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Jordan Peterson says he’s left Canada and moved to the U.S. – National
14Dec By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Entertainment, Movies

Jordan Peterson says he’s left Canada and moved to the U.S. – National

Jordan Peterson, the polarizing Canadian psychologist, has bid Canada adieu and will now call the United States home, citing personal and professional reasons for the move. The news was revealed on a podcast this week, where Peterson and his daughter, Mikhaila Peterson Fuller, discussed his decision to move to Florida.“Welcome to moving to America, formally,” she offhandedly said to her dad during The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast episode.“I guess that’s what happened, isn’t it? Is this the big announcement?” said Peterson.“There are decided advantages to being here,” he said. Story continues below advertisement Peterson made reference to his ongoing feud with the College of Psychologists of Ontario, as well as a bill targeting hate speech, among his key reasons t...
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US court rejects TikTok request to temporarily halt pending US ban
14Dec By No Comments
World News

US court rejects TikTok request to temporarily halt pending US ban

By David Shepardson and Kanishka Singh, Reuters Photo: 123rf A US appeals court rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest of the short-video app by 19 January or face a ban on the app. TikTok and ByteDance on Monday filed the emergency motion with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, asking for more time to make their case to the US Supreme Court. Today's ruling means that TikTok now must quickly move to the Supreme Court in an attempt to halt the pending ban. The companies had warned that without court action, the law will "shut down TikTok - one of the nation's most popular speech platforms - for its more than 170 million domestic monthly users." "The petitioners have not identi...
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Gambler’s addiction blamed on restless leg medication
14Dec By No Comments
World News

Gambler’s addiction blamed on restless leg medication

Philip Stevens had previously enjoyed going to horse races but had always been "careful" with his bets. Photo: PIXABAY / Creative Commons A British man who became a compulsive gambler and shopper after he was prescribed a medication for restless leg syndrome has received a £70,000 (NZ$153,000) settlement from his doctor, his lawyers said on Friday. Philip Stevens, 66, was prescribed Ropinirole - a dopamine antagonist medication - in 2017 but was not warned of known possible side effects such as impulse control disorder. He had previously enjoyed going to horse races but had always been "careful" with his bets. But after taking the medication his gambling "spiralled out of control" and he regularly made bets on his smartphone and even woke up in the middle of the night to place a wager. ...
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Naval vessel launched in B.C. is longest-ever built in Canada
14Dec By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Naval vessel launched in B.C. is longest-ever built in Canada

A Canadian Navy vessel with the name HMCS Protecteur will again set sail, nearly a decade after the last supply ship with its respected legacy was taken out of service. The new joint support ship — the longest naval vessel ever to be built in Canada — was launched at a rainy ceremony at shipbuilder Seaspan’s shipyards in North Vancouver, B.C., attended by dignitaries, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 1:08 Princess Anne christens navy vessel in North Vancouver on B.C. tour It is the first of two joint support ships being built in British Columbia for the Canadian Navy, and Seaspan says work is “well underway” for a second vessel, the HM...
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Mumbai doctors give Jalgaon woman with rare heart defect second chance at life
13Dec By No Comments
Health

Mumbai doctors give Jalgaon woman with rare heart defect second chance at life

Mumbai doctors have successfully treated a 34-year-old woman, Seema Ravikanth Patil, for a rare and complex heart condition known as Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm (SOVA). The patient, diagnosed with multiple congenital aneurysms, underwent a meticulously planned surgical procedure that has given her a new lease on life. It was done by the team of experts at Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre was led by Dr Pavan Kumar, a renowned cardiovascular surgeon, along with cardiologist Dr Nitin Gokhale and cardiac anaesthesiologist Dr Namrata Kothari. Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm (SOVA) is an exceptionally rare condition, characterised by the abnormal expansion of the aortic root due to weak elastic tissue. Aneurysms of the Sinus of Valsalva are observed in approximately 0.09 per cent of the general ...
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Allu Arjun: Tollywood star arrested after woman dies in crush at film premiere | Ents & Arts News
13Dec By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Allu Arjun: Tollywood star arrested after woman dies in crush at film premiere | Ents & Arts News

A popular Indian actor has been arrested after a woman died in a crush at the premiere of his latest movie.Allu Arjun, a top star in the Telugu film industry, also known as "Tollywood", was making an appearance at the event in Hyderabad on 4 December when the incident happened. As fans clamoured to meet the actor, a 39-year-old woman died and her nine-year-old son was critically injured.Police earlier this week arrested the owner of the cinema where the incident took place.On Friday, they arrested Arjun, 41, at his home. He was granted bail by a local court a few hours after his arrest and he was expected to be released from prison shortly, his lawyers said. Arjun was named in the initial police complaint, which alleged that his security had tried to clear the crowd near him, causing t...
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New Zealander among trio of rugby players jailed in France for gang rape
13Dec By No Comments
World News

New Zealander among trio of rugby players jailed in France for gang rape

New Zealand rugby player Rory Grice (R) leaves the court following a hearing at the Bordeaux courthouse, south-western France on 17 June, 2024. Photo: CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP Warning: This story contains details of sexual assault. A court in France on Friday jailed three rugby players formerly with French side Grenoble for 12 to 14 years over the 2017 gang rape of a student. It sentenced Irishman Denis Coulson, 30, and Frenchman Loick Jammes, 30, to 14 years behind bars, and New Zealander Rory Grice, 34, to 12 years in jail. It handed four years in jail, including two suspended, to ex-Ireland international 31-year-old Chris Farrel over failure to prevent the crime. New Zealander Dylan Hayes, 30, received a two-year suspended sentence, also for not intervening to stop it. In the sma...
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Suspect in UnitedHealth CEO murder Luigi Mangione was not a customer, company says
13Dec By No Comments
World News

Suspect in UnitedHealth CEO murder Luigi Mangione was not a customer, company says

By Manas Mishra, Reuters Photo: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters via CNN Newsource Mangione and his mother were not UnitedHealthcare customers Woman charged in Florida with threatening her insurer UnitedHealth Group CEO makes first public comment since shooting The suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson was not a customer of the health insurer, a company spokesperson said on Friday (US time). Ivy League-educated Luigi Mangione was charged with murder on 9 December for the killing of Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel before a company conference, following a five-day manhunt. Mangione suffered from chronic back pain that affected his daily life, according to friends and social media posts, though it is unclear whether his personal health played a role in the s...
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Doug Ford threatened to stop energy exports to the U.S. How would it work?
13Dec By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Doug Ford threatened to stop energy exports to the U.S. How would it work?

Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded to the burgeoning trade tension between Canada and the United States with a threat that the province could cut off energy exports to the U.S. in retaliation to president-elect Donald Trump’s threat of sweeping tariffs. But what would it look like if Ontario and other provinces carried out that threat?Some experts say Canada doesn’t have much room to work with when it comes to potential retaliation.On Wednesday, Ford along with other Canadian premiers met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss the 25-per cent tariffs Trump has threatened to impose on all Canadian imports on his first day in office, which will be Jan. 20, 2025.After the meeting, Ford offered a threat of his own: to “cut off” millions of American residents living in border states fro...
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Ex-British soldier Daniel Burke was unlawfully killed in Ukraine, coroner finds | UK News
13Dec By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Ex-British soldier Daniel Burke was unlawfully killed in Ukraine, coroner finds | UK News

A former British paratrooper was unlawfully killed in Ukraine by someone who claimed to be his friend, a coroner has concluded.Daniel Burke died from multiple gunshot wounds last year after he went to Ukraine in 2022 to offer humanitarian support in the country's fight against Russia's invasion. The 36-year-old, from the Wythenshawe area of Manchester, was staying in the Zaporizhzhia region in August 2023 when he went missing, Manchester Coroner's Court was told on Friday.A "suspect", who was not named at the hearing but is known by Greater Manchester Police to be Abdelfetah Nourine - also known by the nickname "Jihadi Adam" - led Ukrainian authorities to his body in September last year and claimed he had shot him by accident. Image: Daniel Bu...
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