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New BC Green MLAs sworn in ahead of Conservatives, NDP

13Nov

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New BC Green MLAs sworn in ahead of Conservatives, NDP

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two newly elected members of British Columbia’s Green Party will officially take their seats in the legislature following the first of three swearing-in ceremonies after last month’s provincial election. The two Greens, lawyer Rob Botterell, representing Saanich North and the Islands, and geological engineer Jeremy Valeriote, of West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, who were elected on Oct. 19 in a tight election race, could play pivotal roles in the legislature where the NDP holds a slim one-seat majority. 3:20 B.C. Premier David Eby expected to announce cabinet soon ...

Sex, abstinence and Trump: What is the 4B movement?

13Nov

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Sex, abstinence and Trump: What is the 4B movement?

Women in the US protest president-elect Donald Trump ahead of his first presidency in 2017. Photo: AFP A potential protest movement is emerging online - or at least it is being talked about online - following Donald Trump's re-election to the US presidency. Some American women on social media say they are taking inspiration from the South Korean feminist movement known as 4B where women "decentralise" men in their lives. This means no heterosexual dating, sex or marriage and saying no to childbearing. Not only is it viewed as a protest, but one born out of necessity, according to those who say they are adopting the stance. Trump's re-election could mean abortion rights in the US will be further eroded. Some also fear that the fringe conservative blueprint Project 2025, which advocates f...

Booker Prize 2024: Samantha Harvey’s Orbital unexpectedly wins

12Nov

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Booker Prize 2024: Samantha Harvey’s Orbital unexpectedly wins

British writer and Booker Prize 2024 shortlisted author Samantha Harvey poses with her book 'Orbital' during the Booker Prize 2024 Award photo call event, at the Southbank centre, in central London, on 11 November, 2024. Photo: HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP Orbital, a slim poetic novel following six astronauts over a day onboard the International Space Station, has won the Booker Prize for 2024. The novel by British author Samantha Harvey was the shortest of the six books shortlisted for the prize at just 136 pages. The award was announced at a ceremony in London. The win was something of a surprise. Most critics and bookmakers had installed James by American author Percival Everett, the story of the slave in Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, as the favourite. Recently the Booker Prize, which bills...

Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt leaves 11 injured after turbulence | World News

12Nov

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Business

Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt leaves 11 injured after turbulence | World News

Eleven people have been left injured after a Lufthansa flight was hit with severe turbulence while en route from Argentina to Germany.The Boeing 747-8 was travelling from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt when it encountered a brief period of severe turbulence over the Atlantic on Monday. Five passengers and six crew members suffered minor injuries as a result of the incident. Image: File pic. Pic: Reuters The injured received medical treatment immediately after the aircraft landed safely at Frankfurt Airport on Tuesday at 9.53am (GMT), according to the airline.Lufthansa said the turbulence was "brief" and occurred in an "intertropical convergence zone", which is a band of low pressure around the Earth. ...

New York judge pauses proceedings in Trump hush money case

12Nov

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New York judge pauses proceedings in Trump hush money case

By Luc Cohen, Reuters A judge pauses Donald Trump's conviction proceedings for a week. Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / Getty Images via AFP A New York state judge paused for a week further action on Donald Trump's conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a document made public on Wednesday showed. Justice Juan Merchan delayed at least through until 19 November any decision on whether to vacate Trump's conviction due to the US Supreme Court's decision in July that presidents are immune from prosecution involving their official acts. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office had said it agreed with a defence request to pause proceedings to consider how to approach the case in light of Trump's 5 November election win and looming inauguration in January 2025. Trump in Ma...

Jelly Roll to croon for Canadian concertgoers in Beautifully Broken Great Northern Tour

12Nov

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Entertainment, Movies

Jelly Roll to croon for Canadian concertgoers in Beautifully Broken Great Northern Tour

Fresh off earning his first No. 1 album on Billboard’s top 200 albums chart, country star Jelly Roll has announced he will be performing in a number of Canadian cities in 2025. “CANADA! I’m so excited to announce that The Beautifully Broken Great Northern Tour is headed your way soon!” the 39-year-old singer posted on X on Tuesday.Jelly Roll’s Canadian dates will also feature Josh Ross, Savannah Dexter and Brabo Gator and see him perform in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto, London, Laval and Quebec City in March. 4:58 Josh Ross on his new single and hitting the road with Nickelback More conce...

Pakistan bus crash: At least 14 wedding guests killed after river plunge | World News

12Nov

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Business

Pakistan bus crash: At least 14 wedding guests killed after river plunge | World News

At least 14 people have been killed after a bus carrying wedding guests crashed into a river in Pakistan.The bus was carrying around two dozen passengers. Searches continue for bodies and survivors. There are differing reports about the number of people who have died, with some local officials saying 18 people had been confirmed dead after the crash into the Indus River in northern Pakistan.It's been reported the bus left the road at the Thalichi Bridge. A party of 27 people were heading to Chakwal, a city in the Punjab province, government spokesman Faizullah Faraq said.At least nine people are thought to still be missing. Mr Faraq added that so far only one woman had been found alive and was being treated in hospital.Read more from Sky News:Pakistan toxic smog visible from spaceRussian w...

Fiji’s climate change reality | RNZ News

12Nov

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Fiji’s climate change reality | RNZ News

Bill Ramasi and his wife Vitauna at their village on Vanua Levu that is sinking beneath the sea Photo: The Detail/Sharon Brettkelly People in the Fijian village of Kiobo use kayaks to get around when the water rushes in. They must move to escape rising sea levels, but it's expensive and there's no help coming. At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa this year, climate change was high on the agenda, the big talking point for politicians and NGOs. After spending a week there, hearing how Pacific Island nations were worst affected, The Detail's Sharon Brettkelly went to Fiji to see what was being done to help people. She wanted to visit the village of Vunidogoloa to find out what life was like there, 10 years after it was moved to a new site. That visit couldn't be arrang...

These high-yielding assets could be called back as the Fed cuts rates

12Nov

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Business

These high-yielding assets could be called back as the Fed cuts rates

Investors who scored a little more interest from their callable certificates of deposit may soon find themselves left out in the cold. The Federal Reserve last week dialed back interest rates by a quarter point, bringing its target rate range down to 4.5%-4.75%. Since the central bank kicked off its rate-cutting campaign in September, yields on cash instruments have been sliding, including the amount that savers earn on money market funds. Consider that the Crane 100 Money Fund Index now has an annualized seven-day yield of 4.57%, compared with 5.1% at the end of August. Banks have also slashed the interest they pay on high-yield certificates of deposit – with Marcus by Goldman Sachs lopping 10 basis points from the annual percentage yield on its one-year CD to 4.1%, according to a Sunday ...

Driver kills 35 people in ramming attack on crowd in China

12Nov

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Driver kills 35 people in ramming attack on crowd in China

By David Kirton, Reuters A police car is seen at the Zhuhai Sports Centre, a day after a car rammed through the site killing dozens in Zhuhai, in south China's Guangdong province. Photo: HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP A driver rammed his car into a crowd at a sports centre in southern China, killing 35 people and severely injuring 43 in one of the deadliest attacks in contemporary Chinese history. Chinese authorities took almost 24 hours to officially disclose the incident, which took place on Monday night (local time) in Zhuhai, a city of about 2.5 million people in southern China near Macau. Images and videos showing dozens of people knocked to the ground and a car fleeing from the scene, which circulated on China's major social media platforms on Monday night, were swiftly censored. Angry com...