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Trump Media stock soars amid election, Truth Social news
14Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Trump Media stock soars amid election, Truth Social news

Shares of Trump Media closed up more than 18% on Monday, extending the Truth Social owner's dramatic recovery from recent stock price lows and adding hundreds of millions of dollars to Donald Trump's on-paper net worth.The recent DJT surge came as multiple online election betting markets appeared to show betting odds shifting in Trump's favor, after weeks of tilting toward the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.Monday's surge also coincided with Trump Media's launch of a new site for its TV streaming app, Truth+.Trump Media was trading above $30 per share at its intraday peak, and closed at $29.95.The stock has experienced a wild flurry of trading in recent sessions, with shares being exchanged at multiple times the company's 30-day average volume. More than 57 million shares...
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Fossil of new reptile species found in Brazil sheds light on rise of dinosaurs
14Oct By No Comments
World News

Fossil of new reptile species found in Brazil sheds light on rise of dinosaurs

By Sergio Queiroz and Diego Vara, Reuters Palaeontologist Rodrigo Temp Muller examines a dinosaur fossil from the Triassic period in 2019. Photo: AFP - CARL DE SOUZA Scientists in Brazil have announced the discovery of one of the world's oldest fossils believed to belong to an ancient reptile dating back some 237 million years that could help explain the rise of the dinosaurs. Named Gondwanax paraisensis, the four-legged reptile species was roughly the size of a small dog with a long tail, or about one metre long and weighing between 3 and 6 kilograms the scientists said in a statement on Monday. The small reptile would have likely roamed the land of what is today southern Brazil, when the world was much hotter. The fossil has been identified as a new silesaurid, an extinct group of ...
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B.C. Sikh community responds to new allegations of Indian foreign interference
14Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

B.C. Sikh community responds to new allegations of Indian foreign interference

A prominent leader in British Columbia’s Sikh community says the community feels vindicated following explosive new RCMP allegations of foreign interference by agents of the Indian government in Canada. RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme said Monday that the force had evidence of violent criminal activity in Canada, including homicides and extortion, being connected to Indian government agents. 1:24 Trudeau says Five Eyes allies have seen ‘similar pattern’ from India with ‘attempted extrajudicial killing’ The RCMP also alleged it has evidence of diplomats collecting information on Canadians for the Indian government, and said there was a significan...
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Trump’s crypto coin on sale with Election Day just three weeks out
14Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Trump’s crypto coin on sale with Election Day just three weeks out

Collect Trump CardsSource: Collecttrumpcards.comWith shares of his nascent social media business in the midst of a sharp rebound and with just three weeks until the presidential election, Donald Trump is bringing his latest proposed money-making endeavor to market, this time in crypto.On Tuesday, the former president and current Republican nominee aims to launch WLFI, the token accompanying his new crypto project called World Liberty Financial. Over the weekend, Trump pumped the sale in a post on X, telling his followers that it's a "chance to help shape the future of finance."Prospective investors can be forgiven for having little idea about what they're being asked to support.People involved with WLF have described it as a sort of crypto bank, where customers will be encouraged to borrow...
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NASA launches spacecraft to gauge if Jupiter’s moon Europa can host life
14Oct By No Comments
World News

NASA launches spacecraft to gauge if Jupiter’s moon Europa can host life

By Will Dunham, Reuters Europa. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute NASA has launched a spacecraft from Florida on a mission to examine whether Jupiter's moon Europa has conditions suitable to support life, with a focus on the large subsurface ocean believed to be lurking beneath its thick outer shell of ice. The US space agency's Europa Clipper spacecraft blasted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket under sunny skies. The robotic solar-powered probe is due to enter orbit around Jupiter in 2030 after journeying about 2.9 billion kilometres in five and a half years. The launch had been planned for last week but was put off because of Hurricane Milton. It is the largest spacecraft NASA has built for a planetary mission, at about 30.5 me...
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David Eby urges Green supporters to vote NDP to help keep Conservatives from office
14Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

David Eby urges Green supporters to vote NDP to help keep Conservatives from office

New Democrat Leader David Eby is urging Green voters in British Columbia’s tight election to back the NDP to keep John Rustad’s B.C. Conservatives from forming government, but the Greens say people should support the candidate of their choice. Green and NDP voters must stick together this election to defeat the B.C. Conservatives, who are running a campaign of division, denial and plans to dismantle climate initiatives and cut health care and housing affordability plans, Eby said Sunday.The NDP leader, at a campaign event in Squamish, asked Green voters to consider their thoughts the day after the Oct. 19 election if Rustad’s B.C. Conservatives were going to form government.“I want you to just take a moment and think about how it would feel if on Sunday morning, the morning after the elect...
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Google signs deal with nuclear company as data center power demand surges
14Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Google signs deal with nuclear company as data center power demand surges

People take photos in front of a giant Google logo at Google's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California on Aug 13, 2024 where the "Made by Google" media event was held today.Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty ImagesGoogle said Monday that it will purchase power from small modular reactor developer Kairos Power, as tech companies increasingly turn to nuclear power as a way to fulfill the growing energy demands from data centers.The tech giant said it will purchase power from a fleet of SMRs made by Kairos Power. Google said purchasing from multiple SMRs sends an "important demand signal to the market," while making a long-term investment to accelerate commercialization."We believe that nuclear energy has a critical role to play in supporting our clean growth and helping to deliver on the progre...
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None of Australia’s state premiers will attend King Charles’ reception
14Oct By No Comments
World News

None of Australia’s state premiers will attend King Charles’ reception

Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Queen Camilla arrive to meet members of the Welsh Parliament during a visit to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Senedd, in Cardiff on July 11, 2024. Photo: Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP Australia's six state premiers have stated they will not be attending King Charles reception in the capital, Canberra, when he arrives next week. The move has been labelled an "insult" and disrespectful by pro-monarchy group, Australian Monarchists League, as the debate around the country becoming a republic is reignited. When the 75-year-old ascended the throne after his mother's death in 2022, republic supporters in Commonwealth countries began to question their future under the monarchy. Last week, Buckingham Palace responded to the Australian Republic Move...
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Public servants’ union wants Parliament to investigate return-to-office mandate – National
14Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Public servants’ union wants Parliament to investigate return-to-office mandate – National

One of the unions representing Canada’s public servants is calling on Parliament to investigate the decision behind the three-day return-to-office mandate which took effect last month. The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE), which represents more than 25,000 members, wants the standing committee on government operations and estimates (OGGO) to investigate what it calls the “catastrophic failures” surrounding the policy.“We’ve seen over and over again just a complete unwillingness to provide any data or provide any backing for the decisions of the employer,” Nathan Prier, president of CAPE, told Global News on Monday.“We’ve lost confidence in senior management across the board here because they’re clearly not able to handle themselves. We don’t know who they’re serving, b...
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Is the music industry finally having its #MeToo moment? It sure looks like it. But why now? – National
14Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Entertainment, Movies

Is the music industry finally having its #MeToo moment? It sure looks like it. But why now? – National

Another week, another series of sexual assault-related bombshells from the world of music. First, Diddy. The firehose of stories about Sean (Diddy) Combs and his “freak off parties” involve everything from alleged sexual assault and sex trafficking to kidnapping, weapons charges, drug use and arson. The memes involving the more than 1,000 bottles of lube and baby oil (allegedly laced with the party drug GHB) are everywhere, as are those featuring Los Angeles police standing next to a seized barrel filled with 750 dildos.Every day brings more reporting on the A-listers some speculate may have been involved, what some have alleged to have done, the payoffs and cover-ups, the conspiracy theories, and the allegations brought forth by more than 100 complainants. ...
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