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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 26, 2026 11:47 am Updated June 26, 2026 11:51 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Sherritt International Corp. is shutting down operations at its refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., after running out of the feed inventory it receives from its Moa mine in Cuba. The company says the shutdown will continue until mining and processing activities at Moa resume and the refinery feed pipeline is rebuilt.Operations at Sherritt’s Moa joint venture in Cuba were paused earlier this year as the country faced fuel shortages since the U.S. cut…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for a national minimum tax on billionaires and a federal fund that would give every American a stake in the wealth created by artificial intelligence, laying out a populist economic agenda in an essay published Friday on Substack. At the same time, Newsom, who is mulling a 2028 White House bid, announced he will vote against a billionaire wealth tax on the ballot in California this November.His pitch for the federal tax on the nation’s wealthiest is what he calls a “true minimum tax on billionaires — a modern Buffett rule — that ensures the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The New York Mets’ season has hit rock bottom, and they are making a major change in the clubhouse.Carlos Mendoza, who took the team to a National League Championship Series in his first year as an MLB manager in 2024, has been relieved of his duties.A nightmare season for the Mets reached a tipping point on Thursday night when the Mets were swept in four games by the Chicago Cubs. They have been outscored 58-22 during their current six-game losing streak, and they are 13 games under .500, the lowest mark of…

Shares of Quantum Cyber (NASDAQ: QUCY) surged 24% on Friday after the company announced that its board had approved pursuing the acquisition of an equity stake in SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX).The company said the proposed investment is driven by the strategic alignment between the two firms’ defense and communications capabilities.The company said its board determined that SpaceX’s low-Earth-orbit communications infrastructure, space-based sensing capabilities, and expanding US defense portfolio complement Quantum Cyber’s multi-domain autonomous defense platform. If completed, the investment would be carried on the company’s balance sheet as a strategic technology holding.Quantum Cyber did not disclose the size or value of…

Kane Brown has cheated death in a freak golfing accident.The 32-year-old country singer has revealed he came close to suffering a life-ending injury when a high-speed golf ball came close to hitting him in the face but he escaped with just a bloodied ear which required stitches and a concussion.He shared pictures of his injury on Instagram and wrote: “Shot in the head by a golf ball … Just a scratch”.In a post on TikTok, he expanded by sharing: “23 stitches later, and a slight concussion … They said it will prob get worse next 48 hours but I’m alive…

SINGAPORE: A man who decided to join a scam syndicate abroad was fired after three days due to his poor performance.Yip Chee Ming, 30, could not make any successful scam calls during his short stint at the scam syndicate compound in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the court heard on Friday (Jun 26), as it sentenced the Malaysian to 16 months and two weeks’ jail.Yip, who appeared in court via videolink, pleaded guilty to one count of being part of an organised crime group, with another count of cheating taken into consideration for sentencing.He was part of the syndicate, based in Phnom…

Your Preview Pass expires in 00:00 Sign In with TV Provider Don’t have a TV subscription? Sign Up NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin Tyler Robinson is expected to learn whether a Utah judge will grant his defense team’s request to have the potential death penalty taken off the table in response to alleged gag order violations by the prosecution Friday.Judge Tony Graf Jr. is expected to rule on whether prosecutors violated his gag order or state court rules and, if so, what the possible sanctions should be.Robinson’s defense team has said the only…

The United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) has suspended plans to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz after a cargo ship transiting the waterway was struck by a projectile.IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said several crews had already been evacuated, but the agency had decided to pause the operation until there were “necessary safety guarantees” for those involved.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a Royal Navy maritime security agency, said on Thursday that a cargo vessel had been struck by “an unknown projectile” about 7.5 nautical miles (14km)…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Canada-wide recall has been issued for a brand of air conditioners and heat pumps, Health Canada said in a notice. The products have the risk of causing burns or fires, the notice said.The recall involves certain models of Amana brand Through-the-Wall Air Conditioners or Heat Pumps.The distributor, Texas-based Daikin Comfort Technologies, sold 53 units of the made-in-India air conditioner in Canada and 7,030 units in the United States between April 2025 and December 2025.The heating element may be energized any time the unit is plugged in and a ground fault in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A court document released by the White House revealed that the National Park Service (NPS) plans to drain the reflecting pool again after Independence Day to conduct repairs after it was allegedly vandalized.In the document, which was filed in federal court on Thursday, NPS Deputy Director for Operations Frank Lands states that on June 9, U.S. Park Police responded to a report of damage to the reflecting pool.Lands stated that the damage to the pool included caulk over the foam sealant that was cut with a “sharp knife or razor” and “destruction…