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Comment BEIRUT — The last of the unstable grain silos at the port of Beirut collapsed on Tuesday morning, two years after a deadly explosion severely damaged the structures, which for weeks burned and slowly collapsed as a traumatized country looked on. No injuries were reported as the area was evacuated in anticipation of the collapse, but the sight of a dramatic, large dust cloud coming from the harbor began on August 4, 2020, when it was preceded by smoke rising from a fire in the harbor....

Police say members of Peel Regional Police’s Fraud Bureau undertook a “comprehensive investigation” after receiving multiple reports of fraud involving the same suspect. It is alleged that the suspect arranged to provide foster home services to clients in cities throughout the Greater Toronto Area. Police say the suspect took deposits from customers but never started work. According to the police, the total value of the fraud exceeds 1 million dollars....

Police and fire personnel received multiple calls around 1:07 a.m., Finner said. One call was about a person down, one call came in as a gunshot, and another call came in as a fire call. “This suspect, unfortunately, and very unfortunately and very badly, set several residents on fire,” Finer said. The suspect then “waited for these residents to come out and fired at them,” he said. The incident happened at a multi-room rental facility near 8020 Dunlap St....

franceinfo : Pourquoi les propos d’Emmanuel Macron vous mettent en colère ? Fabien Roussel : Le président de la République est détaché de la réalité des Français. Il est au-dessus du sol, et ce qu’il dit est absolument inacceptable, incompréhensible pour ceux qui travaillent dur et ont du mal à vivre dignement de leur travail. Et c’est à eux que nous disons “plus d’insouciance, plus d’abondance”. Car quand il parle d’abondance, Emmanuel Macron parle aussi d’argent public et d’investissement public et dit que c’est fini....

Rodrigo Reyes-Marin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s prime minister said Wednesday that his country will restart more idle nuclear power plants and examine the feasibility of developing next-generation reactors. Fumio Kishida’s comments, according to Reuters, build on statements he made in May and come as Japan – a major energy importer – tries to bolster its options amid continued uncertainty in global energy markets and the war between Russia and Ukraine....

The interview began with Kushner saying he was “as shocked as most people” by the FBI’s decision to follow a federal warrant and search Trump’s property, linking it to the “relentless attacks” against Trump during the during his presidential campaigns. Then, after another softball from guest Katie Pavlich about whether anyone “can really trust the process here,” Kushner seemed taken aback by Doocy’s simple, legitimate question: “Why did the former president have so many secrets things at Mar-a-Lago?...

SPD-Politiker fordern Friedensverhandlungen mit Russland Stand: 08:54 Uhr| Lesezeit: 2 Minuten “Da stellt sich die Frage: Was kann man sonst noch in Berlin machen?”. „Wir sind dankbar für die Hilfe“, sagte der ukrainische Botschafter Andriy Melnyk. Allerdings fehlt ihm der Masterplan: “Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Washington und Berlin muss besser koordiniert werden.” Viele Fragen zu Waffenlieferungen sind noch offen. Hier können Sie sich unsere WELT-Podcasts anhören Zur Anzeige der eingebetteten Inhalte ist Ihre widerrufliche Einwilligung zur Übermittlung und Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten erforderlich, da die Anbieter der eingebetteten Inhalte als Drittanbieter diese Einwilligung benötigen [In diesem Zusammenhang können auch Nutzungsprofile (u....

“Je pense qu’il faut arrêter complètement la chasse”, a déclaré Sandrine Rousseau le 22 février à France 2, à la suite du décès d’un randonneur abattu accidentellement par un jeune chasseur dans le Cantal. “Ce n’est pas un passe-temps d’aller tuer des animaux le week-end avec des fusils. Et en plus (…), le reste de la semaine, tu peux l’exhiber à sa femme. On a vu qu’un fémicide sur quatre est lié à la chasse des armes à feu », a déclaré l’ancien président du conseil politique du candidat écologiste à la présidentielle Yannick Jadot ; “Tous les chasseurs ne tuent pas leurs femmes”, a répondu le journaliste....

Entre les deux, une longue errance l’avait vu refuser l’entrée du canal de Suez, puis démoli en Inde, le tout sous la pression d’ONG environnementales… avant que « Clem » ne soit contraint de faire un détour par l’Afrique pour revenir en Europe ! La Turquie demande un inventaire des substances dangereuses L’an dernier, sa vente au chantier Sök Denizcilik, près d’Izmir en Turquie, devait sceller son destin. Il semble, pendant quelques heures, que ce ne sera pas le cas....

L’entreprise Liberté a arrêté il y a trois semaines la production de son fromage à tartiner, débutée au Québec en 1932. Depuis un an, Liberté appartient au géant américain General Mills, qui n’a pas répondu jeudi aux demandes d’interview. “Ce produit a été abandonné car il n’est plus possible pour Liberté de continuer à fournir le produit de haute qualité”, écrit la multinationale sur son site Internet. Au lieu de cela, le magazine a appris parmi les succursales que l’usine ontarienne où était produit le fameux fromage à tartiner vient de fermer....

Rutherford’s route covered 52 countries on five continents in a specially prepared Shark ultralight aircraft with a cruising speed of up to 300 km/h, according to his website. “I want to take the opportunity to meet new people on my journey who are doing incredible things, making a difference in their communities or even the world,” she wrote before disembarking. His journey was tracked on his website, which shows he started from Bulgaria to the Mediterranean, then the Sahara, then the Middle East and then East Asia....

Unlike fellow tech titan Elon Musk, Zuckerberg didn’t allow himself to relax too much, smoke weed, or do other antics that could cause Meta’s stock price to plummet. Instead, the buttoned-up billionaire tried to play it cool with the controversial UFC commentator and eagerly discussed his love of martial arts, specifically jujutsu. Yes, this Silicon Valley entrepreneur told the muscle podcaster that he too is motivated by physical activity. “I hate sitting in front of my desk....

Ottawa long-haul truck driver Matthew Marchand, known to many as Twitter user “My World Through A Windshield” has been jailed in Florida after allegedly sending sexual messages to a person he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. In court documents obtained by CTV News, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office claims Marchand was arrested in a sting operation targeting “suspects who use the Internet to sexually exploit children.” Partially released transcripts of a conversation between an undercover detective and Marchand on an anonymous e-commerce website describe a frank and intimate conversation....

Frost was backed by notable progressives such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, as well as the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, and had raised $1.5 million by Aug. 3, more than any other candidate in the field , according to Federal Election Commission filings. For the first time, in 2022, members of Generation Z — those born after 1996 — are eligible to be elected to the US House of Representatives....

Comment Moderna sued Pfizer and German partner BioNTech on Friday, alleging the rival companies improperly used its core technology to develop their coronavirus vaccine. The lawsuit sets up a legal battle between the most prominent companies that helped contain the coronavirus pandemic in the United States by developing highly effective plans in record time. “We believe that Pfizer and BioNTech illegally copied Moderna’s inventions and continued to use them without permission,” Moderna Chief Legal Officer Shannon Thyme Klinger said in a company press release....

As of Aug. 24, there are no active cases of COVID-19 at the maximum security facility, according to data from Correctional Service Canada (CSC). There were nine inmates infected in an outbreak that began on July 29. The last prisoner recovered on August 21. There were a total of 112 inmates infected with COVID-19 in two separate outbreaks at Kent Institution. More than 900 COVID-19 tests have been recorded to date in the prison population....

In a new cover story for Variety , the 38-year-old actress and director addressed the April incident in which she was handed an envelope in Manila by a woman in the front row at CinemaCon, interrupting a screening of Wilde’s upcoming film Don’t Worry My Love. to theater exhibitors at a ticketed industry event. The file was initially reported to contain a script and was later revealed to hold legal documents related to her custody dispute with ex-partner Jason Sudeikis....

Actuellement en queue de peloton dans les sondages, Mme Anglade croit qu’en rencontrant les citoyens du Québec, elle pourra mieux se faire connaître comme personne et comme leader. Nous avons eu une pandémie de plus de deux ans qui a été difficile pour tout le monde. Je pense que les gens vont regarder ce qui se passe aujourd’hui, a-t-il résumé. Informée par des journalistes que le PLQ n’a pas encore annoncé de candidatures dans les 125 circonscriptions du Québec, elle a déclaré que 110 d’entre elles seront confirmées d’ici la fin de la journée de dimanche....

The Ontario Science Advisory Panel released a statement confirming that it was notified by Public Health Ontario last week that its work will be suspended as of September 6. The move comes less than five months after the provincial agency announced it was taking over the “operation and oversight” of the independent board, previously hosted by the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health. It also comes after the resignation of longtime board co-chair Dr....

Comment Beware the emerging Tehran-Moscow alliance: Russia has begun using Iranian drones in the Ukraine war, and Iran has offered to share its financial networks to help Russia avoid sanctions, according to Western intelligence officials. For Russia, struggling to maintain momentum in Ukraine after six months of violent conflict, new Iranian aid could be a game-changer, intelligence officials warn. “This is not just a tactical alliance,” one official explained. With China and India refusing to sell arms to Russia, Iran could become a key conduit for arms and money....