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Despite continuing to lead the country on home construction, the City of Calgary is looking to refine its housing strategy due to slowing progress on implementing the plan. That strategy, titled Home is Here, was approved by the previous city council in 2023 and included 98 action items to improve affordability and boost housing supply across the city by 2030.According to an update to city councillors Wednesday, 71 per cent of the action items included in the strategy are either completed or underway, but that’s down from 88 per cent from the last update in June 2025.The update included a…

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iPhone owners could receive up to $95 under a proposed $250 million settlement resolving claims that Apple misled customers about Siri’s artificial intelligence features, according to a recent court filing.The class-action lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Northern District of California on behalf of U.S. consumers, claims that Apple deceived customers by marketing “Enhanced Siri features” that did not yet exist, leading them to buy iPhones based on false advertising.The plaintiffs are seeking a settlement payment of $250 million, according to a recent court filing. If approved by a judge, it could rank among the largest settlements involving Apple.”Apple…

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average shot to a record high on Thursday (May 7) as financial markets reopened after holidays, catching up with optimism over strong technology earnings and signs of a potential peace deal in the Middle East.The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index rose 3.38 per cent to an all-time high of 61,523.36 in early trading. The broader Topix climbed 2.02 per cent to 3,803.95.At 9.31am local time, the Nikkei was up 4.1 percent at 61,937.78 points. Japan’s markets are also responding to a stronger yen since the last trading day on Friday, following bouts of suspected intervention by Tokyo to…

Pyongyang says its status as nuclear-armed state ‘will not change based on external rhetorical claims’.Published On 7 May 20267 May 2026North Korea’s envoy to the United Nations has declared that Pyongyang will not be bound by any treaty on atomic weapons and that no external pressure will change its status as a nuclear-armed state.Ambassador Kim Song’s statement – carried by state media on Thursday – came as the United States and other countries criticised North Korea’s nuclear programme at the ongoing UN conference reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listPyongyang withdrew from the NPT…

Former President Barack Obama made some pointed remarks about the state of American governance under President Trump in an interview with Stephen Colbert that aired Tuesday night. Obama raised concerns about the expansion of executive branch powers and the use of the Justice Department for political ends, though he didn’t mention Mr. Trump by name.”We can survive a lot — bad policy, funky elections, there’s a bunch of stuff that, you know, we can overcome,” Obama said on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” “We can’t overcome the politicization of our justice system, the awesome power of the state. You…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! HARRISON, Maine — As she runs for a sixth six-year term in the U.S. Senate in left-leaning Maine, Republican Sen. Susan Collins is once again a top target for Democrats.”I have been the number one target of Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, not only in this campaign, but the last two campaigns as well. I’m always his number one target,” Collins told Fox News Digital in an exclusive national interview this week.And it’s no different this time around, as Collins seeks re-election in a competitive and high-profile 2026 race that is one of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An illegal immigrant is facing 30 charges in connection to a decade-long serial rape case in Marion County, Indiana, after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) DNA collection cracked the case, authorities said.Leonel Catalan-Torreblanca is facing 30 charges, which include level one felonies that carry potential sentences of up to 50 years in prison under Indiana’s old penal code, Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears said during a news conference Wednesday.The series of sexual assaults spanned more than a decade, with the first reported incident in March 2013 and the most recent in…

For more than two decades, the sights and sounds of GlobalFest have drawn thousands to northeast Calgary for a late-summer tradition. But organizers say they have found a new home across the city at Spruce Meadows for the 2026 event.“Elliston Park was an amazing space, but we were outgrowing it,” explained GlobalFest chief operating officer, Ken Goosen.“With it being a very limited, flat area, we couldn’t really bring any additional programming in.”Late last year, the festival paused ticket sales for the 2026 event as uncertainty surrounding its financial future swirled.The 2025 event fell roughly 11,000 tickets short of the mark…

Russian punk group Pussy Riot and members of Ukrainian feminist organisation FEMEN have swarmed the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale to protest Russia’s participation at the world’s oldest art exhibition.Their faces covered with pink balaclavas and shouting “Blood is Russia’s art” and “Disobey,” 50 members of feminist groups opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin blockaded the highly controversial pavilion for at least half an hour while Italian police prevented them from getting inside.They chanted, played a punk rock song and dispersed without confrontation.After years of war, “you guys just opened the door to them,” said Pussy Riot founder Nadya…