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If Sault MP Terry Sheehan is running in the next federal election, he may have a lot of extra dumb miles to do to keep his job. Proposed changes to federal electoral boundaries show Sheehan’s Sault Ste. Marie riding expanded to several times its existing size. The renewed riding would have a population of 97,299 souls, up 17,000 from its current 80,371. In addition to Sault Ste. Marie, the new riding will include Bruce Mines, Thessalon, Wawa, most of Huron Shores....

That same year, he met his future wife, then Salma Bennani, an engineering student. While she was studying at university, he had just been crowned ruler of Morocco. The couple married in 2002 and, breaking with a long-standing Moroccan tradition that kept royal wives out of the public limelight, Salma was styled Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Salma and took a much more modern approach to royal life. She worked to prevent HIV/AIDS in Africa, founded her own cancer charity and became a goodwill ambassador for the World Health Organization....

A United Nations waiver allowing 13 Afghan Taliban officials to travel abroad expired on Friday as the Security Council failed to reach an agreement on whether to extend the travel exemptions. China and Russia have asked for an extension, while the United States and Western nations have called for a reduced list of Taliban officials allowed to travel to protest the Taliban’s waiver of women’s rights and failure to form an inclusive government....

Drax is set to receive a total of £11bn in subsidies after converting the majority of its North Yorkshire plant to run on so-called biomass, despite the findings of a government study eight years ago. The report undermines recent claims by Business Minister Kwasi Kwarteng that the plant’s green credentials “have not been challenged”. The report was reviewed by the Telegraph this week, but was originally published in 2014. Mike Childs, head of research at Friends of the Earth, said: “For over a decade the government has known that in some cases burning biomass to produce electricity can be worse than burning gas or coal....

Representative of the deep discontent among Americans, 74% say the US is headed in the wrong direction, 58% believe the country’s best days are in the rearview mirror, and 61% say they are so angry they would be willing to walk for a day marked by protest, the NBC News poll found. Asked what the signs would say, Democratic voters chose “women’s rights,” “abortion rights” and “prosecute Trump” — while Republicans said they would field banners that read “denounce Biden,” “protect our freedom” and “protect the 2nd amendment....

Ein Fünftel zur Verschärfung der Sanktionen gegen Russland. ©AP (Symbolbild) Die Sanktionen gegen Russland wegen des Angriffskrieges auf die Ukraine sieht die Bevölkerung sehr unterschiedlich. Im aktuellen APA/ATV „Austria Trend“ von Peter Hajek befürworten 26% die vollständige Rücknahme von Sanktionen. Ein Fünftel dient zum Anziehen. Zwölf Prozent wären für Entspannung. 19 % sind der Meinung, dass die Sanktionen wie bisher fortgesetzt werden sollten. Der Rest hat sich nicht verpflichtet. Zwischen dem 10....

The average pay of CEOs of FTSE 100 companies rose to £3.4m in 2021, compared to £2.5m in 2020 during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, when many bosses took voluntary pay cuts as they placed million employees leave of absence. CEO pay has also surpassed the £3.25m median recorded in 2019, before the pandemic. The jump in executive pay means the average UK chief executive now earns 109 times the salary of the average British worker, up from 79 times in 2020....

Posted: 16:04, 20 August 2022 | Updated: 18:17, 20 August 2022 Share or comment on this article:

US Representative Liz Cheney vowed on Sunday to oppose Republican candidates who support former US President Donald Trump’s lies about a stolen 2020 election and declared Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley “unfit” for office after they voted to impeach of the presidential results. Cheney, who is Trump’s leading critic and vice chairman of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters, told ABC’s “This Week” that a broad boycott movement could undermine the US constitutional order....

“Someone in the street called my name and started yelling homophobic slurs,” said Alex Munder. Munder says having his four-year-old son with him made the verbal assault even worse. “This has happened to me many times over the decades, but you know there’s a little boy there and just to think that someone is overcome with hate, that they would subject a child, no one should be subjected to that, but to subject a child....

The attack on Moscow may suggest that Russia is “not as unified as Putin wants it to be,” reports Vincent McAviney. The daughter of a Russian nationalist often referred to as “Putin’s mastermind” has been killed after her car exploded on the outskirts of Moscow. An explosion occurred on Saturday night when a bomb exploded in the car driven by Daria Dugina, according to the Investigative Committee department for the Moscow region....

Un homme grièvement blessé en mer avec une hélice de bateau dans le secteur du Grau-du-Roi a été secouru dimanche 21 août peu avant 15 heures par les pompiers du Gard. Six d’entre eux ont été mobilisés, ainsi qu’une ambulance, un véhicule de commandement et un camion de pompiers. Ils ont été déployés vers le port autonome de Port Camargue. Blessure à la cuisse A leur arrivée, les secouristes ont constaté que l’homme ramené au sol présentait une large blessure à la cuisse....

The arrest came Thursday as police conducted a sex offender sweep of the Lake Tahoe area as part of their investigation into a missing person case that has garnered national attention. Compliance checks on sex offenders “resulted in finding several registered sex offenders in violation of their terms,” ​​the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. One attacker was arrested and another was facing pending criminal charges, officials said. Kiely Rodni has been missing since August 6, 2022....

Publié à 17h54 Lila Dussault La Presse «Face à un appel à la démission, le PQ a choisi d’embrasser pleinement ses idées et de miser sur l’espoir», a déclaré dimanche sur Twitter le chef du Parti québécois (PQ), Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. Par conséquent, nous soumettrons des solutions complètes et globales à chaque problème clé pour notre avenir collectif. » Le chef a ensuite dévoilé le nouveau slogan de la prochaine campagne électorale : « Le Québec qui s’assume....

Posted: 12:28, August 21, 2022 | Updated: 13:56, 21 August 2022 Share or comment on this article:

Jesus Murillo was arrested at his home in Mexico City on charges of enforced disappearance, torture and obstruction of justice in the kidnapping and disappearance of the student-teachers in the southwestern state of Guerrero. The attorney general’s office also issued 83 more arrest warrants for soldiers, police, Guerrero officials and gang members in connection with the case. Murillo was attorney general from 2012 to 2015 under then-president Enrique Peña Nieto, during which he oversaw the much-criticized investigation into the September 26, 2014, disappearance of students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College....

Alpbach. Mit dem etablierten „Tiroler Tag“ am Sonntag im Tiroler Alpbach wurde das Europäische Forum mehr oder weniger vorzeitig eröffnet – die offizielle Eröffnung findet am Montag statt. Tirols LH Günther Platter (ÖVP) hat nach 14 Jahren seinen letzten „Alpbach“ als Landeshauptmann verpflichtet. Platter – der bei der anstehenden Landtagswahl in Tirol nicht mehr kandidiert – sagte in seiner 15. Antrittsrede in Alpbach, man solle trotz aller Krisen „Mut machen und gemeinsam Zuversicht ausdrücken“....

A motion of no confidence was passed by Montenegro’s parliament, following a rift over a long-disputed deal regulating ties with the powerful Serbian Orthodox Church. The motion, which paves the way for the end of the current government and the start of a new round of political unrest in the Adriatic nation, passed shortly after midnight on Saturday (22:00 GMT Friday) with 50 votes. Only one lawmaker voted against it, while the rest of the 81-seat parliament boycotted the measure....

Die Serie von Angriffen innerhalb Russlands und auf der besetzten Krim auf Eisenbahnen, Munitionsdepots, Chemiefabriken und andere für den Krieg notwendige Infrastruktur zeigt, dass immer mehr Russen erkennen, dass dies falsch ist und dass sie belogen werden. „Wenn diese demokratischen Kräfte jetzt in Russland auftauchen, dann müssen wir sie unterstützen. Gleichzeitig muss der Druck auf Putin aufrechterhalten werden“, folgert Brandstätter und appelliert an die Regierung, alle Parteien, die Putin stoppen und Frieden wollen....