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Israeli cabinet to meet to approve Lebanon ceasefire deal
25Nov By No Comments
World News

Israeli cabinet to meet to approve Lebanon ceasefire deal

By Maayan Lubell and Laila Bassam for Reuters Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike struck the southern suburbs of Beirut on November 9 2024. Photo: Nael Chahine A senior Israeli official said on Monday Israel's cabinet would meet on Tuesday to approve a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah, and a Lebanese official said Beirut had been told by Washington that an accord could be announced "within hours". Israeli officials had said earlier that a deal to end the war was getting closer though some issues remained, while two senior Lebanese officials voiced guarded optimism even as Israeli strikes pounded Lebanon anew. US news website Axios, citing an unnamed senior US official, said Israel and Lebanon had agreed to the terms of a deal, and a senior Israeli official told Reuters Tuesday's meet...
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Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald says she will demand referendum on Irish unity if she wins election | Politics News
25Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald says she will demand referendum on Irish unity if she wins election | Politics News

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald says she will demand a referendum on Irish unity in her first phone call with Sir Keir Starmer if she wins Ireland's general election.In the second of our leader interviews, she told Sky News she would also be able to strike the right balance in dealings with US President-elect Donald Trump because women "naturally multi-task". Ms McDonald, who describes Friday's poll as "an historic opportunity" to elect Ireland's first female prime minister (taoiseach), expects a vote on Irish reunification to take place by 2030. Image: Ms McDonald with Ace Gilbert, two, and his mother Chloe Gilbert in Dublin She said: "I think that the process of reunification has to be at the heart of government."Obvio...
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Ben Mulroney daily talk show launches on 640 Toronto
25Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Entertainment, Movies

Ben Mulroney daily talk show launches on 640 Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ben Mulroney has arrived on Canadian airwaves with his own show. On Monday, Corus Entertainment announced the launch of The Ben Mulroney Show, a brand-new talk program set to drive thought-provoking conversations across Canada.Debuting Nov.25 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. on 640 Toronto, the nationally syndicated show features Mulroney, who, with the help of listeners, will offer commentary, discussion and in-depth interviews on Canada’s most pressing current events. 5:16 Brian Mulroney’s eldest son Ben opens up about his family’s grief ...
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Canada’s assisted dying programme has gone too far, says lawyer who tried to take his own life | World News
25Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Canada’s assisted dying programme has gone too far, says lawyer who tried to take his own life | World News

Warning: This article contains references to suicideOn Friday this week, MPs will debate if England and Wales should legalise assisted dying. The proposed legislation restricts it to adults with six months or less to live.Canada introduced assisted dying in 2016 for adults with a terminal illness. In 2021, it was extended to people with no terminal illness and the disabled.On 17 March 2027, anyone with a serious mental health problem will also be eligible. Campaigners in Canada argue that the programme, known as MAID [medical assistance in dying], has gone too far.Orlando Da Silva has struggled with crippling depression since he was a nine-year-old boy. The high-flying Ontario lawyer is 56 years old now and has tried to take his own life a number of times. ...
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Canada on ‘clear path’ to reach NATO’s 2% target, Trudeau says – National
25Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Canada on ‘clear path’ to reach NATO’s 2% target, Trudeau says – National

Canada is on a “clear path” to hit NATO’s defence spending target over the coming years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, as pressure ramps up on Ottawa in the wake of the U.S. election. Addressing the annual NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Montreal on Monday, Trudeau said Canada has so far made sure that its investments in targeted NATO spending “are as concrete as possible,” but added that more needs to be done.“We are on a clear path to reach two per cent in the coming years because we know that the world is changing and Canada, along with our allies, needs to be ready for it,” Trudeau said.Canada is one of just eight NATO members not meeting the alliance’s benchmark of spending at least two per cent of GDP on defence, but has pledged to get there by 2032. Story continues belo...
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Romania in shock after far-right candidate wins first round of presidential election | World News
25Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
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Romania in shock after far-right candidate wins first round of presidential election | World News

A far-right and little-known NATO critic has won the first round of Romania's presidential election after polls predicted he would win less than 10% of the vote.Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate, won with a 22.95% share, seeing off the incumbent prime minister Marcel Ciolacu of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), who had been the clear favourite to win the first round. Mr Georgescu, 62, will face off against reformist Elena Lasconi of the centre-right Save Romania Union in a run-off on 8 December. She won 19.17% of the vote.It is the first time in Romania's 35-year post-communist history that the leftist PSD has not had a candidate in the second round of a presidential race. Image: Elena Lasconi, the Save Romania Union party candidate f...
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The Dorchester Hotel London review: Is this the Capital’s luxest Christmas stay?
25Nov By No Comments
Life Style

The Dorchester Hotel London review: Is this the Capital’s luxest Christmas stay?

The Dorchester is something of a London institution, known as much for its famous regulars as its unapologetic grandeur. It was a favourite stay of Elizabeth Taylor’s, with its Harlequin Penthouse suite now renamed eponymously in her honour. More recently Kate Moss, Alexa Chung and their It girl contingent were known to hop between its restaurants and bars on nights out in the Noughties. While nowadays it attracts a steady flow of mostly international visitors for its spoiling service, palatial suites, and exacting standards. And this is what it promises to deliver with bells on for Christmas.The hotel unveiled a major makeover earlier this year with an overhaul of its rooms and a more contemporary scheme, so this winter marks its first festive season with the new look.The decorations went...
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Navjot Singh Sidhu says wife underwent cancer treatment along with strict diet
25Nov By No Comments
Health

Navjot Singh Sidhu says wife underwent cancer treatment along with strict diet

After facing severe backlash from oncologists across the country for claiming diet can cure cancer, former cricketer and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday informed that his wife underwent surgeries, chemotherapy, hormonal and targeted therapy, along with a strict diet plan inspired by ancient Indian Ayurveda to fight cancer. Sidhu had in a recent press conference in Amritsar, Punjab, Sidhu described his wife, Navjot Kaur`s treatment for her stage 4 breast cancer as "starving cancer by not eating dairy products and sugar". In the widely circulated video on social media, Sidhu said that his wife “consumed haldi (turmeric) and neem which helped cure her ‘incurable’ cancer. Following this, several oncologists, including from Tata Memorial Hospital and AIIMS, Delhi slammed Sidhu fo...
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New Zealand: People come together to save more than 30 whales stranded on New Zealand beach | World News
25Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

New Zealand: People come together to save more than 30 whales stranded on New Zealand beach | World News

More than 30 pilot whales that washed up on a beachfront in New Zealand have been safely returned to the ocean by hundreds of people who lifted them on sheets.The whales stranded themselves on Ruakaka Beach near the city of Whangarei in New Zealand's north on Sunday, before conservation workers and members of the public helped return them to the water. Four of the pilot whales died, New Zealand's conservation agency said.A Maori cultural ceremony for the three adult whales and one calf that died took place on Monday, while a rescue team continued to monitor the water for more of the marine mammals. Image: Rescuers rope off an area around a dead pilot whale. Pic: AP Image: Res...
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More than a dozen people missing after tourist boat sinks off coast of Egypt | World News
25Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

More than a dozen people missing after tourist boat sinks off coast of Egypt | World News

More than a dozen people are missing after a tourist boat sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, officials have said.The boat, Sea Story, was carrying 45 people, including 31 tourists of varying nationalities and 14 crew.Authorities are searching for 17 people who are still missing, the governor of the Red Sea region said on Monday, adding that 28 people had been rescued.The vessel was part of a diving trip when it went down near the coastal town of Marsa Alam.Officials said a distress call was received at 5.30am local time on Monday.The boat had departed from Porto Ghalib in Marsa Alam on Sunday and was scheduled to reach its destination of Hurghada Marina on 29 November.Some survivors had been rescued using a helicopter, officials said.It was not immediately clear what caused the fo...
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