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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.”...

https://gulfnews.network/u-s-to-provide-humanitarian-aid-to-afghanistan-but-will-not-officially-recognize-the-taliban-as-leaders/

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....

https://gulfnews.network/china-abbotts-taiwan-comments-immoral/

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....

https://gulfnews.network/what-happens-when-people-talk-to-their-therapists-about-conspiracy-theories-its-tricky/

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....

https://gulfnews.network/families-say-closure-of-east-cork-mental-health-facility-will-be-heartbreaking-for-residents/

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....

https://gulfnews.network/israel-a-step-closer-to-commercial-drones-with-latest-tests/

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....

https://gulfnews.network/alan-horn-retiring-as-disney-studios-content-chief-creative-officer-gulfnews/

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....

https://gulfnews.network/four-people-confirmed-killed-after-reports-of-car-on-fire-after-crash/

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?”...

https://gulfnews.network/prince-charles-urges-scott-morrison-to-attend-glasgow-climate-summit/

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...

https://gulfnews.network/i-went-to-alton-towers-halloween-scarefest-visited-the-new-trick-o-treat-town/

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....

https://gulfnews.network/former-slaintecare-head-declines-to-appear-before-oireachtas-committee/

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....

https://gulfnews.network/sun-devils-tyler-johnson-wins-pac-12-defensive-lineman-of-the-week/

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....

https://gulfnews.network/unc-chapel-hill-chancellor-kevin-guskiewicz-cancels-classes-for-wellness-day-after-two-suicides-in-one-month/

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....

https://gulfnews.network/no-charges-for-task-force-members-in-winston-smith-death/

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...