Canadian Politicians Who Criticize China Become Its Targets (www.nytimes.com)
As China increases its reach in diaspora communities, Chinese Canadian politicians in Vancouver are the focus of Chinese state interference in Canadian politics....
The world's first gene therapy for sickle cell disease has been approved in Britain (apnews.com)
Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K....
UNESCO is criticized after Cambodia evicts thousands around World Heritage site Angkor Wat (apnews.com)
Israel says troops conducting 'targeted operation' against Hamas in Gaza's largest hospital (www.cbc.ca)
The Israeli military said it was carrying out an operation against Hamas at the Gaza Strip's Al-Shifa Hospital on Wednesday and urged all members of the militant group in the hospital to surrender.
Group home worker indicted for assault special needs person, court docs say (www.fox19.com)
BATAVIA, Ohio (WXIX) - A worker at a group home in Clermont County was indicted on assault charges, court docs say....
Big Ten suspends Michigan's [College Football Coach] Harbaugh through end of regular season (theathletic.com)
Reminds me of the Astros… Just a tiny slap on the wrist...
CBC.ca: English Montreal School Board sues Quebec after it's forced to communicate in French (www.cbc.ca)
The absurdity that is Quebec’s oppressive language laws never runs out of new material.
onePULSE Foundation [Pulse nightclub shooting charity] does not plan to return individual donations after canceling museum plans (www.fox35orlando.com)
The onePULSE Foundation announced it was giving money back to Orange County last Friday after giving up on a plan to build a multi-million-dollar museum. The $3 million spent on design can’t be recovered, but the $3.5 million property will be given to the county. The foundation says it won’t be giving back any individual...
Canada top court to get first woman majority bench with Trudeau's new nominee (www.reuters.com)
The naming of Moreau will give Canada’s top court five female judges and four male judges. Moreau was most recently the chief justice of Alberta’s superior court, and has worked in that court for 29 years. She will fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the resignation of Russell Brown in June....
Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day 20 (www.theguardian.com)
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DHS proposes changes to H-1B work visas (thehill.com)
The Biden administration Monday rolled out a series of proposals to change how work visas are granted and what rights they convey to foreign nationals....
Federal agents investigate sugar exporter over allegations of forced labor (www.motherjones.com)
Netflix's cloud gaming service begins tests in US | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Netflix is beginning to test its cloud gaming service in the U.S. after initially launching limited trials in Canada and the U.K. The service, an
Chris Rock Asked Out Jada Pinkett Smith Before the Slap, Explaining Everything (www.cracked.com)
Shooting at a major Bangkok shopping mall kills 3, and a suspect is in police custody (apnews.com)
A shooter opened fire inside a major shopping mall in the center of Thailand’s capital Tuesday afternoon, killing three people before being apprehended, authorities said....
Armenia Speaks Of Withdrawal From CSTO (charter97.org)
Armenia Speaks Of Withdrawal From CSTO 2.10.2023...
Molotov cocktails thrown at Cuban embassy in Washington (www.reuters.com)
Sept 25 (Reuters) - An assailant attacked the Cuban embassy in Washington with two Molotov cocktails on Sunday night, Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said on X, adding that nobody was hurt....
More military personnel head to the US-Mexico border as officials describe an increase in migrant crossings (www.cnn.com)
The Defense Department is ramping up resources at the US-Mexico border as officials describe a surge in border crossings in places including Eagle Pass, Texas, where the mayor has declared a state of emergency....
Bloomberg: ABC News May Be On Disney's Chopping Block (crooksandliars.com)
Cryptoqueen: Accomplice jailed for 20 years for OneCoin financial scam (www.bbc.com)
Sebastian Karl Greenwood colluded with others, including the so-called "Cryptoqueen" who is now on the FBI's top 10 Most Wanted list, officials say....
Australia's Indigenous Voice referendum faces misinformation linked to COVID influencers (www.reuters.com)
At a beachfront park in Brisbane’s north, suspended Australian doctor William Bay told a gathering that an upcoming referendum to recognise the country’s first inhabitants and enshrine an Indigenous advisory body in the constitution would “open a gateway to unending tyranny and lawlessness”....
Chemists Develop New Way To Split Water (scitechdaily.com)
Photocatalytic process enables water to be activated....
Netanyahu rues his foreign minister's disclosure of meeting with Libyan counterpart (www.reuters.com)
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen’s office on Aug. 26 went public with his having met Najla Mangoush, his Libyan counterpart, in Italy earlier in the month. The statement came on the heels of an Israeli media report about the meeting....
Life on Mars? - Oops...! (bigthink.com)
We may have accidentally killed the only life form we have found on Mars.
NASA gears up for return of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample (spacenews.com)
NASA is making the final preparations to recover samples from an asteroid that a spacecraft will bring back to Earth in September....
