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Wendy Williams ‘permanently incapacitated’ by dementia, guardian claims – National
27Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Entertainment, Movies

Wendy Williams ‘permanently incapacitated’ by dementia, guardian claims – National

Wendy Williams‘ health appears to be in steep decline, with her guardian claiming the former TV host is “permanently incapacitated” following her diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. In a court filing from earlier this month, and viewed by several publications, lawyers for Williams’ court-appointed guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, said the 60-year-old “has become cognitively impaired, permanently disabled, and incapacitated” from dementia.Morrissey argues that Williams did not “have the capacity to consent to being filmed” for Lifetime’s contentious Where is Wendy Williams? docuseries, which was released earlier this year.The docuseries explored Williams’ health challenges, life after The Wendy Williams Show and her guardianship, and has descended into an ongoi...
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Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire unlikely to last, says former UK spy chief Richard Dearlove | Politics News
27Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire unlikely to last, says former UK spy chief Richard Dearlove | Politics News

The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is unlikely to last in the long term, according to a former British spy chief.Sir Richard Dearlove - who ran MI6 between 1999 and 2004 - explained his concerns with the recently announced deal in an interview on the Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge. As well as the situation in the Middle East, Sir Richard told Sophy that Europe is in a "war situation" with Russia, rather than a pre-war one, and that he believes the deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius will collapse.Politics latest: Britain can learn a lesson from TrumpThe ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into force in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday local time.Since it began, people have been streaming back into the southern regions of Lebanon as Israel begins to withdr...
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Israel-Hezbollah truce holds, Israel sets south Lebanon curfew
27Nov By No Comments
World News

Israel-Hezbollah truce holds, Israel sets south Lebanon curfew

By Maya Gebeily and Aziz Taher, Reuters This picture shows the destruction from Israeli bombardments in Lebanon southern village of Khiam on 27 November. Photo: AFP A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah held on Wednesday after the two sides struck a deal brokered by the US and France, but Israel warned local residents not to return to the border area yet. The ceasefire agreement, a rare diplomatic feat in a region wracked by conflict for months, ended the deadliest confrontation between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group in years, but Israel is still fighting its other arch foe the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Cars and vans piled high with mattresses, suitcases and even furniture streamed through the heavily-bombed southern port c...
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Israel imposes curfew in Lebanon at last minute as Hezbollah ceasefire begins | World News
27Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
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Israel imposes curfew in Lebanon at last minute as Hezbollah ceasefire begins | World News

Israel has imposed a last-minute curfew forbidding any Lebanese from crossing into the south of the country.Starting in the early hours of this morning, Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a 60-day pause halting a conflict that has killed thousands in Lebanon and displaced many more. At 2.30pm UK time (4.30pm locally), Israel's Arab spokesperson warned movement south of the Litani River in Lebanon is "absolutely forbidden" - starting in half an hour.Middle East latest as ceasefire begins"Whoever is north of the Litani River is prohibited from moving south. Whoever is south of the Litani River must remain where he is," the statement added."We remind you that the IDF is still deployed in its positions in southern Lebanon in accordance with the terms of the ceasefire agreement, and our forces will...
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Trump places high-risk, high-reward bet on tariffs to stem fentanyl
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World News

Trump places high-risk, high-reward bet on tariffs to stem fentanyl

By Joseph Ax, Helen Coster and James Oliphant, Reuters Nearly 75,000 Americans died from synthetic drug overdoses in 2023, according to government figures. Photo: 123RF US President-elect Donald Trump's vow to impose tariffs on China and Mexico unless they stem the flow of fentanyl and migrants across the US border could impel deeper cooperation from those governments on drug policing, experts said. But the threat also carries risk, particularly concerning US-Chinese collaboration on fighting fentanyl, which had improved this year after bilateral negotiations between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. In social media posts on Monday, Trump promised to impose additional 10 percent tariffs on Chinese imports and 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods - t...
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Three Americans imprisoned in China for years released | US News
27Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
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Three Americans imprisoned in China for years released | US News

Three American citizens who had been detained in China for years have been released, Sky's US partner network NBC News reports.They are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, a State Department spokesperson said. It comes after Politico earlier cited an unnamed US administration official as saying years-long attempts to free the trio had finally been successful, in exchange for unidentified Chinese citizens in US custody.The agreement reportedly came as part of sensitive negotiations which are yet to be announced. "We are pleased to announce the release of Mark Swidan, Kai Li, and John Leung from detention in the People's Republic of China," a State Department spokesperson said. "Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years."Th...
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Methanol and inaccessible medical care – a lethal combination
27Nov By No Comments
World News

Methanol and inaccessible medical care – a lethal combination

Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones died after suspected Laos methanol poisoning. Photo: Facebook Six tourists have died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, and more are still in hospital. An expert explains why methanol kills, and how to survive. Surviving methanol poisoning requires getting medical help fast - but getting that care is far from straightforward when you are miles away from a hospital. Six foreign tourists have died in the past week after consuming drinks containing methanol in Vang Vieng, Laos. Many more were caught up in the incident, including a Kiwi who has since returned home. Freelance journalist Erin Hale is based in Taiwan, but has spent time in Laos. She says that while there is a clinic in Vang Vieng, she does not think it is equipped to handle a case as ser...
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N.S. election: The broken promise and a ‘call to action’ against Ottawa
27Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

N.S. election: The broken promise and a ‘call to action’ against Ottawa

A gamble by incumbent Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston to discard the first law his government passed and swap a July election for a snap poll at the end of November has paid off. After months of telegraphing his early election plan, Houston made the call on Oct. 27, triggering a short one-month campaign period he said was necessary to get more from the federal government.Advance polling showed a drop in the number of people turning out to vote in the election — something Liberal Party Leader Zach Churchill said was likely due to “election fatigue” after the U.S. presidential election.The Progressive Conservatives’ gamble, however, has rewarded him with a sizeable win across the province.By late Tuesday night, the Progressive Conservatives remained in the 40-seat range, with 10 going to the...
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Canada Post says union talks ‘grind to a halt’ as strike drags on – National
27Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Canada Post says union talks ‘grind to a halt’ as strike drags on – National

Canada Post says negotiations with its workers’ union have come to a grinding halt on important issues as a nationwide strike drags into Day 13. A special mediator, appointed by the federal government, has been guiding the talks between the two sides since Nov. 18, but the Crown corporation says  “progress has been limited to minor items.”“Canada Post is considering its options to move negotiations forward as talks with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have ground to a halt on key issues critical to the Corporation’s future,” Lisa Liu, a company spokesperson, said in a statement on Tuesday evening.Liu said  the union has not been responding to the proposals that Canada Post has put forward over the past several days and the mailing service was informed by the special mediator th...
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Alberta government takes aim at GHG emissions cap, proposes rules on trespass and data gathering
27Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Alberta government takes aim at GHG emissions cap, proposes rules on trespass and data gathering

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is eyeing a number of steps to challenge the proposed federal greenhouse gas emissions cap. Announcing an upcoming motion under her Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act on Tuesday, Smith said the government plans to challenge the cap in court when or if it becomes law, and that it will take the steps necessary to give the province exclusive authority and ownership of emissions data, ban federal employees from designated oil and gas facilities, and more.“We’ve been very clear that we will use all means at our disposal to fight back against federal policies that hurt Alberta, and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” she said.Under the sovereignty act, the government must first put a motion forward in the legislative assembly identifyi...
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