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Ottawa, provinces mull expansion of COVID-19 tests for arriving American travellers
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World’s oldest conjoined twins, Lori and George, die at 62 - National | Globalnews.ca
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Quick Glance: World’s oldest conjoined twins, Lori and George, pass away at 62 years old
  • Twins George and Lori Schappell, previously holding the title as the world’s oldest living conjoined twins, have passed away.

  • On April 7, George and Lori passed away at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, as documented by Guinness World Records. The exact cause of death remains unknown.

  • Through exceptional schedule management and willingness to compromise, the siblings managed to harmonize life and passion. Lori worked in a hospital laundry unit, and George's musical performances occasionally took them abroad.

  • According to Mayo Clinic, conjoined twins form when an early embryo only partially separates to create two individuals.
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Terry Anderson, AP reporter held captive in Lebanon for years, has died at 76: Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one ...
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Why South Korean pop culture rocks and North Korea’s does not: Dictatorship stifles creativity and joy
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Why South Korean pop culture rocks and North Korea’s does not
Quick Glance: Kim Leads Rocket Drills for Nuclear Counterattacks
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised rocket launches simulating nuclear counterattacks.

  • The drills showcased the strength of the country's nuclear forces.

  • The rockets were described as highly accurate and capable of carrying tactical nuclear warheads.

  • The US and South Korea are responding with enhanced military exercises and nuclear deterrence strategies.
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Climate change is slowing Earth’s rotation: This simplifies things for the world’s timekeepers
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Climate change is slowing Earth’s rotation
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Has Taylor Swift peaked?: The musician is at the height of her commercial, but not her creative, power
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Has Taylor Swift peaked?
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CSU general on nuclear files: Habeck "no longer acceptable" as minister: An influential network of the Greens has evidently secured the nuclear phase-out in ...
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CSU general on nuclear files: Habeck
Quick Glance: CDU Official Demands Halt to Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning
  • A revelation from "Cicero" magazine indicates that the decision for Germany's nuclear phase-out was primarily driven by green anti-nuclear activists, sparking harsh criticism towards Economy Minister Robert Habeck.

  • The Economy Ministry refutes the "Cicero" portrayal, emphasizing that decisions were based on transparent and open-ended evaluations.

  • The CDU and FDP criticize Habeck, calling for clarification and a reassessment of the nuclear power plant decommissioning.

  • Experts and politicians express concerns over potential public misrepresentation and the erosion of trust in the government due to the revelations from the documents.
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Why so many Chinese graduates cannot find work: Our number-crunching suggests that their plight could be much worse than previously thought
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Why so many Chinese graduates cannot find work
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Ford just reported a massive loss on every electric vehicle it sold: Ford’s electric vehicle unit reported that losses soared in the first quarter to US $1 ...
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Ford just reported a massive loss on every electric vehicle it sold
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What are the obligations of Israel and Hamas to protect civilians?: International Humanitarian Law creates obligations—but contains numerous caveats
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What are the obligations of Israel and Hamas to protect civilians?
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Finally, America’s Congress does right by Ukraine: Disaster has been dodged. But the political malaise that delayed the Ukraine funding bill remains
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Finally, America’s Congress does right by Ukraine
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Bob Cole, legendary hockey announcer, dead at 90 - National | Globalnews.ca: Bob Cole was the play-by-play voice of countless NHL games.
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Can anyone pull Boeing out of its nosedive?: The American planemaker needs one hell of a pilot
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Can anyone pull Boeing out of its nosedive?
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Aw, rats: Chicago’s beloved ‘Rat Hole’ removed from sidewalk - National | Globalnews.ca
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Don’t be gloomy about Tesla and its EV rivals: The industry has had a terrible few months. But demand is likely to pick up
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Don’t be gloomy about Tesla and its EV rivals
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Missing cat found after 5 years makes 2,000-km journey home: Cindy and Jeff Hall got a phone call out of the blue that their cat, who ran out the door five years ...
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Missing cat found after 5 years makes 2,000-km journey home
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Efforts to tackle student protests in America have backfired badly: Police intervention at Columbia has provoked protests at other universities
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Efforts to tackle student protests in America have backfired badly
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India’s financial system has improved dramatically in the past decade : There is much more change to come
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India’s financial system has improved dramatically in the past decade
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“We have to make Biden lose”: Arab-Americans are switching to Trump: Anger over Gaza in the swing state of Michigan might cost the president the election
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“We have to make Biden lose”: Arab-Americans are switching to Trump
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Meet Argentina’s richest man: The boss of Mercado Libre ponders Javier Milei, self-doubt and the dangers of wokery
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Meet Argentina’s richest man
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Ukraine Detains First Minister in Zelenskiy’s Graft Crackdown: Ukraine’s agriculture minister became the first cabinet member under Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s ...
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Ukraine Detains First Minister in Zelenskiy’s Graft Crackdown
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America’s latest aid will give Ukraine only a temporary reprieve: The bitterness of the struggle in Washington is a sign of trouble ahead
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America’s latest aid will give Ukraine only a temporary reprieve
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Israeli minister Ben-Gvir slightly hurt in car accident: Israel's hardline security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was slightly hurt in a car accident and taken to ...
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Israeli minister Ben-Gvir slightly hurt in car accident
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Poland’s foreign minister says Putin should fear a war with NATO: In a speech Thursday, Poland’s Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski said Russian President ...
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Poland’s foreign minister says Putin should fear a war with NATO
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How Russia targeted France and radicalised Emmanuel Macron: He is now one of Europe’s leading Russia hawks
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How Russia targeted France and radicalised Emmanuel Macron
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Two years of war have impoverished many Ukrainians: The elderly, the displaced and the disabled are the worst affected
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Two years of war have impoverished many Ukrainians
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Congress tells China: sell TikTok or we’ll ban it: Only America’s courts can save the video app now
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Congress tells China: sell TikTok or we’ll ban it
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Remains from a mother-daughter cold case were found nearly 24 years later, after a deathbed confession from the suspect
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How ruthless is Amazon, really? : It is too simplistic to portray business as a battle of might versus right
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How ruthless is Amazon, really?
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Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z: They are not doomed to be poor and anxious
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Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z
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India’s difficult business environment is improving : The changes are allowing Indian firms to become more dynamic
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India’s difficult business environment is improving
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Primary schools in Britain are beginning to close : A baby bust is starting to work its way through the system
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Primary schools in Britain are beginning to close 
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Israel responds to Iran’s barrage with a symbolic strike: Both sides have a chance to de-escalate their conflict, at least for now
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Israel responds to Iran’s barrage with a symbolic strike
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Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran: Instead it should try a novel response to Iran’s missile attack: restraint
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Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran
Quick Glance: Israel artist calls for Gaza ceasefire
  • The representative of Israel at the international art fair is calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.

  • Ruth Patir’s video installation called (M)otherland was scheduled to open on Saturday at Israel’s national pavilion at the international art show but will remain closed for now.

  • Patir stated on her website that the artist and curators are showing solidarity with the families of the hostages and the large community in Israel calling for change, rather than canceling themselves or the exhibition.

  • It is believed that there are still individuals in Gaza, including 129 captives taken during the attacks led by Hamas on Israel on October 7, with 34 of them presumed dead.
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Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war: And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash
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Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war
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Argentina seeks arrest of Iranian minister over 1994 bombing of Jewish community center
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Quick Glance: Iran's President's Visit to Sri Lanka
  • Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited Sri Lanka on April 24, promising to strengthen ties with the South Asian country.

  • Argentina requested the arrest of Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi for his alleged involvement in a 1994 attack on a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.

  • Sri Lanka and Iran are set to sign five agreements, including one related to a hydroelectric project.

  • Iran's Interior Minister returned from Pakistan prematurely, signaling a setback for Iran as it faces consequences for its actions worldwide.
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Molly the magpie reunited with dog best friend after public outcry - National | Globalnews.ca
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Quick Glance: Reunion of Molly the Magpie and Peggy the Staffy
  • Molly, the magpie, has finally returned home to the Gold Coast after a 45-day odyssey and has reunited with her unlikely best friend, Peggy the Staffy.

  • Queensland's Department of Environment, Science, and Innovation (DESI) made the announcement, signaling the end of the gripping saga.

  • Independent veterinary experts have determined that Molly is 'highly habituated' and may have developmental issues, making her unsuitable for rehabilitation or return to the wild.

  • Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen demonstrated their commitment to Molly's well-being by meeting the conditions outlined in the licensing process, including refraining from the commercial exploitation of the bird or its image, participating in wildlife carer training, and collaborating with DESI to ensure Molly's ongoing care and enrichment.
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Skies over southern Greece turn orange as winds blow dust across from North Africa
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How Iran covered up the damage from Israel’s strikes: New images shared with The Economist show how a swap helped calm a crisis
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How Iran covered up the damage from Israel’s strikes
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The House of Representatives gives Ukraine its best news in a year: $61bn of aid is on the way. It should have an almost instant effect
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The House of Representatives gives Ukraine its best news in a year
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Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the latest polls?: The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president
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Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the latest polls?
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Habeck raises growth forecast to 0.3 percent: The government is raising its growth forecast for the current year slightly. There are “signs of a slight economic ...
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Habeck raises growth forecast to 0.3 percent
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Robert Habeck, the Minister for Rearmament: Instead of talking about the distant civil reconstruction of Ukraine, the economics minister now wants to talk about ...
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Robert Habeck, the Minister for Rearmament
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America’s $61bn aid package buys Ukraine time: It must use it wisely
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America’s $61bn aid package buys Ukraine time
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Multiple crew members injured on set of Eddie Murphy movie ‘The Pickup’ - National | Globalnews.ca
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How to get more people into military uniforms: Why mandatory military service makes sense for some countries but not others
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How to get more people into military uniforms
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Why the stockmarket is disappearing: Large companies such as ByteDance, OpenAI and Stripe are staying private
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Why the stockmarket is disappearing
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Humza Yousaf says he won’t resign as Scotland’s First Minister amid threats of being ousted
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Who will lead the LVMH luxury empire?: Bernard Arnault sizes up his heirs apparent
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Who will lead the LVMH luxury empire?
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Can women-only factories help more Indian women into work?: Ola, an electric-scooter manufacturer, is trying to find out
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Can women-only factories help more Indian women into work?
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The tiny republic of San Marino is alarmingly friendly to Russia: Intelligence sources are concerned about the country, which is surrounded by Italy
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The tiny republic of San Marino is alarmingly friendly to Russia
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The growing role of fighting robots on the ground in Ukraine: Drones already fill the skies. Now uncrewed vehicles are heading to the front lines
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The growing role of fighting robots on the ground in Ukraine
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Would you really die for your country?: Military conscription is on the agenda in the rich world
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Would you really die for your country?
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Chinese firms are expanding in South-East Asia: This new business diaspora is younger, better-educated and ambitious
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Chinese firms are expanding in South-East Asia
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Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich: Millennials were poorer at this stage in their lives. So were baby-boomers
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Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich
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How strong is India’s economy?: It isn’t the next China, but it could still transform itself and the world
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How strong is India’s economy?
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After Dobbs, Americans are turning to permanent contraception: More young women are tying their tubes
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After Dobbs, Americans are turning to permanent contraception
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Moldova Foreign Minister Warns Russia Poised for Political Meddling in West: Russia is using a variety of measures — from AI-generated deep fakes to bags of cash ...
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Moldova Foreign Minister Warns Russia Poised for Political Meddling in ...
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Memorable images make time pass more slowly: The effect could give our brains longer to process information
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Memorable images make time pass more slowly