Two French policemen have been found guilty of gang-raping a Canadian tourist nearly five years ago, according to media reports. The two officers, now identified as Nicolas Redouane and Antoine Quirin, were accused of raping Emily Spanton at police headquarters in Paris. They have been sentenced to seven years in prison, and have been ordered…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Highlighted by a pair of multi-homer games and 10 RBI, Daysha Mendez of Columbine High School (Littleton, Colo.) was named MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week for her outstanding play during the week of Sept. 3-9. Mendez, who slugged 1.764 on the week, clubbed four home runs, two triples and…

Lion Air, Indonesia’s largest privately run airline, has announced plans to replace its Boeing 747-400 aircraft with the Airbus 330-900NEO as part of its strategy in response to the dynamic aviation market. The air carrier is currently operating only one Boeing double-deck airplane, which has been part of its fleet since 2009. The aircraft has…

OTTAWA — The referee of the House of Commons has given MPs a stern warning about their use of overheated partisan rhetoric lest they find themselves in a parliamentary penalty box. Speaker Geoff Regan says he’ll cut off MPs if their comments are couched in wording that veers into pointed, personal accusations during the daily…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kristen Davis of Sonoraville High School (Calhoun, Ga.) was named MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week for her outstanding play during the week of Oct. 8-14. Davis twirled nine hitless innings in a pair of 2-0 wins over North Hall High School. With the two-game sweep, the Phoenix advance to…

Washington’s sanctions against Moscow have not stopped bilateral trade from steadily growing over the past two years and it stood at $25 billion in 2018, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “This is less than the record-high level of $31 billion in 2011 but much better than the figures that we were at when…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –Fort Lewis’ Angelique Elemen and Valdosta State’s Caylie Van Auken were named 2019 Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week honorees for games played Feb. 4-10. Elemen had a record-breaking weekend for the Skyhawks, setting program records for career home runs (43) and RBI (148). Over five games, she…

TORONTO — Kyla Ford, the daughter of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, has promoted cannabis products on Instagram that are sold illegally. Ford posted a photo of herself holding a bottle of CBD oil and videos of herself using the oil on Sunday. “So many amazing health benefits of taking hemp infused CBD oil,” she wrote…

Russia’s gas giant Gazprom will begin natural gas deliveries to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline ahead of schedule, as early as December 1, 2019, Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee, has said. The Power of Siberia natural gas pipeline was initially expected to start sending gas to China on December 20, 2019,…

OKLAHOMA CITY –  No. 1 Oregon, No. 2 Florida, No. 3 UCLA and No. 5 Washington opened the 2018 Women’s College World Series with victories, Thursday at OGE Energy Field. The first session, which featured the Ducks and Huskies set a session one attendance record with 8,561 spectators. Oregon and Washington will meet tomorrow, June…