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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada lost 84,000 jobs and the national unemployment rate rose to 6.7 per cent in February — 0.2 per centage points higher than the previous month, according to Statistics Canada. The Labour Force Survey for February was released Friday, and comes after January’s report showed the unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a trending story. Those job losses were sharply lower than expected and the agency said Friday that February saw more than…

Australian-born Queen Mary and her King husband have quietly arrived in Perth ahead of their historical six-day national state visit down under. SEE THE EXCLUSIVE PICS

YUEYANG, Hunan: Forget law schools and engineering degrees – a university in China is raising the steaks with a new college programme aimed at training the next generation of Chinese grill masters.Yueyang Barbecue College, jointly established by Yueyang Open University and the Yueyang Barbecue Association, welcomed its first cohort of students on Monday (Mar 9), according to Chinese media reports.Like crispy Peking duck in Beijing and fiery hotpot in Chongqing, the prefecture-level city in the central Hunan province has been carving out its own culinary identity – renowned for its local barbecue.It is home to more than 2,000 barbecue restaurants,…

NewsFeedThe US military says four crew members have been killed after their refuelling plane crashed in Iraq. Al Jazeera’s Rosiland Jordan has the details.Published On 13 Mar 202613 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! War Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a Friday morning press briefing that Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was injured and “likely disfigured.””Iran’s leadership is in no better shape. Desperate and hiding, they’ve gone underground, cowering. That’s what rats do. We know the new so-called not-so-Supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured,” Hegseth said.This is a breaking news story and will be updated

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than fifty Minnesota K-12 school districts are offering race-based, taxpayer-funded financial incentives for “teachers of color”  and “teachers who are American Indian,” equipped with “affinity groups” that protect minority staff members from layoffs. “Policy 425 – Staff Development and Mentoring” and programs with similar names have been implemented in K-12 school districts across Minnesota.”Public schools providing financial incentives based on race is racial discrimination, plain and simple,” Paul Runko, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives for Defending Education, told Fox News Digital. “These 50 school districts need to take a hard look at…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! With another Team USA versus Team Canada matchup slated in major sports, Jack Hughes felt it was the perfect time to offer some encouragement. Team USA remained alive in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) thanks to Italy’s dominant win over Mexico on Wednesday night to finish undefeated in Pool B play in Houston, Texas. After breathing a sigh of relief, the U.S. looked at the schedule and saw a familiar opponent in terms of national competition – Canada and their Pool A-winning squad that went 3-1 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  Jack Hughes of…

The Matildas have escaped by the skin of their teeth, surviving a North Korean onslaught to pinch a 2-1 win and secure their spot in the Women’s Asian Cup semifinal.Alanna Kennedy continued her unlikely goal-scoring run with her fifth goal of the tournament, as the defender-turned-midfielder-turned-golden boot candidate whipped the 16,466-strong HBF Park crowd into a frenzy with a superb ninth-minute strike.And then captain Sam Kerr continued her golden run in her hometown, scoring for a fifth consecutive Matildas game in Perth with a 47th minute howitzer.However, it was anything but smooth sailing for the Matildas as North Korea more…

BEIJING: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Defence Minister Dong Jun will travel to Vietnam on Sunday (Mar 15), Beijing said, as they seek to bolster ties and strengthen security cooperation.Beijing has portrayed itself in the region as a reliable alternative to an erratic US President Donald Trump, who launched sweeping tariffs last year that unsettled global trade.”In the face of a current international landscape characterised by intertwined turbulence and change, it is essential for China and Vietnam … to strengthen strategic communication and deepen strategic coordination,” foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Friday.Wang, Dong, and Public Security Minister…

Some float on the surface. Some rest on the seafloor. All could further complicate efforts to restart shipping in the Persian Gulf. Note: Not to scale. Sources: CAT-UXO, Rand Iran has strangled one of the world’s most critical shipping routes, the Strait of Hormuz, by threatening merchant ships and attacking tankers.But Iran also has more than 5,000 naval mines in its arsenal, according to estimates by the Defense Intelligence Agency. And Iran is beginning to deploy them, U.S. officials said.The geography of the strait and the surrounding waters works to Iran’s advantage. A long southern coastline affords ample opportunity for…