Yahoo Sports --Eighth NewsWatch--
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(Cda-Campus-Protests) (Audio: 070)
The University of Toronto is going to court to try to remove pro-Palestinian protesters from its downtown campus.
It is seeking an injunction and asking the court for an expedited case conference, while also holding another meeting today with student leaders to try to bring the encampment to an end.
The protesters have their own team of lawyers prepared to respond to any injunction and say they are firm on their demands the school disclose public investments in firms profiting from Israel's war in Gaza. (8)
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(Europe-Israel-Palestinians)
Italy's defence minister says Israel is spreading and rooting generational hatred with its latest airstrikes on Rafah.
Palestinian health workers report yesterday's attacks killed at least 35 people, hit tents for evacuees and left "numerous'' others trapped in flaming debris.
The strikes came days after the U-N's top court demanded Israel immediately halt its offensive on Rafah, a position echoed by Spain's foreign minister.
Spain, Ireland and Norway plan to officially recognize a Palestinian state tomorrow. (8)
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(AI-Code)
Eight more organizations have signed on to the federal government's voluntary code of conduct for artificial intelligence, including Mastercard and computer manufacturer Lenovo.
That means they will take steps to reduce the risks of A-I, including screening data sets for potential biases and monitoring systems for potential harms.
Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke (LOOT'-kuh) won't be signing.
He says the government should instead be encouraging people to build companies in Canada. (8)
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(US-Severe-Weather) (Audio: 068)
Officials now say 20 people died in powerful storms that left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas over the weekend.
Forecasters say the worst damage is in a region from north of Dallas to the northwest corner of Arkansas.
More severe weather is in the forecast as Americans close out the Memorial Day long weekend, with storms predicted into North Carolina and Virginia. (8)
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(US-Trump-Hush-Money) (Audio: 033)
Former U-S president Donald Trump's New York hush money trial is heading into the final stretch of closing arguments, jury deliberations and possibly a verdict.
Closing arguments by prosecutors and Trump's lawyers are expected to last for much of the day tomorrow.
The prosecution is expected to remind jurors they can trust the financial paperwork they've seen and the witnesses they've heard, including Trump's former lawyer and personal fixer Michael Cohen.
The defence only needs to convince at least one juror that prosecutors haven't proved Trump's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. (8)
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(Britain-Extreme-Races)
Competitors from as far away as Australia were at Cooper's Hill west of London today for one of Britain's most extreme annual events.
Several thousand spectators cheered as racers chased three-kilogram wheels of Double Gloucester cheese down a near-vertical hill.
The first racer to finish behind the fast-rolling cheese gets to keep it, but few competitors managed to stay on their feet all the way down the 180-metre hill.
The hill was especially slippery and muddy this year after recent rain, and members of a local rugby club lined up at the bottom to catch the tumbling competitors. (8)
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(NewsWatch by Dawn Kelly)
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