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Premier League referee David Coote sacked after investigation
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Premier League referee David Coote sacked after investigation

English football referee David Coote shows a yellow card. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Premier League referee David Coote has been sacked by English football referees' body Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), after their investigation found his actions to be in serious breach of his contract. Coote had been suspended last month after a video circulated on social media showing the official allegedly abusing Liverpool and former manager Juergen Klopp and after a full investigation, his position has been deemed untenable. "Following the conclusion of a thorough investigation into David Coote's conduct, his employment with PGMOL has been terminated today with immediate effect," the PGMOL statement said. The Football Association also launched an investigation after Coote's initial suspen...
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Chrystia Freeland will give fall economic statement on Dec. 16 – National
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Chrystia Freeland will give fall economic statement on Dec. 16 – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Monday that she will deliver a fall economic statement on Dec. 16. The fiscal update will provide a fresh look at Ottawa’s finances heading into 2025.It will give Canadians a sense of how items announced since the 2024 federal budget, including planned immigration caps, the upcoming GST holiday and Ottawa’s pledges to meet NATO spending commitment in future years will impact the federal balance sheets.The fall fiscal update is set to arrive later than usual, just a day before members of Parliament are scheduled to wrap up their business for the year.Freeland has blamed an ongoing Conservative filibuster stymying regular business in the House of ...
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UK to reduce support for Georgia after ‘shocking scenes of violence’ at EU protests | Politics News
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UK to reduce support for Georgia after ‘shocking scenes of violence’ at EU protests | Politics News

The UK will reduce its support and engagement with Georgia following "shocking scenes of violence", the foreign secretary has said.Tens of thousands of demonstrators have clashed with riot police in the eastern European country since 28 November after the governing Georgian Dream party decided to suspend talks on joining the European Union until 2028. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced the suspension after the European Parliament rejected the results of Georgia's October parliamentary elections, which was won by Georgian Dream, but the EU said it was "neither free nor fair" and should be re-run under international supervision.Politics latest: UK announces £11m of aid for SyriaAnnouncing the UK is pulling its support, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: "The shocking scenes of viole...
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‘Tax holiday’ could become a ‘hot mess’ for businesses, CFIB warns – National
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‘Tax holiday’ could become a ‘hot mess’ for businesses, CFIB warns – National

A temporary “tax holiday” could prove to be a “hot mess” for small businesses preparing to implement the new measure this week, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. The Liberal legislation is set to go into effect on Saturday, slashing the goods and services (GST) or harmonized sales tax (HST) from dozens of items, including certain groceries.The two-month tax break will save taxpayers an estimated $1.5 billion, and will reduce that amount from federal revenues, the parliamentary budget officer (PBO) said in a costing note published Monday.The PBO’s estimate is in line with the federal government’s, which put the cost of the tax relief down to roughly $1.6 billion.The four Atlantic provinces and Ontario have their own provincial and federal sales tax lumped into th...
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Taylor Swift wraps her record-breaking Eras Tour in Vancouver | Ents & Arts News
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Taylor Swift wraps her record-breaking Eras Tour in Vancouver | Ents & Arts News

It's taken a whopping 632 days to complete and generated billions of dollars as it travelled the globe, but now Taylor Swift's Eras tour is finally over.Kicking off in Glendale, Arizona, on 17 March last year and finishing in Vancouver, British Columbia on 8 December, it was perhaps bigger than even Swift could ever have dreamed. Made up of 149 shows, each running for around three hours, the elaborate performance featured multiple costume changes and a set list of more than 40 songs.Spanning five continents, the tour has become the highest-grossing of all time and the second most attended, seen by 10.1 million fans worldwide (it was narrowly pipped to the post by Coldplay, with 10.3 million expected to attend their 175 shows). Image: Swift dur...
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Trudeau in Halifax to meet with re-elected N.S. premier, fireside chat also
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Trudeau in Halifax to meet with re-elected N.S. premier, fireside chat also

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Halifax Monday to meet with newly re-elected Progressive Conservative Premier Tim Houston, who has a long list of grievances against Ottawa. Houston had defended his decision to call a snap election in the province because he said he needed a strengthened mandate to battle for more funding and concessions from the federal government.That decision went against his own party’s promise to adhere to fixed-term elections. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. “My word is important to me,...
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Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Monday, December 9, 2024
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Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Monday, December 9, 2024

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Rebels storming Assad’s palace find luxury car collection including rare Ferrari ‘worth £3m’ | World News
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Rebels storming Assad’s palace find luxury car collection including rare Ferrari ‘worth £3m’ | World News

A rare Ferrari F50, a Lamborghini Diablo and a Rolls-Royce are among dozens of luxury cars found at Bashar al Assad's palace.Just 349 F50s were made between 1995 and 1997 and the V12-engined car has a top speed of 233mph. It originally sold for about £350,000, but one went for $5.5m (£4.3m) in a Sotheby's auction earlier this year.Car website classic.com puts the average sale price at $4.2m (£3.3m).Also parked up in the vast garage in the Syrian capital of Damascus was another classic 90s supercar that adorned many teenage walls - a Lamborghini Diablo. While not as rare as the F50, the best examples can go for well over £300,000 today. Image: A Lamborghini Diablo was also among the dictator's cars The fleet of cars was disc...
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Who is Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al Jolani and what are his links to al Qaeda? | World News
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Who is Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al Jolani and what are his links to al Qaeda? | World News

Rebel leader Abu Mohammed al Jolani, whose group was central to the lightning offensive that toppled decades of dictatorship in Syria this weekend, has spent years trying to distance himself from his former ties to al Qaeda.Labelled a terrorist by the US, which still has a $10m (£7.8m) bounty on his head, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) says he has renounced his past as a hardline jihadi extremist and now embraces pluralism and tolerance. Now poised to play a major role in the future governance of Syria - a diverse country with a variety of religious minorities - al Jolani's apparent transformation will be put to the test.Follow live: Assad flees to Moscow amid celebrations in SyriaEarly years and pivot to jihad Al Jolani's real name is Ahmad al Sharaa - it's what he was known by ...
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Trudeau’s Liberals set to face 3rd Conservative non-confidence vote – National
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Trudeau’s Liberals set to face 3rd Conservative non-confidence vote – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Liberals are set to face a third Conservative non-confidence vote on Monday, but the government is likely to survive with the support of the NDP. Members of Parliament are supposed to vote on a motion that quotes NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s criticism of the Liberals and asks the House to agree with Singh and vote to bring down the government.Singh said last week he is not going to support the Conservatives, so the motion will likely fail.The House is also supposed to vote on an NDP motion calling on the government to expand the GST break and the $250 “working Canadians rebate” to fully retired seniors and people who rely on disability benefits.Those votes will come after MPs deal with a...
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