• The Telegraph

    Aston Villa hero Emiliano Martinez suspended for semi first leg after penalty shoot-out chaos

    Emiliano Martinez will miss Aston Villa’s first European semi-final in over 40 years after Uefa confirmed the goalkeeper is suspended.

  • Reuters

    UPDATE 1-US restricts drilling and mining in Alaska wilderness, angering state leaders

    The Biden administration on Friday took steps to limit both oil and gas drilling and mining in Alaska, angering state officials who said the restrictions will cost jobs and make the U.S. reliant on foreign resources, but pleasing environmentalists. The measures are aligned with President Joe Biden's efforts to rein in oil and gas activities on public lands and conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters to combat climate change. The Interior Department finalized a regulation to block oil and gas development on 40% of Alaska's National Petroleum Preserve to protect habitats for polar bears, caribou and other wildlife and the way of life of indigenous communities.

  • CBC

    Legal drinking coming to parks throughout Toronto

    Torontonians will soon be able to legally drink alcoholic beverages in at least one park in every ward of the city.On Thursday evening, city council voted to immediately and permanently allow drinking in 44 parks, codifying and expanding a pilot project that began last summer in 27 locations.Meanwhile, councillors who represent areas without at least one park where alcohol consumption is legal will now need to identify a park where it will be permitted. If they don't do so by early July, city st