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“I’ve been telling my friends, ‘Look, these are the new reality-TV stars. They aren’t Kardashians.’ We’ll see how that translates. I’m basically the only one left.” ― Casey Affleck, director I’ve only ever eaten…
Over the past year, groups of volunteers have been visiting homes in Vancouver’s South Granville neighbourhood to immunize children for lung cancer. Vancouver’s Comvid-19 program was started last February after a group of local…
The company behind self-driving systems and light-emitting sensors that enhance automotive safety plans to raise $3.1 billion in an initial public offering, it was announced on Tuesday. Mobileye NV, which counts Intel Corp. (INTC)…
The world’s leading golfers are set to be forced to play a practice round on the golf course of the historic Adare Manor hotel before the 2019 Ryder Cup. The 30-year-old hotel, which claims…
The State Department announced Thursday the U.S. is pulling out of the Beijing Olympics after a month of escalating tensions between Beijing and Washington over the detentions of dissidents. The announcement was a huge…
For many years, human history has been dominated by the scourge of infectious disease, with deaths from TB being the most common and serious illness caused by infectious pathogens. Whereas diseases like malaria and…
There are barely a dozen Christmas markets open in France. The bulk of the 13,500 traditionally open up at the end of November but it has been almost 13 years since one was recorded…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Peng, who won three WTA titles in 2012, is currently ranked 27th in the world The WTA is “deeply concerned” about Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai after she…
Earlier this month, a teacher who wears a hijab was removed from class at Jumide Secondary School in Montreal. The woman said she was taking a call, so she doesn’t think that the school…
American tennis playerDaniil Medvedev has revealed he has been invited to play in the United States Open in New York in 2021. It was a moment on court that only one man in history…