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Tropical Christmas Getaways you can still book for 2024: from Mexico to Madagascar
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Tropical Christmas Getaways you can still book for 2024: from Mexico to Madagascar

Whale sharks and lemurs, turtles and chameleons — Madagascar is a biodiversity wonderland, with the added bonus of exceptional beaches, lush volcanic topography and vanilla-scented traditional villages. Just opened this July with eight suites, Time + Tide Tsara Komba is accessed by boat, offering adventure from the moment you arrive, including scuba diving, nature walks and sand-side picnics. Tie in a stay with a visit to Time + Tide Chinzombo in Zambia’s South Luangwa Park — home to unique Cookson’s wildebeest and Thornicroft’s giraffe, and you’ll have a wildlife-packed Christmas holiday that also includes restorative lounger time. Source link
Stocks making biggest moves after hours: NVDA, SNOW and more
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Stocks making biggest moves after hours: NVDA, SNOW and more

Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading: Nvidia — The artificial intelligence darling slid nearly 2% despite exceeding expectations for the third quarter and providing strong guidance. Nvidia posted 81 cents in adjusted earnings per share and $35.08 billion in revenue. Analysts surveyed by LSEG were expecting 75 cents in earnings per share and $33.16 billion in revenue. Snowflake — The cloud stock soared 18% after beating earnings expectations for the third quarter and issuing strong guidance. Snowflake posted adjusted earnings of 20 cents per share on $942 million in revenue, while analysts surveyed by LSEG predicted 15 cents in earnings per share and $897 million in revenue. Palo Alto Networks — The cybersecurity stock slipped 5%. Palo Alto announced a two-for-one st...
Dame Jacinda Ardern to be given United Nations leadership award
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Dame Jacinda Ardern to be given United Nations leadership award

File photo. Jacinda Ardern pictured on 2023. Photo: AFP Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern is to be given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation. The annual awards, We The Peoples, recognise "extraordinary individuals and organizations whose work embodies the values and purposes of the UN". Ardern will be given the champion for global change award. The citation said it recognised her trailblazing and empathetic leadership, her commitment to championing the rights of women, combatting climate change and fostering of unity and peace. Last month, Ardern recieved her damehood from Prince William in a ceremony in the UK. Previous recipients of the champion for global change award included UN deputy secretary-general Amina J. Mohammed, Barbados prime minister Mia Am...
What to know about Trump’s NATO ambassador pick Matt Whitaker – National
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What to know about Trump’s NATO ambassador pick Matt Whitaker – National

Donald Trump says he has chosen his former acting U.S. attorney general Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has expressed skepticism about for years. Trump, in a statement, said Whitaker was “a strong warrior and loyal Patriot” who “will ensure the United States’ interests are advanced and defended” and “strengthen relationships with our NATO Allies, and stand firm in the face of threats to Peace and Stability.”The choice of Whitaker as the nation’s representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an unusual one, given his background is in law enforcement and not in foreign policy. Whitaker had been considered a potential pick for attorney general, a position Trump instead gave to Matt Gaetz, a fierce loyalist ...
Billionaire Gautam Adani charged in New York with massive fraud
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Billionaire Gautam Adani charged in New York with massive fraud

Chairperson of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, Gautam Adani addresses a gathering during the inaugural session of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 in Gandhinagar on January 10, 2024.Punit Paranjpe | AFP | Getty ImagesGautam Adani, the chair of India's Adani Group conglometerate and one of the world's richest people, has been indicted in New York federal court with other defendants in connection with an alleged multi-billion-dollar fraud scheme, authorities said Wednesday.Adani and two other defendants, Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain, who are executives of Adani Green Energy Limited, are accused of conspiring to commit wire fraud and securities fraud for their roles in obtaining funds from investors in the United States and international lenders "on the basis of false and misleading stateme...
Perth parents found guilty of starving malnourished teenage daughter
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Perth parents found guilty of starving malnourished teenage daughter

By David Weber, ABC Photo: WA District Court Warning: This story contains details that some readers may find distressing. The parents of a malnourished Perth teenager who doctors warned would die without urgent medical intervention have been found guilty of starving her. The parents were accused of failing to provide adequate nutrition to their 16-year-old daughter who only weighed 27 kilograms in 2021. They've each been found guilty of engaging in conduct that caused their child to suffer, by failing to provide adequate nutrition. They've also each been found guilty of a second charge, relating to their failure to provide emotional, social and functional development. The father earlier pleaded guilty to forging his daughter's birth certificate to make her appear younger than she re...
B.C. port union files constitutional challenge of back-to-work order
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B.C. port union files constitutional challenge of back-to-work order

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 20, 2024 2:57 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The union representing port supervisors in British Columbia is formally challenging the legal and constitutional authority of the federal labour minister to order them back to work. In a legal document dated Tuesday, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 says it’s questioning whether the order issued by Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon last week violates the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike.The union says these rights are protected by the Charter of Rights and Freed...
McDonald’s preparing ‘McValue’ offering for 2025
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McDonald’s preparing ‘McValue’ offering for 2025

A McDonald's is seen in the Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, on Oct. 23, 2024.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesMcDonald's is preparing 2025 value offerings in a bid to hang onto customers who are fed up with high costs at restaurants.The company is working on a new "McValue" approach for next year that involves keeping the $5 value meal offer it launched this summer on the menu for the first half of the year, along with introducing a "buy one add one" option for $1 more, CNBC has learned. The "buy one add one" offer includes a double cheeseburger; McChicken sandwich; 6 piece chicken nuggets and small fry; or breakfast options of a Sausage McMuffin, sausage biscuit or sausage burrito and a hash brown, according to a person familiar with the matter.Local value offerings hav...
Donald Trump names Linda McMahon as his pick for Education secretary
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Donald Trump names Linda McMahon as his pick for Education secretary

By Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins and John Towfighi, CNN Linda McMahon, former administrator of Small Business Administration, speaks at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on 18 July. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters via CNN Newsource President-elect Donald Trump has named his transition co-chair Linda McMahon as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Education. The decision, which Trump announced Tuesday night confirming CNN's earlier reporting, took shape after it became clear that McMahon would be passed over for Commerce secretary. Trump named his other transition co-chair, Howard Lutnick, as his pick to lead the Commerce Department earlier Tuesday after the Cantor Fitzgerald chief executive had thrown his name into the mix for T...
Randy Boissonnault out of cabinet amid business dealings controversy
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Randy Boissonnault out of cabinet amid business dealings controversy

Randy Boissonnault is out of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet after months of controversy surrounding his former medical supply business. In a brief statement Wednesday, Trudeau said Boissonnault “agreed … (to) step away from cabinet effective immediately.” 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. “Mr. Boissonnault will focus on clearing the allegations made against him,” Trudeau’s office said.Those allegations, first reported by Global News, involve Boissonnault’s former business Global Health Imports, co-founded with Stephen Anderson in early 2020 after Boissonnault lost his seat in the 2019 election. Tre...