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Steelmaker Algoma Steel to go public in SPAC deal

Steelmaker Algoma Steel to go public in SPAC deal

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — The Canadian parent company of privately held Algoma Steel Inc. has signed a deal to be acquired by a U.S. special purpose acquisition company in a move that will see the Ontario steelmaker become a publicly listed company.
Germany: Large cocaine haul thrown in garbage bins

Germany: Large cocaine haul thrown in garbage bins

BERLIN (AP) — Staff at a logistics company in Germany threw cocaine with a street value of up to 1 million euros ($1.
EU leaders agree on Belarus sanctions after plane diversion

EU leaders agree on Belarus sanctions after plane diversion

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed Monday to impose sanctions on Belarus, including banning its airlines from using the airspace and airports of the 27-nation bloc, amid fury over the forced diversion of a passenger jet to arrest an opposition
Dan Frank, revered editor at Pantheon Books, dead at 67

Dan Frank, revered editor at Pantheon Books, dead at 67

NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Frank, a revered and longtime editor at Pantheon Books who worked with such prize-winning authors as Cormac McCarthy, Oliver Sacks and Jill Lepore, died Monday at age 67.
Court order would allow 15-year-old to sign with NSWL team

Court order would allow 15-year-old to sign with NSWL team

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order that allows a talented 15-year-old player who already trains with professionals to sign with a National Women's Soccer League team. The order issued Monday by U.S.
US warns against all travel to Japan as Olympics loom

US warns against all travel to Japan as Olympics loom

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the State Department are warning Americans against all travel to Japan because of a surge in coronavirus cases in the country as it prepares to host the Olympics in just two months.
Stocks climb on Wall Street as appetite for risk returns

Stocks climb on Wall Street as appetite for risk returns

TOKYO — Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street as investors regained an appetite for risk following two straight weeks of losses. The S&P 500 rose 1% Monday, with technology stocks leading the gains.
Timothée Chalamet to play Willy Wonka in origin story

Timothée Chalamet to play Willy Wonka in origin story

NEW YORK (AP) — Timothée Chalamet will play Willy Wonka in a musical based on the early life of Roald Dahl's eccentric chocolatier. Warner Bros. and the Roald Dahl Story Co. announced Monday that the 25-year-old Chalamet will star in “Wonka.
Max Mosley, racing boss who took on UK tabloids, dies at 81

Max Mosley, racing boss who took on UK tabloids, dies at 81

LONDON (AP) — Max Mosley, who shook off the stigma of his family’s links to fascism to become international motorsport’s top administrator and later made a stand as a privacy campaigner in response to tabloid stories about his sex life, has died.
Iran agrees to extend deal on cameras at its nuclear sites

Iran agrees to extend deal on cameras at its nuclear sites

VIENNA (AP) — Iran and the U.N.