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Nobel literature laureate Krasznahorkai delivers rare lecture in Stockholm
By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Hungarian László Krasznahorkai, who won the Nobel Prize in literature for his surreal and anarchic novels that combine a bleak world view with mordant humor, gave a lecture in Stockholm on Sunday in one of his rare public appearances. The lecture was part of the Nobel week that is underway in Stockholm ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iowa State players vote to decline bowl bid due to injury toll. Cyclones also in coaching transition
By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State players voted to not play in a bowl game because the team doesn’t have healthy players to safety practice and play, the school announced Sunday. The Cyclones also are making a coaching transition from Matt Campbell, who was hired by Penn State on Friday, to Jimmy Rogers, who comes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Star freestyle skier Kingsbury withdraws from moguls final at World Cup opener
By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025
RUKA — Star freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury withdrew before the start of men’s small final at Sunday’s World Cup moguls season opener. Kingsbury, who entered the event with 99 career World Cup victories, finished fourth in qualification but was not on the start list for the small final. The 33-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., said at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quincy Williams arrives in Joker makeup for Jets’ Gotham City game against Dolphins
By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Quincy Williams is no joker when it comes to dressing for the occasion. The New York Jets linebacker arrived for the team’s game Sunday against the Miami Dolphins with his face made up to look like the comic and movie villain Joker — complete with a big painted-on red grin. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bad reviews didn’t scare off the ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ audience. It even broke a record
By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025
“Five Nights at Freddy’s” has powered up the box office once again. The sequel opened in 3,412 theaters in the U.S. and Canada this weekend and far surpassed expectations with $63 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Seemingly immune to widely negative reviews, “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” notched the biggest opening ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eager students plus gruelling six-hour math exam equals ‘fun’ at Putnam competition
By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025
ST. JOHN’S — Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a gruelling six-hour math exam, many of them unlikely to solve a single problem. The notoriously brutal William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is more of a mathematical sporting event than an academic test. The annual exam attracts thousands of students, most ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A flash mob waves Ukrainian flags as La Scala features a Russian opera for its gala season premiere
By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025
MILAN (AP) — Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala celebrates its gala season premiere Sunday with a Russian opera for the second time since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. But this year, instead of drawing protests for showcasing the invader’s culture, a flash mob demonstrated for peace. La Scala’s music director Riccardo Chailly conducts Dmitry Shostakovich’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alice Robinson of New Zealand leads World Cup giant slalom after 1st run, Mikaela Shiffrin in mix
By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025
MONT-TREMBLANT, Quebec (AP) — Alice Robinson of New Zealand leads a World Cup giant slalom after the first run Sunday, with American standout Mikaela Shiffrin in the mix 0.72 seconds behind. Robinson, the third racer on the course, turned in a precise and powerful run to finish in 1 minute, 7.44 seconds as she chases ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nice fans boo team during seventh straight loss, players show support for injured teammates
By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025
NICE, France (AP) — Nice was booed on the field a week after its players were attacked by supporters. The French team’s crisis on and off the pitch deepened as it lost 1-0 at home to Angers in Ligue 1 on Sunday for a seventh straight loss across all competitions. After last week’s defeat at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian women finish sixth for second week in a row on rugby sevens circuit
By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025
CAPE TOWN — Canada finished sixth for the second week in a row on the rugby sevens circuit, giving up a late try in a 12-10 loss to Japan on Sunday at the HSBC Cape Town SVNS. It was Japan’s third straight win over the Canadian women this season. The Japanese won 26-19 in pool ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Roma loses at Cagliari in Serie A ahead of Spalletti’s return to Napoli with Juventus
By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025
MILAN (AP) — Roma lost ground in the Serie A title race as it fell to a 1-0 defeat at Cagliari on Sunday after playing most of the match with 10 men. Roma remained in fourth but one point behind Napoli and AC Milan – with both still to play this round — and three ... Read More »
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