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What we know about mysterious drone sightings in the United States
World News

What we know about mysterious drone sightings in the United States

By Zoe Sottile, Josh Campbell and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Photo: Brian Glenn/TMX/AP via CNN Newsource Mysterious flying objects overhead. Concern and confusion. And calls for military intervention. This isn't the plot of "War of the Worlds," but rather the result of numerous possible drone sightings in the US in recent weeks. The flying objects have been spotted over residential neighborhoods, restricted sites and critical infrastructure. The sightings have put intense pressure on federal agencies to provide more information about the aircraft, as officials have urged calm and emphasized there is no evidence suggesting the sightings pose a security threat. The Biden administration has not identified "anything anomalous or any national security or public safety risks over the civilian...
Ontario’s Ford says Canada, U.S. should avoid trade war and take on China
Politics

Ontario’s Ford says Canada, U.S. should avoid trade war and take on China

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Canada and the United States should work together to counter China, rather than engage in a damaging trade war — and has a message for Mexico to join them. Speaking to CNN Monday night, Ford said cutting off energy exports to the U.S. remained “a tool that we have in our toolbox” to retaliate if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump follows through on his threat to slap 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian exports when he takes office next month.However, Ford said “that’s the last thing I want to do,” adding he would prefer to boost U.S. trade and counter Chinese incursions into the North American market, which he says is largely being done through Mexico.“I just feel we aren’t the enemy,” he told CNN. “The big problem, in my opinion, is China: cheap Chinese produ...
Russia detains suspect over murder of chemical weapons chief Igor Kirillov
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Russia detains suspect over murder of chemical weapons chief Igor Kirillov

By Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Antonov, Reuters Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was the chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defence / SUPPLIED Russia says it has detained an Uzbek man who had confessed to planting and detonating a bomb which killed a top general, Igor Kirillov, in Moscow on the instructions of Ukraine's SBU security service. Kirillov, who was chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was killed outside his apartment building on Tuesday along with his assistant when a bomb attached to an electric scooter went off. He is the most senior Russian military officer to be assassinated in Russia by Ukraine. Ukraine's SBU intelligence service took responsibility for the killing after Ukrain...
Live: Rescue efforts continue in Vanuatu, international assistance begins to arrive
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Live: Rescue efforts continue in Vanuatu, international assistance begins to arrive

Rescuers search damaged buildings in Vanuatu for anyone trapped after the 7.3 earthquake. Photo: Supplied / Vanuatu Police Force There are warnings the death toll is likely to rise as rescue efforts continue in Vanuatu for people trapped in collapsed buildings. The government confirmed yesterday at least 14 people had died, though a former Vanuatu prime minister said officials told him that had already risen to 19. Hundreds more were injured. International military and emergency support was on the way, including from New Zealand. But access was difficult with the international airport still closed for commercial flights. Follow RNZ's liveblog for the latest updates: Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every w...
Stranded workers desperate to get home to their families in quake-stricken Vanuatu
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Stranded workers desperate to get home to their families in quake-stricken Vanuatu

Vanuatu seasonal workers check into a hotel in Nadi to await the resumption of commercial airline services to Port Vila. December 2024 Photo: RNZ Pacific/Koroi Hawkins Dozens of Vanuatu workers returning home from working on orchards and vineyards in New Zealand are stuck in Fiji with commercial flights yet to resume to the quake-stricken country. Local authorities said on Wednesday the Bauerfield International Airport would likely remain closed until at least Saturday. Similar scenes were playing out for their colleagues across the ditch, with Australian airlines the first to announce the cancellation of flights to Port Vila. RNZ Pacific caught up with a cohort of more than 80 workers trying to sort out their accommodation for the night at the Grand Melanesian Hotel in Nadi. Danson Kir...
Donald Trump claims many Canadians want Canada to become 51st state – National
Politics

Donald Trump claims many Canadians want Canada to become 51st state – National

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 18, 2024 8:34 am Updated December 18, 2024 8:52 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is taking another shot at Canada about becoming part of the United States. In a post on Truth Social, Trump says many Canadians want Canada to become the 51st state.He says it would save on taxes and military protection and that he thinks it’s a “great idea.”Trump has made repeated digs at Canada and the suggestion that...
What does it take to get the blood pressure reading right?
Health

What does it take to get the blood pressure reading right?

More often than not, patients and even nurses and doctors are skipping steps that help paint an accurate portrait of someone`s blood pressure -- how someone sits and positions their arm, whether they just had a cup of joe or chitchat with their practitioner during the measurement, and other factors can produce readings that are higher or lower than normal blood pressure. "To really make a dent at improving people`s cardiovascular health, we need to screen and treat people for hypertension, but we need to do it correctly," Tammy Brady, a pediatric nephrologist at the Johns Hopkins Children`s Center in Baltimore who studies blood-pressure measurement and cardiovascular health in children and adults, told The Wall Street Journal. "Getting the right reading is important for preventing heart ...
Tabu’s liplock scene in Dune: Prophecy goes viral as she finally appears in Ep 5
Entertainment, Movies

Tabu’s liplock scene in Dune: Prophecy goes viral as she finally appears in Ep 5

Actor Tabu who sparked anticipation with her role as Sister Francesca in Dune: Prophecy finally made her appearance in episode 5. A clip from the same has hit the viral note on social media, which shows Tabu sharing a passionate liplock with Mark Strong who plays Emperor Javicco Corrino in the series. Watch the video below.  First footage of Tabu as Sister Francesca in Dune Prophecy Episode 5 has dropped #Tabu #DuneProphecy pic.twitter.com/VrjKs646JG — Surajit (@surajit_ghosh2) December 17, 2024 Tabu on playing Sister Francesca Excited about the series, Tabu earlier said, "It has been an extraordinary experience playing Sister Francesca in Dune: Prophecy right from the moment I was approached for it, and I said yes without batting an eyelid. It`s an actor`s delight to be truste...
Indoctrinated, loyal and well trained: Don’t underestimate North Korean soldiers in Russia, some experts say
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Indoctrinated, loyal and well trained: Don’t underestimate North Korean soldiers in Russia, some experts say

A damaged building after a strike in the city of Zaporizhzhia on 10 December, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: HANDOUT Far from their homes in one of the world's most isolated and secretive states, about 11,000 North Korean soldiers find themselves at the centre of Europe's biggest conflict since World War II. Little is known about the North Korean troops deployed to support Russia in its devastating yearslong war in Ukraine - or what exactly they will be ordered to do - and their presence hasn't even been officially acknowledged by Moscow or Pyongyang. US, Ukrainian and South Korean intelligence says the North Koreans have already engaged in combat operations, joining a Russian force of tens of thousands to carry out an assault on Ukrainian positions in Russia's western Kur...
‘Tis the season to switch off: how to ditch your phone this Christmas
Life Style

‘Tis the season to switch off: how to ditch your phone this Christmas

There’s a scene in Peep Show when Mark flies off the handle with Jez on Christmas morning because he forgot to buy the turkey. “No turkey?” Mark says, quaking with rage, before screaming “That was your job, you f***ing moron” and going on an expletive-ridden tirade. But it turns out to be a joke – Jez has in fact bought an organic turkey which he spent “ages researching online”. Mark apologises. “That wasn’t very Christmassy,” says Jez. “That wasn’t very Christmassy” has become a catchphrase in my house. My siblings and I have shouted it at each other over the years for unwrapping stockings before one of us has woken up, for presents which are obvious regifts, and when someone pulls the crackers and loses on both sides. But nowadays the most un-Christmassy thing I fall foul of is going on ...