Mon 01 July 2024: Canada’s WestJet has canceled more than 800 flights due to a strike by mechanics, disrupting travel plans for thousands over the Canada Day long weekend. Around 680 mechanics have been on strike since Friday after negotiations between the Calgary-based airline and the Airplane Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) failed to reach an […]
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Mon 01 July 2024: France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party achieved a significant victory in the first round of snap parliamentary elections, securing approximately 34 percent of the vote, according to pollsters IFOP, Ipsos, OpinionWay, and Elabe. The left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) coalition garnered around 29 percent, while President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble alliance […]
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Mon 01 July 2024: After 14 years of a Conservative Party government in the United Kingdom, far more people are waiting to access medical care, and for longer. The NHS waiting list for treatment referrals in England hit 7.6 million cases in April – a threefold rise since 2010. The referral-to-treatment figures show the number […]
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Mon 01 July 2024: After years of economic turmoil following Brexit, a calamitous response to COVID-19, and a constant stream of news about government corruption and ineptitude, many British voters have lost faith in the entire political class. One guerrilla campaign group that has captured the public mood is Led By Donkeys. The Listening Post […]
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Mon 01 July 2024: Severe storms and torrential rains wreaked havoc across France, Switzerland, and Italy over the weekend, resulting in the deaths of seven people, according to local authorities. In France’s north-eastern Aube region, three individuals in their 70s and 80s lost their lives on Saturday when their car was crushed by a falling […]
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Sun 30 June 2024: French citizens are voting to elect 577 members of the National Assembly following President Emmanuel Macron’s call for a snap parliamentary election. This move comes after Macron’s alliance suffered a significant defeat to the far-right National Rally party in the European Parliament elections on June 9. Analysts view Macron’s decision as […]
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Sun 30 June 2024: Ancient wolf in permafrost is world’s first discovery of Pleistocene predator, found by residents in Yakutia region. Russian scientists are conducting an autopsy on a wolf carcass that has been frozen in permafrost for approximately 44,000 years, marking a groundbreaking find. The wolf was discovered by residents in Yakutia’s Abyysky district […]
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Sat 29 June 2024: Nike’s stock experienced its worst day ever, plunging 20% and wiping out $28.41 billion from its market valuation, Reuters reported. This dramatic drop followed the company’s forecast of a mid-single-digit percentage fall in fiscal 2025 revenue, contrary to analysts’ expectations of a near 1% rise. Investors are worried about Nike’s efforts […]
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Sat 29 June 2024: The Rim of the Pacific exercises involve more than 25,000 personnel from 29 countries and will continue until August. Hawaii, United States – In an era of increased tension and growing competition between China and the United States and its allies, the US Pacific Fleet is hosting Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), “the world’s […]
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Sat 29 June 2024: Rough sleeping in the capital hit the highest level in a decade, with more than 1,100 people living on London’s streets for the first time because of evictions. The number of new rough sleepers seen for the first time by outreach workers between April 2023 and March 2024, surged 25% to […]
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