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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The SOGI 123 program remains in place in B.C. schools, despite claims from the BC Conservatives on Monday that the government pulled funding. The program serves as…
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“More than 11 Indian seafarers have lost their lives while performing their duties on commercial vessels in recent months,” Forward Seamen's Union of India (FSUI) General Secretary Manoj Yadav said. File \| Photo…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are preparing to grill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Tuesday over the U.S. war against Iran, as Republicans push a $95 billion budget package to fund the military, along with aid to farmers…
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Red Hook Studios has announced new DLC for Darkest Dungeon, and not its 2023 sequel, Darkest Dungeon 2. The Fire's Edge will be the first major content update the horror roguelike has seen in six years. The DLC is set…
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Residents of Kyiv’s historic Lukianivka neighborhood share a dark joke: Russian strikes hit the area so frequently, they ought to be issued military service documents as though they are living on…
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Trump's meeting with Aoun 'went very well,' White House adviser says Massad Boulos, a senior adviser to Trump on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, told reporters that the president’s meeting with Lebanese President…
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PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a bill banning children under 15 from using social media, making France the first country in the European Union to approve a blanket ban on the platforms as concerns grow…
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Satellite imagery has revealed another Russian attempt to connect the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) to the power grid of the temporarily occupied territories and Russia's energy system. According to…
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About 6,600 people who indicated they were noncitizens while obtaining New Jersey driver’s licenses and other state IDs were improperly registered to vote in 2023 and 2024, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said on Tuesday. The…
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Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has presented appointment letters to 8,588 teachers as part of efforts to boost educational development in the state. The governor made the remarks during the official…
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CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s pro-Western parliament elected businessman and investor Vasile Tofan as prime minister on Tuesday, entrusting a political newcomer with advancing the former Soviet republic’s bid to…
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Several opposition leaders including NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal visited the Cockroach Janta Party's protest site at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday (July 21, 2026), a day after the police…
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NEW YORK (AP) — The bagel in America is an immigrant story with a hole in the middle. It came to America with Eastern European Jews escaping poverty and antisemitism. It landed in New York street carts and neighborhood…
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Apple is reportedly teaming up with deferred payment processor Klarna to launch a new lease-to-own program for its devices. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the program — dubbed Apple Upgrade — is set to launch next…
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The countdown is over. NFL training camp has arrived. Every team is 0-0 so there’s hope in each city that this season ends with a championship parade. Bryce Young and the defending NFC South champion Carolina Panthers…
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“The new PRD are the evals,” Xavi Amatriain, Expedia Group’s first chief AI and data officer, told the VB Transform 2026 audience last week in Menlo Park. “So basically, you encode what you want the product to do…
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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A man was caught filming women…
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Threads is getting new parental control features Parental Supervision begins rolling out next week. Meta Social media network Threads is adding new features for parents and guardians to oversee their teenagers' behavior…
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A little less than a month after the release of its Titanfall-inspired shooter Empulse, developer 1047 Games has reportedly laid off more employees. While the studio hasn't made a formal announcement of the cuts,…
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The Dutch government announced on Tuesday that it will ban products from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian starting on 22 September. The decision follows similar measures taken by Ireland, Belgium, and…
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In brief Augustus raised $180 million at a $1 billion valuation, led by Tiger Global with backing from the founders of Nubank, Ramp, Circle, and Deel, plus figures like Balaji Srinivasan. Rather than issue its own…
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Dan Dakich gives his reaction to Ryan Clark being laid off by ESPN on Monday while he was live on air. Ryan Clark has spoken publicly for the first time since the news broke that he was being let go from ESPN. Clark,…
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Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's…
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U.S. President Donald Trump's latest threat to impose 50 per cent tariffs on a wide swath of Canadian goods is more narrowly targeted than first feared, argues Royce Mendes, head of macro strategy at Desjardins. He sees…
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BELGOROD, July 21. /TASS/. Ukrainian forces damaged hydraulic equipment at the Belgorod Reservoir in a series of attacks, causing a release of water, the regional operational command said on its Max channel. TASS has…
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Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's…
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Governor Uba Sani has advised states that want to copy the Kaduna peace model to first find out the symptoms and drivers of their peculiar security challenges to enable them succeed. The governor further said that…
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I am a very clumsy man. So clumsy, that I have AirTags hanging off practically every camera I own. Have I left my camera in an Uber? Yes. Have I left it on an airplane? Also yes. For me, finder tags are essential for my…
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The BC Wildfire Service says crews working on the Brunswick complex of wildfires near Boston Bar northeast of Vancouver used a drone to trigger a controlled burn in what it says was a Canadian first. The wildfire…