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Canada's top doctor said today the country needs to find a more "sustainable" way to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and future variants of the virus.

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A U.S. District Court judge agreed Thursday to let federal prosecutors use convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's $1,400 Covid-19 stimulus payment, as well as other money held in his inmate trust account, to help pay the millions of dollars he was ordered to pay his victims.

11/10/2021

The U.S. will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan but will not officially recognize the Taliban as the country's leaders, the Taliban said Sunday. According to the Associated Press, the Taliban reported that talks between the U.S. and Afghanistan “went well.” In a statement, U.S. officials said only that the two countries “discussed the United States’ provision of robust humanitarian assistance, directly to the Afghan people.”...

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The U.S. will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan but will not officially recognize the Taliban as the country’s leaders, the Taliban said Sunday. According to...

11/10/2021

China has lodged stern representations with Australia over former Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s personal visit to Taiwan last week. Beijing has expressed its discontent over Mr Abbott’s comments while on the trip – labelling them ‘irresponsible’ and ‘immoral’. The former PM met the Taiwan President and publicly told a security forum that China may lash out due to its slowing economy and ‘creaking’ finances....

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China has lodged stern representations with Australia over former Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s personal visit to Taiwan last week. Beijing has expressed its discontent over...

11/10/2021

The internet is awash in conspiracy theories. No matter how major tech companies like YouTube, Facebook, and Google belatedly try to throttle or ban such content, people sharing misinformation and disinformation find loopholes to spread what they understand as the truth. Thanks to algorithms that reward engagement over facts and a global pandemic that sent anxious people in search of answers, numerous conspiracy theories about COVID-19 have burrowed their way into American life....

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The internet is awash in conspiracy theories. No matter how major tech companies like YouTube, Facebook, and Google belatedly try to throttle or ban such...

11/10/2021

ing a mental health centre in East Cork would be “heart-breaking” for residents, their families have said. Families and local politicians have campaigned against an initial decision to close the centre, which also offers day services and respite care, later this month. HSE Cork/Kerry has now extended this date as many residents are still waiting to hear where they will be re-housed....

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ing a mental health centre in East Cork would be “heart-breaking” for residents, their families have said. Families and local politicians have campaigned against an...

11/10/2021

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Dozens of drones floated through the skies of Tel Aviv on Monday, ferrying cartons of ice cream and sushi across the city in an experiment that officials hope provided a glimpse of the not-too-distant future. Israel's National Drone Initiative, a government program, carried out the drill to prepare for a world in which large quantities of commercial deliveries will be made by drones to take pressure off highly congested urban roads....

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Dozens of drones floated through the skies of Tel Aviv on Monday, ferrying cartons of ice cream and sushi across...

11/10/2021

It is truly the end of another era at Walt Disney Studios. In a move that many were expecting, Alan Horn, 78, is retiring as Chief Creative Officer of Disney Studios Content, effective Dec. 31 after a nine-year run at the Burbank, CA lot in an executive TV and motion picture industry career that has spanned close to 50 years....

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It is truly the end of another era at Walt Disney Studios. In a move that many were expecting, Alan Horn, 78, is retiring as...

11/10/2021

F our people have died after a road collision in Bedfordshire Police said the casualties had been confirmed following “highly complex work” by emergency services. Officers were called at around 3.40am on Sunday to reports of a serious single-vehicle collision near the Flying Fox roundabout on the A5. Emergency services attended after reports of a car alight in a field close to the village of Heath and Reach, near Leighton Buzzard....

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F our people have died after a road collision in Bedfordshire Police said the casualties had been confirmed following “highly complex work” by emergency services....

11/10/2021

Prince Charles says it will be “catastrophic” for the planet if world leaders including the Australian Prime Minister do not meet at next month’s climate summit in Glasgow. “It is already beginning to be catastrophic because nothing in nature can survive the stress that is created by these extremes of weather,” he told the BBC. When the presenter told Charles of Scott Morrison’s reason for not committing to the summit, the prince stopped walking and looked at the interviewer as he replied: “Is that what he says, is it?”...

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Prince Charles says it will be “catastrophic” for the planet if world leaders including the Australian Prime Minister do not meet at next month’s climate...

11/10/2021

GIVING kids the fright of their lives at Halloween is one of the perks of being a parent, for some. And now even toddlers can be spooked out courtesy of a brand new indoor attraction at Alton Towers. 5...

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11/10/2021

The former head of the Sláintecare health reform office Laura Magahy has said she will not appear before an Oireachtas committee regarding her resignation from the project. In a letter to the Oireachtas health committee on Monday, Ms Magahy said she was unable to attend the hearing of the Oireachtas health committee. As The Irish Times reports, the committee has been looking into the background to the resignations of Ms Magahy and another senior figure involved in the Sláintecare health reform programme, Prof Tom Keane....

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The former head of the Sláintecare health reform office Laura Magahy has said she will not appear before an Oireachtas committee regarding her resignation from the project....

11/10/2021

Arizona State defensive lineman Tyler Johnson, right, sacks Stanford quarterback Tanner McKee during the first half of an NCAA college football game Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) After a dominating performance in the trenches against Stanford Friday night, Arizona State defensive lineman Tyler Johnson has been named the Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week....

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11/10/2021

After two on-campus suicides in just one month, the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill canceled Tuesday classes, acknowledging the school is in the midst of a “mental health crisis.” The last-minute decision was announced Sunday night, after student leaders demanded a chance to grieve and reflect over the recent student deaths. “We are in the middle of a mental health crisis, both on our campus and across our nation, and we are aware that college-aged students carry an increased risk of suicide,” Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said in a letter to students and staff at the school late Sunday....

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After two on-campus suicides in just one month, the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill canceled Tuesday classes, acknowledging the school...

11/10/2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force will not be charged in thefatal shooting of Winston Smith Jr., a Black man who was killed while authorities were trying to arrest him as he sat in an SUV at a Minneapolis parking ramp, a prosecutor announced Monday. Crow Wing County Attorney Don Ryan, the central Minnesota prosecutor who reviewed the case because prosecutors in the Twin Cities area had conflicts of interest, said in a letter dated last Wednesday that the task force members were justified in using deadly force when they shot Smith on June 3 as they tried to arrest him for allegedly being a felon in possession of a firearm....

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force will not be charged in thefatal shooting of Winston Smith Jr., a Black man...

11/10/2021

Huge congratulations are in order for Workaholics star Adam Devine and actress Chloe Bridges, who took the big walk down the aisle over the weekend! The Hollywood couple announced their engagement almost two years ago, and now they can officially refer to each other as husband and wife. According to Page Six, the two exchanged vows during a ceremony held in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, that apparently took a lot to pull off....

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Huge congratulations are in order for Workaholics star Adam Devine and actress Chloe Bridges, who took the big walk down the aisle over the weekend!...

11/10/2021

B oris Johnson’s “regressive” £12 billion tax rise will not fix social care and further punishes businesses, senior Tories have warned. Chancellor Rishi Sunak was also urged to use this month’s Budget to deliver a “very generous settlement” to ensure hard-pressed local authorities can provide the required services. The warnings came as the House of Lords approved the Health and Social Care Levy Bill, which will help to enact the Prime Minister’s plans of a 1.25 percentage point increase in national insurance from April 2022....

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B oris Johnson’s “regressive” £12 billion tax rise will not fix social care and further punishes businesses, senior Tories have warned. Chancellor Rishi Sunak was...

11/10/2021

The twists keep coming in Ben Simmons’ trade saga as reports indicate the Aussie may be admitting defeat in his standoff with the 76ers. Well, this is unexpected. After all his posturing to secure a trade out of Philadelphia, it looks like reality is starting to set in for Ben Simmons. Watch the 21/22 NBA Season with ESPN on Kayo. Live coverage every week plus every game of the NBA Finals....

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The twists keep coming in Ben Simmons’ trade saga as reports indicate the Aussie may be admitting defeat in his standoff with the 76ers. Well,...

11/10/2021

(RNS) — Filmmaker Ava DuVernay has made a career of taking people into unfamiliar — even uncomfortable — places. She took viewers on an adventure through space and time in her film adaptation of “A Wrinkle in Time” and, in “Selma,” on a journey through history into the heart of the civil rights movement. Now, she’s inviting people inside the homes of those who may seem very different from them....

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(RNS) — Filmmaker Ava DuVernay has made a career of taking people into unfamiliar — even uncomfortable — places. She took viewers on an adventure...

11/10/2021

KUWAIT: People are vaccinated against COVID-19 at a field clinic in Bneid Al-Gar yesterday, a day after the health ministry announced it is launching a COVID-19 vaccination campaign across several areas in Kuwait. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat PARIS/GENEVA: Vaccination is highly effective at preventing severe cases of COVID-19, even against the Delta variant, a vast study in France has shown....

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KUWAIT: People are vaccinated against COVID-19 at a field clinic in Bneid Al-Gar yesterday, a day after the health ministry announced it is launching a...

11/10/2021

Live A major overseas holiday destination is getting ready to welcome international visitors – in what could serve as yet another incentive for people with an itching travel bug to get vaccinated. A Thai holiday might be hard to imagine for Australians who are banned from going overseas, especially the millions of Victorians who at this point are still stuck at home....

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Live A major overseas holiday destination is getting ready to welcome international visitors – in what could serve as yet another incentive for people with...

11/10/2021

EXCLUSIVE: As production wraps in Puerto Rico, Tony Goldwyn and Paul Ben-Victor have joined Gerard Butler in Lionsgate’s action thriller The Plane, we’ve just heard. They join previously announced Mike Colter, Daniella Pineda, Kelly Gale, Yoson An, Remi Adeleke, Haleigh Hekking, Lilly Krug, Joey Slotnick, and Oliver Trevena. Goldwyn will play Scarsdale, an ex-Special Forces officer turned corporate crisis manager and fixer....

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11/10/2021

B enedict Cumberbatch revealed the biggest challenge of playing a American rancher in his new film was learning how to roll a cigarette with one hand while sitting on a horse - as he walked the red carpet at its UK premiere. The actor plays a domineering bully who responds with mocking cruelty when his brother brings home a new wife and her son in western drama The Power Of The Dog, which is Oscar-winning director Jane Campion's first film since 2009....

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B enedict Cumberbatch revealed the biggest challenge of playing a American rancher in his new film was learning how to roll a cigarette with one...

11/10/2021

Economists David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens won the 2021 Nobel economics prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. Source link

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11/10/2021

Colm Tóibín's contribution to The History of Wexford Festival Opera, 1951–2021, by Karina Daly, published by Four Courts Press Wexford has a strange beauty in the washed light of late October. The town still looks like a medieval port, with narrow streets leading from the quays to a single long main street, also narrow. Wexford got its name from the Vikings, but its tone was set by the Normans....

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Colm Tóibín’s contribution to The History of Wexford Festival Opera, 1951–2021, by Karina Daly, published by Four Courts Press Wexford has a strange beauty in...

11/10/2021

With energy prices on the rise and temperatures dropping as we come into winter, many Irish households are understandably worried by the prospect of soaring utility bills. As discussed last week, one way to counteract the price hikes is to switch your provider and avail of better rates. But the other thing to look at is the amount of energy used in the first place....

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With energy prices on the rise and temperatures dropping as we come into winter, many Irish households are understandably worried by the prospect of soaring...

11/10/2021

China’s President Xi Jinping promised on Oct. 9 that, “The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland … will definitely be fulfilled.” That was a threat to Taiwan, but a threat without a deadline. However Chinese state media, in the form of the ever-rabid Global Times, warned that war “could be triggered at any time.” To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Subscribe Now Only $7.67 / week for one year. Enjoy unlimited website access and the digital newspaper. Cancel anytime. Source link

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China’s President Xi Jinping promised on Oct. 9 that, “The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland … will definitely be fulfilled.” That...