more than $880,000 to eight of the nine women who had accused him of sexual assault and misconduct. Quebec Superior Court Justice Chantal Tremblay awarded the damages in a written decision released today. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a trending story. Rozon had been sued for a total…

Iran “will play at the World Cup” despite the ongoing conflict with tournament co-hosts the United States, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said.The US and Israel launched air strikes on Iran on February 28, with Iran retaliating with attacks on Israel and Middle East nations hosting US military bases.The continuing conflict raised questions over whether Iran would be able to participate in the tournament, with the team scheduled to play all three of their group games in the US.Infantino, however, remains positive that the Asian country will be able to compete.”We want Iran to play, and Iran will play at…

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar lawmakers elected junta chief Min Aung Hlaing a vice president on Tuesday (Mar 31), bringing the coup leader closer to becoming the country’s civilian leader.The former commander in chief has led Myanmar since 2021, when he ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggered civil war.Tuesday’s lower house vote could see him exchange his uniform for civilian clothes, as one of the three vice presidents will go on to be chosen as president by parliament.On the lower house floor, lawmakers queued up at a row of tables and dropped their ballots into one of three…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! There could be one Giant reunion in the works for New York.Head coach John Harbaugh was asked about the team signing free agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., and the coach did not dismiss the possibility.”The obvious pat answer would be you look at every option, and if Odell is an option, we’ll be looking at him for sure,” Harbaugh told reporters at the owners’ meeting on Monday. Wildcats FFC receiver Odell Beckham Jr. during the Fanatics Flag Football Classic at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on March 21, 2026. (Kirby…

A new economic partner?Libertad Velasco, a Chavista who grew up in the 23 de Enero neighbourhood, was only a teenager when Chavez came to power.She went on to become one of the founding members of the youth wing of Chavez’s party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Eventually, she became the head of a government agency to expand access to higher education to members of vulnerable communities.Still, Velasco described the period after Maduro’s abduction as a sort of awakening.“It’s like we’re looking at ourselves without makeup,” Velasco said. “Now, everything is laid bare, revealed in its purest state, and…

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a Colorado counselor who challenged a state law that bans “conversion therapy” for minors, ruling that lower courts failed to apply “sufficiently rigorous First Amendment scrutiny” in the case. The high court ruled 8-1 that Colorado’s law, when applied to talk therapy provided by counselor Kaley Chiles, regulates speech based on viewpoint. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissenter. She read her dissenting opinion from the bench.The ruling reverses a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit that found the law did not violate Chiles’…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For Nancy Grace, the Nancy Guthrie case is personal.As a former prosecutor, she knows firsthand how mishandling of a crime scene early on can complicate the case if it ever gets to court — and it can put the search for Guthrie in jeopardy, too, she said in an interview on Sean Hannity’s new podcast, “Hang Out with Sean Hannity.” But the 84-year-old’s suspected abduction also brought back painful memories from her own past — the murder of her fiancé during summer break from college in 1979.When Guthrie’s daughter, “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie,…

The Canadian economy eked out modest growth in January, with monthly gross domestic product rising slightly as strength in most goods-producing industries offset lingering manufacturing weakness, data showed on Tuesday. January’s GDP rose by 0.1 per cent on a monthly basis after a 0.2 per cent gain in December, Statistics Canada said, pointing to a fragile start to the year.An advance estimate, which is usually prone to change, showed that the economy might expand by 0.2 per cent in February.Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast no growth in January.Canada’s economy has struggled in the wake of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on the…

Wall Street’s main indices have risen as markets cheered a report signalling potential de-escalation in the Middle East conflict that has set the S&P 500 and the Dow on track for their biggest monthly decline in years.The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that US President Donald Trump told aides he was willing to end the military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remained largely closed, soothing some investor nerves.The month-long conflict has battered global markets and left the S&P 500 and the Dow on track for their largest monthly falls since September 2022.The benchmark S&P 500…

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court on Tuesday (Mar 31) ordered jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak to pay US$1.3 billion to a former unit of scandal-tainted state fund 1MDB, state media reported.The Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that Najib was liable for losses incurred by SRC International, a former subsidiary of sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, state news agency Bernama reported.High Court judge Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin ruled that Najib breached his fiduciary duties, abused his position as prime minister, and misappropriated SRC funds for personal gain, state news agency Bernama reported.SRC’s lawyer, Lim Chee Wee, confirmed the Bernama…