The head of the Chechen Republic has requested that President Vladimir Putin amend the Russian transport strategy with a plan to build a high-speed railway link between the city of Krasnodar and the Chechen capital, Grozny. Kommersant reported that in a June 15 letter, Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov wrote that he had learned about…

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal party just scored its best-ever third quarter fundraising result in a non-election year — but still fell $1 million short of the money raked in by the Conservatives. According to the latest quarterly financial reports filed with Elections Canada, the governing party pulled in nearly $3.8 million between July 1…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Virginia Wesleyan’s Hanna Hull and Texas Lutheran’s Kaymee Gooden scored Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Week recognition, respectively. For Hull, it is the freshman lefty’s third honor of the season, following a week in which she went 2-0 with a save, no earned runs, just six hits…

A district court in Moscow has ordered access to popular internet messenger Telegram to be blocked after the company repeatedly refused to hand over encryption keys to its messages to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). On Friday morning, the Tagansky District Court described the request of Telegram’s lawyers to adjourn the hearings as “abuse of…

A white nationalist running for mayor of Toronto is now branding herself as “the only candidate who stands with Doug Ford.” In a robocall sent to households across the city, Faith Goldy tries to entice voters by linking herself to Ontario’s premier and calling herself, “a common-sense conservative.” Goldy, a white nationalist who’s appeared on…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) is pleased to announce that Virginia Wesleyan University freshman pitcher Hanna Hull has been named the 2017 winner of the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Player of the Year award. Earlier this week at OGE Energy Field at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma…

Stephen Amell, who portrays Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, posted an emotional goodbye to Arrow co-star and Felicity Smoak/Overwatch actress Emily Bett Rickards, who is leaving the show prior to its eighth and final season. Posted on Instagram, the photo shows Amell and Rickards together, along with a heartfelt caption. The post also indicates today marks the first…

Vladimir Zhirinovsky has proposed having the US ambassador expelled from the famous Spaso House residence in Moscow, and suggested that his party should occupy the building after it becomes vacant. “We have repeatedly proposed using asymmetrical measures. For example, we could reply to the expulsion of our diplomats by depriving the US Embassy in Moscow…

An NDP MP has offered a “simple plan” for the federal government to scrap a controversial $15-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia and protect Canadian jobs. On Friday, Charlie Angus was the latest New Democrat to rise in the House of Commons to call on Liberals to cancel the contract, noting Germany has frozen arms…

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