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Weiner woes: Joey Chestnut not competing in hot dog eating contest due to rival brand deal

America’s perennial hot dog swallowing champion won’t compete in this year’s Independence Day competition due to a contract dispute, organizers…

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Sports

World track body creates biennial championships with bigger cash prizes as potential Olympics rival

Track and field announced a new global championships on Monday and promised $150,000 US prizes — three times its recent…

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Sports

Canada set to clash with rival U.S. for gold at Para hockey world championship in Calgary

Two third-period goals, scored 24 seconds apart, lifted Canada to a 2-1 victory over China in semifinal action at the…

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Canada

Trudeau is courting Gen Z and millennials — even as they turn to rival parties

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says this month’s federal budget will focus on helping Gen Z and millennial Canadians — as…

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Politics

Poilievre claims Trudeau is covering up lapses at high-security lab, PM accuses rival of spewing conspiracies

Facing questions about how scientists who were intentionally sharing information with China were cleared to work at a Winnipeg lab…

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Sports

Shiffrin tops ski rival Vlhova, adding 2nd slalom win to recent success in Austria

Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t want to slow down, even after the race was over. Having just beaten her biggest slalom rival…

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Business

Oil giant Chevron agrees to buy rival Hess for $53B

Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this…

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Business

Canada’s Spin Master toys buying U.S. rival Melissa & Doug for $950M

Spin Master Corp. announced a deal on Wednesday to buy U.S.-based toy company Melissa & Doug for $950 million US.…

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Business

Meta’s new rival Twitter app Threads gets tens of millions of signups on day one

LONDON — Tens of millions of people have been quick to sign up for Meta’s new app, Threads, as it…

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Business

Meta launches Threads, a social media platform to rival Twitter

Meta launched its microblogging app Threads on Thursday, the latest of several platforms designed to rival Twitter as users jump…

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