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This is important because the British government has said that stepping in to host the commonwealth games is ‘slightly ahead of time’. Which Commonwealth nation has come forward? New Zealand and another Australian state have said that they are not ready to host the multisports event. The Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago are hosting the Commonwealth Youth Games from August 4 to August 11. More than one thousand athletes between the age of 14 and 18 are expected to participate in the youth games. As they have the infrastructure ready and have invested a lot, they may be ready to host the event, but the Caribbean islands are yet to make an offer. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has shown interest in hosting the match considering the fact that GBP 500 is less than what it may cost in other countries to host such a massive event. He has said that London ‘stands ready’ to host the games, but he added that it is up to the government to submit the bid. But the government wants Australia to take the responsibility.Indian Olympic General Secretary Rajiv Mehta has said that India is interested in holding the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The Malaysian state of Selangor has also shown interest in hosting the games. The Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur hosted the event in 1998. Sri Lanka was preparing in November 2020 to offer to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Hambantota. Similarly, the Canadian city of Victoria too has said that it can host the games. Canada hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1994.

Canada Post says collection and delivery operations in Nova Scotia are on hold as the fallout continues from the devastating floods that swept through the region over the weekend, which destroyed homes and infrastructure and left four people missing.

New Zealand family of five purchased the tickets that took the sales total to 1.5 million for the Women's World Cup on Monday. Soccer's world governing body says the tournament being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand is on track to be the best attended in the competition's history.FIFA said the 1,500,000th ticket went to Auckland woman Maria Strong, who bought tickets for her husband and three children to attend Italy's Group G win over Argentina at Eden Park as part of a family celebration for her son's 12th birthday. In a statement, FIFA said the sales target had been surpassed within the first five days of the month-long tournament, setting the 2023 edition on course to surpass 2015 in Canada for the record attendance.

Barbie and Oppenheimer on Friday, July 21, box office records have been broken. Both films being hyped and the with the Barbenheimer trend, most people have watched both Barbie and Oppenheimer in the first three days of release. While Greta Gerwig’s version of Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is a feminist take on the popular Barbie doll, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt and Florence Pugh, is a biography of physicist J Robert Oppenheimer who was also known as ‘Father of Atomic Bomb’

H-1B visas are limited in numbers and there’s huge uncertainty over getting green cards; so these companies are likely to be looking at the option of transferring staff members who are in the US through the open work permit scheme," he says. Many Indians are considering the long-term opportunity presented by Canada's Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) through the Express Entry program.

In cryptocurrency's ever-evolving landscape, Bitcoin's price continues to capture attention as it trades at $29,723, experiencing a slight decrease of nearly 0.50% on Monday.

Investing.com — Shares of major Japanese automakers rose on Monday, tracking strength in Mitsubishi Motors Corp (TYO:7211) after the carmaker logged stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings.

OTTAWA — Almost one-sixth of guests at a major AIDS conference in Montreal last year who received Canadian visas ended up claiming asylum, according to internal data obtained by The Canadian Press.

Wesfarmers’ Target is being folded into its discount stablemate Kmart, creating a singular $10 billion business with the aim of boosting returns as value offerings become more desirable to shoppers battling the rising cost of living.

Barbie may be ‘plastic’, but life’s pretty ‘fantastic’ for director Greta Gerwig. Gerwig created history, as her latest film ‘Barbie’ raked in a whopping $155 million in US and Canada. This makes the Ryan Reynolds-Margot Robbie starrer the biggest box-office debut for a movie directed by a woman.

CTV News channel.  On July 9, Gurvinder was delivering pizza at around 2.10 am on Mississauga's Britannia and Creditview roads, when unknown suspects confronted him and tried to steal his vehicle, PTI reported.  “Investigators do believe that there are multiple suspects involved and that the food order was placed as a means of luring the driver to this specific area. They have obtained an audio recording of the Pizza Pizza order placed before the attack," Inspector Phil King of Peel Regional Police’s Homicide Bureau said.  Police informed that Nath was violently assaulted and left critically injured by a suspect who robbed him of his vehicle and fled the scene.

Greta Gerwig's gender wars "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's nuclear war "Oppenheimer" blew past already-stratospheric prerelease expectations at the weekend box office to collect a combined $235.5 million in the United States and Canada, an astounding total that sent a clear message to Hollywood: If you want to commandeer the culture, you must give moviegoers something new — not just the same old threadbare franchises. «Original storytelling executed in the right way has broken out in a really remarkable way,» said Richard L. Gelfond, the CEO of IMAX, which accounted for 26% of the «Oppenheimer» turnout in North America, selling out even 4 a.m.

immunity waiver' for its diplomats posted in the United Kingdom in connection with the investigation into the attack on Indian mission by pro-Khalistan supporters in March. The 'in principle' waiver will apply once the probe reaches the trial stage. The London Police, probing the case of attack on Indian consulate, approached the Indian government for the 'diplomatic immunity waiver' of witnesses and complainants posted at the Indian mission, added officials.

free trade agreements (FTAs), steel secretary Nagendra Nath Sinha told ET. This provision ensures that any steel which benefits from tariff concessions under FTAs is manufactured only in the countries that have an arrangement with India. It helps curtail attempts to use FTA countries as transit points to dump steel, from non-FTA ones, such as China, into India.

Greta Gerwig's " Barbie " and Christopher Nolan's " Oppenheimer " brought moviegoers back to the theaters in record numbers this weekend, vastly outperforming projections and giving a glimmer of hope to the lagging exhibition business, amid the sobering backdrop of strikes.Warner Bros.' «Barbie» claimed the top spot with a massive $155 million in ticket sales from North American theaters from 4,243 locations, surpassing «The Super Mario Bros. Movie» (as well as every Marvel movie this year) as the biggest opening of the year and breaking the first weekend record for a film directed by a woman.

Investing.com — It’s here: the week traders across markets have been waiting for; one that will tell if the Federal Reserve is done with its 16-month adventure of taming inflation with rate hikes and allowing economic forces to do the job after this — a move that could still lead to higher energy prices, complicating matters for the central bank.

Tour de France reaches its thrilling conclusion with stage 21, fans worldwide are eager to witness the riders' final journey into Paris. There are numerous options available for free live streams, complete with commentary in English, Spanish, Italian, and French. Stage 21, today's procession race event, starts from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, covering a relatively short 115 km route to Paris, culminating at the iconic Champs-Élysées finish line. Due to the shorter distance, the race is scheduled for a much later start at 4:30 p.m. local time, with an estimated arrival in Paris three hours later. Jonas Vingegaard leads the pack, firmly holding the yellow jersey after an impressive performance in the previous stage, securing a dominant overall lead of nearly seven and a half minutes.

Indian students. Mishra has been charged with fur IRPA sections, according to CIC News. The charges stem from the discovery that 700 students from India had been issued false letters of admission from Canadian educational institutions.

The open work permit stream that was announced by the Canadian ministry of immigration last month, targeted specifically at US H-1B work permit visa holders, under Canada’s new tech talent strategy; was oversubscribed in less than 48 hours. Considering that the largest number of H-1B visa holders in the US, who are eligible applicants for this scheme, are Indians, it is apparent that the typical profile of applicants is Indian nationals who are stuck in the US on long green card queues. The open work permit, which had been announced b

As Canadians grapple with interest rate hikes and high mortgage payments, there is a growing demand for houses with secondary units, like basement apartments and laneway homes, real estate experts say.

Premier Tim Houston, adding that at least seven bridges would have to be replaced or rebuilt. "The property damage to homes ... is pretty unimaginable," he told a news conference.