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The Hudson Bay Company – Canada’s oldest corporation – will sell its brand to another iconic national retailer, Canadian Tire. The department store chain, which has applied for creditor protection, will sell its intellectual property for C$30m ($21.5m, £16.2m). The move comes after the company, also known as HBC, liquidated all its stores, citing a … Read more

An Australian man who was captured by Russian forces while fighting alongside Ukraine has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security prison, Russian-installed prosecutors have said. Oscar Jenkins, 33, was convicted in a Russian-controlled court in occupied eastern Ukraine on Friday of fighting in an armed conflict as a mercenary. Mr Jenkins, a … Read more

A New Jersey man who stabbed and partially blinded novelist Sir Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday. Hadi Matar, 27, was convicted of attempted murder and assault earlier this year. Sir Salman was on stage speaking before an audience in August 2022, when he … Read more

Adam Easton BBC Warsaw correspondent WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP There are two front-runners among the 13 candidates: Rafal Trzaskowski (R) and Karol Nawrocki When Poles vote for a new president on Sunday, they are expected to set up a second round run-off between Warsaw’s liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and national-conservative historian Karol Nawrocki. If opinion polls are … Read more

Mark Savage Music Correspondent David Sillito Culture correspondent Getty Images If it wasn’t for Nemo, Switzerland wouldn’t be hosting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Twelve months ago, the singer lifted the trophy for their song The Code, an operatic pop track about their journey to realising they were non-binary. It was the first victory for … Read more

Rushdi Abualouf, Cairo; Yolande Knell, Jerusalem; Mallory Moench, London BBC News Reuters A mourner reacts during the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes at the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahia Nearly 100 people, including children, have been killed in a large-scale Israeli ground, air and sea attack launched early Friday in north Gaza, the … Read more

Gabon’s former President, Ali Bongo, who was deposed in a 2023 coup, has left the country and is now in Angola, the authorities there have announced. The Angolan presidency added in a statement posted on social media that Bongo’s family had been released from detention and were with him in Luanda. Bongo’s wife and son, … Read more

Australia bowler Mitchell Starc will not return to the Indian Premier League when it resumes on Saturday. Starc, 35, has played in all 11 matches for Delhi Capitals, who remain in contention for the play-offs, but will not travel back to India, with Australia’s World Test Championship final to follow next month against South Africa … Read more

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa has been replaced as the Eurovision 2025 spokesperson due to “unforeseen circumstances”. The 32-year-old actor was due to read out the UK jury votes at the Grand Final on Saturday but has now been replaced by singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor. A BBC statement from Thursday evening said: “Due to unforeseen circumstances, … Read more