Brent Hobbs of Kelowna, BC, swims. He walks along the shore of Okanagan Lake to work twice a week, about 1.8 kilometers. He estimates it takes him about 30 minutes and carries his laptop and a change of clothes in a waterproof bag. “There’s no better way to get to work,” he told CBC’s Joseph Otto after one of his morning commutes. “It’s nice and cool, but more than that, I’m having fun....
Asked later to elaborate, McConnell said, “Well, the Senate races are statewide. They’re just different in nature from individual congressional districts. Twenty of my members and only 14 of the Democrats, so that it’s in their favor. A lot of these states are purple states and it could go either way. I think it’s just going to be a very close race.” The comments come as the 2022 midterm elections fast approach in November — contests where the fate of the party that holds the majority in the House and Senate is at stake....
The exoplanet is called TOI-1452 b and orbits two stars in the not-so-distant constellation Draco, about 100 light-years from Earth. NASA’s TESS space telescope, which regularly surveys the sky for possible distant planets, first signaled the floating rock, but it was Charles Cadieux of the Université de Montréal and his team who confirmed the planet’s size and radius. It took them more than 50 hours to verify that what they were looking at was a planet about five times the size of Earth....
The 2-1 decision, which lawyers say they will appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court, is a victory for critics of the overhaul who argue that cost controls for unlimited, lifetime medical coverage for auto accidents are too strict and have forced some rehab centers to close patients and home care services to drop patients or threaten to drop patients. The eventual outcome of the case could affect the size and frequency of any future refund checks issued to drivers statewide for overages in the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association fund, known as the MCCA....
L’exercice est inédit et le symbole sans équivoque : à quelques jours de la rentrée, Emmanuel Macron a décidé de lancer lui-même la rentrée en réunissant les recteurs d’académie à la Sorbonne, dans la matinée du jeudi 25 août. Un premier. Au cours de cette rencontre, qui intervient la veille de la conférence de presse scolaire de son nouveau ministre de l’éducation nationale, Pap Ndiaye, le président doit revenir « sur son ambition pour l’école et présentera les enjeux de la nouvelle méthode pour l’éducation nationale, comme le expérimentation menée dans le cadre de Marseille en grand”, précise l’Elysias....
Il était l’un des sujets brûlants de Manchester City cet été. Après le recrutement d’Erling Haaland, la vente de Raheem Sterling et Oleksandr Zinchenko, Manchester City a dû faire face à l’affaire Bernardo Silva. Suivant de près le Barça, l’international portugais s’est retrouvé au centre de l’un des nombreux feuilletons du club catalan ces dernières semaines. Et ces derniers jours, c’est au tour du Paris Saint-Germain de se pencher sur le cas de l’ancien Monégasque....
Commissioner Brenda Lukey faces questions from the Mass Casualty Commission leading the public inquiry into the April 2020 mass shooting in Halifax on Tuesday. The webcast broadcasting the testimony can be found here. When asked about the high turnover in Nova Scotia’s senior ranks after the mass shooting, Lucki said while there is often a spike in people leaving their jobs after a traumatic event, she believes it’s also due to the negative narrative and to Canadians who “lost confidence in their region....
When the ambulance service refused to send a vehicle to the area – which had no healthcare infrastructure and no running water – the nurse technician, who simply goes by Vanda, drove the Covid patient to the hospital herself. Vanda is part of a concerted effort to increase indigenous representation in politics at a time when Brazil’s indigenous population is facing a historic assault on their rights. Attacks on indigenous peoples and their land have escalated under President Jair Bolsonaro, who has dismantled indigenous protection frameworks and encouraged land grabbers and other criminals....
Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Police responded to a false 911 call at the home of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green early Thursday morning, the second “swatting” call targeting the Republican lawmaker in two days, authorities confirmed. Two officers showed up at Green’s home in Rome, Georgia, after receiving a call at 2:53 a.m. ET on Thursday about “a man possibly shooting family members and then himself,” according to a report from the Rome Police Department....
The US is starting to build a floating bridge after its main supply route between Kherson and the eastern side was destroyed by Ukrainian forces. Over the weekend Russia “probably started moving barges into position to build a major floating bridge” over the Dnipro River, British intelligence said on Tuesday. It comes after two road bridges providing vital access to Russian-held Kherson were rendered useless after being hit by Ukrainian missile strikes earlier in August....
„Heute“ berichtete im Mai über den dubiosen Fall: Bewohner eines Gemeindehauses in Wien-Penzing bemerkten einen fürchterlichen Fäulnisgeruch und alarmierten die Polizei. Zwei Männer waren innerhalb weniger Monate bei Besuchen in Wohnung Nummer 3 gestorben. Der Tote in der Wäscheschublade Der Mieter – ein 53-jähriger Wiener – soll die späteren Opfer auf Dating-Plattformen kennengelernt und zu sexuellen Begegnungen in seine Wohnung gelockt haben. Dort wurde den Besuchern flüssiges Ecstasy injiziert, um ihre Lust zu steigern....
Taiwan schickt Drohnen mit Waffen in die Ukraine 20 km Reichweite, 40 Minuten Flugzeit, acht Mörsergranaten mit brutaler Sprengkraft: Ukrainer bekommen 800 neue Kampfdrohnen geliefert – aus Taiwan. 1/4 Taiwan schickt 800 seiner hochmodernen Revolverdrohnen in die Ukraine. Im Kampf gegen Russland erhält die Ukraine weitere Rüstungsunterstützung. Laut dem polnischen Fachportal tech.wp liefert Taiwan 800 seiner unbemannten Luftfahrzeuge Revolver 860 an das ukrainische Militär. Experten bezeichnen das Gerät auch als „fliegenden Mörser“ – nicht ohne Grund....
The future of the former president’s 10-month-old social media platform, Truth Social, is on uncertain ground as the app faces huge financial losses and is accused of short-circuiting its suppliers amid Donald Trump’s ongoing legal battles. A planned merger between Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the business that created the platform Truth Social, and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Digital World Acquisition Corp, has been put on hold indefinitely as the Securities and Exchange Commission investigates the platform’s business transactions ....
Emergency crews responded to the shooting on York Street, between Sussex Drive and ByWard Market Square, at about 2:20 a.m. of Friday. Witnesses say they heard several gunshots in the air and saw people on the ground with gunshot wounds. Ottawa paramedics tell CTV News Ottawa crews took three people to Ottawa Hospital in serious condition with gunshot wounds. None of the injuries are considered life-threatening. Shooting investigation: @ottawapolice responded to a shots fired call in the 0-100 block of York St....
L’OM s’en est honnêtement tiré avec Yaya Touré et Hamit Altintop. Il a hérité de la tête de série moins intimidante, l’Eintracht Francfort, de Tottenham et du Sporting portugais. Les coéquipiers de Dimitri Payet ont évité de justesse un groupe de la mort composé du Bayern Munich, du FC Barcelone, de l’Inter Milan et de la pauvre Viktoria Plzen qui doit se demander comment s’en sortir… Ligue des champions PSG v Juventus, OM v Eintracht Francfort : découvrez les groupes du premier tour IL Y A 21 HEURES Les coéquipiers de Dimitri Payet ont évité de justesse un groupe de la mort composé du Bayern Munich, du FC Barcelone, de l’Inter Milan et de la pauvre Viktoria Plzen qui doit se demander comment s’en sortir… Dans les autres groupes, le Real Madrid, tenant du titre, s’en sort....
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Comment Former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social website is facing financial challenges as traffic remains weak and the company that is set to acquire it fears its legal troubles could lead to a decline in popularity. Six months after its high-profile launch, the site — a Twitter clone, which banned Trump after Jan. 6, 2021 — still has no guaranteed source of revenue and a questionable path to growth, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings from Digital World Acquisition, the company that plans to take Trump’s start-up, the Trump Media & Technology Group, public....
The price cap limits the standard rate that energy suppliers can charge domestic customers for their combined electricity and gas bills in England, Scotland and Wales, but is recalculated by Ofgem throughout the year to reflect wholesale market prices and other industry costs. It covers about 24 million households. The 4.5 million households on prepaid plans face an increase from £2,017 to £3,608. The cap does not apply in Northern Ireland, where suppliers can increase prices at any time after receiving approval from a different regulator....
They asked the European Commission to seek “political and legal” measures to stop the pollution, accusing the UK of abandoning international environmental regulations. The official complaint comes after dozens of beaches in England and Wales were flagged as posing a pollution risk to bathers. The three MEPs wrote to the Commission in Brussels saying the UK’s decision to lower water quality standards is “unacceptable” and action must be taken to stop pollution of the English Channel and North Sea....
Um das Scheitern der Abgabe zu vermeiden, muss Finanzminister Habeck dringend dafür sorgen, dass niemand, der von der Energiekrise profitiert, an der Gasabgabe Geld verdient: „Es ist wirklich wichtig, dass wir uns auch um die Energiesicherheit und die Sicherheit der Energieversorgung kümmern unsere Versorgung. Markteingriffe. Dass den Kunden nicht plötzlich der Sprit ausgeht, das ist gerade jetzt im Winter sehr wichtig. Andererseits unterstützen diese Markteingriffe nur Unternehmen, die unsere Unterstützung brauchen, und nicht solche, die in anderen Bereichen gutes Geld verdienen – mehr als gutes Geld....
