SAN DIEGO – Megan Faraimo of Cathedral Catholic High School (San Diego, Calif.) was named the Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year. Faraimo, an incoming freshman at UCLA, is the third Bruin to be named Gatorade National Softball POY in the last four seasons and the seventh to earn the honor. The Bruins’ roster will feature…
Major Russian car producer AvtoVaz is in talks with Tehran over the sale and assembly of its cars there, Viktor Kladov, the director of international cooperation and regional policy at Russia’s state corporation Rostec, has said. “Avtovaz has been assembling its cars in Egypt,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the Aero India 2019…
Click:Plastic bag manufacturing machine MONTREAL — Transport Minister Marc Garneau has cleared his schedule for the day in order to meet with his civil aviation expert panel on how to deal with the issue of Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft, which is being grounded or banned from a growing number of countries. The 737 Max…
OKLAHOMA CITY – No. 5 Washington knocked out two-time defending champions and No. 4 Oklahoma, while No. 6 Florida State defeated No. 3 UCLA twice on semifinal Sunday at the Women’s College World Series. The Huskies (52-8) and Seminoles (56-12) meet in game one of the best-of-three championship series, tomorrow, June 4 at 7 p.m. ET….
Beijing has promised to take “all necessary measures” to defend Chinese companies and citizens who are under “deliberate political suppression” abroad amid legal clashes between tech giant Huawei and Washington. “We support the company and individual in question in seeking legal redress to protect their own interests and refusing to be victimized like silent lambs,”…
On Monday, the federal government hosts a crucial gathering of representatives from several Latin American countries in Ottawa to try to answer a behemoth of a question: How can they support the self-declared interim president of Venezuela? The Lima Group’s summit will be closely watched as the political crisis in Venezuela unfolds alongside a humanitarian…
OKLAHOMA CITY — The culmination of the 2018 USA Softball All-American Games resulted in the title staying with the Southwest Region as Region 5 Blue edged out Region 2 Blue in the Championship Game. In a weekend that saw thrilling victories, rain and lightning delays, a four-run first inning was all the momentum Region 5…
Tankers loaded with 8.36 million barrels of crude are reportedly floating off the Venezuelan coast as the sanction-hit country struggles to find buyers for its oil. The crude is worth upwards of half-a-billion dollars, according to shipping reports and ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. An armada of 16 ships holds cargoes belonging to state oil…
TORONTO — A former high-ranking Ontario Provincial Police officer is suing Doug Ford for defamation, alleging the premier smeared his reputation for political gain. Former deputy commissioner Brad Blair filed the $5 million lawsuit over comments made by the premier that Blair had violated the Police Services Act. Ford’s comments came after Blair asked the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Concordia Irvine joined the revolving door of No. 1 teams in the 2019 NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Eagles (15-1) rise to the poll’s top spot for the first time in program history and are the fifth different No. 1 team this season, one more than all of the 2018….