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Chuck Woolery, ‘Love Connection,’ ‘Wheel’ game show host, dies at 83 – National
29Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Entertainment, Movies

Chuck Woolery, ‘Love Connection,’ ‘Wheel’ game show host, dies at 83 – National

Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection and Scrabble who later became a right-wing podcaster, skewering liberals and accusing the government of lying about COVID-19, has died. He was 83. Mark Young, Woolery’s podcast co-host and friend, said in an email early Sunday that Woolery died at his home in Texas with his wife, Kristen, present. “Chuck was a dear friend and brother and a tremendous man of faith, life will not be the same without him,” Young wrote.Woolery, with his matinee idol looks, coiffed hair and ease with witty banter, was inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in 2007 and earned a daytime Emmy nomination in 1978.In 1983, Woolery began an 11-year run as host of TV’s Love Connection, for which he coined the ph...
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Time for a sustainable spa staycation?
29Nov By No Comments
Life Style

Time for a sustainable spa staycation?

When it comes to choosing a cleanse, making sustainable choices presents tension between choosing what’s best for ‘we’ and what’s most convenient for ‘me’. Make the most of a wellness week at home by signing up for a cleanse where you just drink fresh-press, nutritionist-designed juice programmes for three to five days. The jury’s still out on whether skipping solids in favour of an all-liquid diet is the most sensible regime, but for many giving our digestive systems a rest feels like a a great way to detox and reset with a concentrated intake of vitamins, antioxidants, and phytonutrients — and it’s more nourishing than an Ozempic approach. When it comes to bring more eco, Presscription Juice is a London-based brand which delivers without any single-use plastic bottles (just be sure to re...
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Iga Swiatek: Five-time Grand Slam champion says one-month doping ban was ‘worst experience of my life’ | World News
29Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Iga Swiatek: Five-time Grand Slam champion says one-month doping ban was ‘worst experience of my life’ | World News

Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has said being given a one-month doping ban from the sport was the "worst experience of my life".The Polish player was ranked world number one when she provided a sample containing the angina medication trimetazidine in an out-of-competition test on 12 August. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) accepted the result was caused by contamination of the regulated non-prescription medication melatonin, manufactured and sold in Poland, which Swiatek took for jet lag and sleep issues.Her level of fault was therefore considered to be at the lowest end of the range for "No Significant Fault or Negligence".Swiatek was provisionally suspended from 22 September until 4 October but the suspension was not made public. Instead, the three tournaments ...
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Russian spies in love triangle were to be used in ‘honeytrap’ operation across Europe, court hears | UK News
29Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Russian spies in love triangle were to be used in ‘honeytrap’ operation across Europe, court hears | UK News

Two female Russian spies in a love triangle were to be used as "honeytraps" in a surveillance operation on targets across Europe, run from the UK, a court has been told.Katrin Ivanova, 33, a lab assistant, and Vanya Gaberova, 30, a beautician, were intended to be "in direct contact" with targets "as sexual bait to capture more information", the Old Bailey heard. They were allegedly assisted by Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, a painter and decorator from Enfield who had previously been in a relationship with Gaberova.Bizer Dzhambazov, 43, a medical courier who has pleaded guilty to the spying conspiracy, lived with Ivanova in Harrow, northwest London, but was also having a relationship with Gaberova, who had a flat in Euston. Image: Bizer Dzhambazov. Pic...
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Russia’s attack on Ukraine a response to strikes with US-made missiles, Putin says
29Nov By No Comments
World News

Russia’s attack on Ukraine a response to strikes with US-made missiles, Putin says

Local residents take shelter in a metro station during an air strike alarm in Kyiv, on 28 November. Photo: TETIANA DZHAFAROVA / AFP Russia's widespread overnight attack targeting critical energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine was a response to strikes on Russian territory using US-made ATACMS missiles, President Vladimir Putin says. Putin claimed Russia hit 17 targets that were "military facilities, defence industry facilities and their support systems," without acknowledging the hits to power infrastructure. "As I have said many times, there will always be a response from our side (to the use of American ATACMS)," Putin said on Thursday during comments made at a security summit in Kazakhstan. More than a million households in Ukraine were left without power following the aerial b...
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At least 15 dead and more than 100 missing after landslides bury houses in eastern Uganda | World News
28Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

At least 15 dead and more than 100 missing after landslides bury houses in eastern Uganda | World News

At least 15 people have died and more than 100 are missing after landslides buried homes in several villages in eastern Uganda.Some 15 people have been rescued and taken to hospital, police said. At least 40 households were completely buried, the Uganda Red Cross Society said. It added that 13 bodies had been recovered.Police said 113 people were missing. Image: Pic: Reuters The missing are from eight villages, according to a spokesperson for the Ugandan prime minister's office, which oversees disaster response work. "We are shocked that it was this devastating," Charles Odongtho said. All bridges in the area had been washed away and the roads were inundated with water, he added.Authorities expect the number killed might ri...
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British soldier Daniel Khalife, who escaped jail, convicted of spying for Iran
28Nov By No Comments
World News

British soldier Daniel Khalife, who escaped jail, convicted of spying for Iran

By Kathy Rose O'Brien, CNN Former soldier Daniel Khalife was found guilty of spying for Iran. Photo: Metropolitan Police via CNN Newsource A former British soldier whose escape from a London prison last year sparked a three-day man-hunt has been found guilty of spying for Iran. A jury convicted 23-year-old Daniel Khalife despite his claims that it had been an attempt to work as a double agent to help British security agencies. Prosecutors told his trial this was "a cynical game." The spy, who admitted to escaping from prison, was cleared of carrying out a bomb hoax. Khalife reached out to a "middle-man" associated with Iran by sending him a Facebook message and claiming he would remain undercover in the British Army for them for more than 25 years, according to Britain's Crown Prosec...
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Alberta taking federal government to court over revised impact assessment law
28Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Alberta taking federal government to court over revised impact assessment law

By Jack Farrell The Canadian Press Posted November 28, 2024 5:13 pm Updated November 28, 2024 6:35 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta is taking Ottawa to court, saying the federal government has failed to follow through on necessary changes to a law governing resource development. The federal Impact Assessment Act determines whether major resource projects should be approved based on the environmental, economic or social impact each project might have. ...
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Widespread disruption in Denmark after mobile network outage | World News
28Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Widespread disruption in Denmark after mobile network outage | World News

At least one hospital was forced to reduce non-critical care after one of Denmark's largest mobile networks suffered severe outages.TDC Net said the problems were likely due to an update carried out in the past day and it had no reason to believe a cyber attack was behind the disruption. While the network was down, people couldn't contact emergency services and security services in some areas patrolled streets in case anyone needed help.According to Danish media, trains and buses in some parts of the country experienced delays because of signalling issues, with chaos in stations and passengers stuck on trains.The Centre for Cyber Security, the country's national IT security authority, and the Danish Defence Intelligence Service couldn't confirm if the mobile network and transport signallin...
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Bulgarians spied on US base and dissidents for Russia, UK court told
28Nov By No Comments
World News

Bulgarians spied on US base and dissidents for Russia, UK court told

By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin, Reuters London's Old Bailey court. Photo: Supplied / Google Maps A team of Bulgarians carried out surveillance on a US military base in Germany where Ukrainian forces were being trained, one of six operations they undertook as part of a spying conspiracy for Russia, prosecutors have told a London court. Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, are accused of being part of a highly sophisticated spying network, run by a Russian agent named as Jan Marsalek, an Austrian national, which gathered surveillance of individuals and locations in Britain and abroad. Prosecutor Alison Morgan said the trio had put many lives at risk. The three defendants deny the allegations. Morgan told jurors at the start of the trial at London's Old Bai...
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