An island roughly 30 miles across that dangles into Lake Ontario, Prince Edward County packs into a small space stunning beaches and small towns, wineries and a slew of new restaurants. A mixture of the hip and the historic, it offers a rare look at what makes Canada, Canada. Some may confuse it with Prince […]
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SYDNEY, Australia — The video showing the murder of 51 people in Christchurch carries both an offensive title, “New Zealand Video Game,” and a message to “download and save.” Appearing on 153news.net, an obscure site awash in conspiracy theories, it is exactly the sort of online content that Australia’s new law criminalizing “abhorrent violent material”
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After a wild regular season, the WNBA postseason gets underway with a pair of first-round games. Top seeds Washington and Connecticut don’t play for another week, as the teams earned double byes to the semifinals. Los Angeles and Las Vegas don’t play until Sunday against the winners of Wednesday night’s games. The first round, single
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Mr. Biden’s team has no illusions about Ms. Warren’s skill as a debater and her rise in the polls, advisers and others close to the campaign acknowledge, though they insist that they are not focusing on her alone. Mr. Biden spent the first two debates facing intense criticism from his opponents, a reflection in part
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SACRAMENTO — California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers as employees, a move that could reshape the gig economy and that adds fuel to a yearslong debate over whether the nature of work has become too insecure. The bill passed in a 29
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The arrival of fall fashion season brings new opportunities to dabble in trending styles, test drive an entirely new aesthetic and once again revisit the question: Should I get bangs? It’s a decision that most people with hair will eventually consider as a low-risk option for changing up an otherwise unremarkable haircut, but it can
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The toy ― called “G.I. Shmo” ― comes with a “spray-on beard, a pile of daddy’s money and a helicopter to shoot elephants from,” joked the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Kimmel’s crew produced a parody ad for the fake toy after Trump Jr. posed in a stained shirt to promote a new line of
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Image copyright Getty Images Mike Ashley will face shareholder unrest again at Sports Direct’s meeting with investors on Wednesday. Some major investors believe founder Mike Ashley, who owns more than 62%, has too much control over the retailer. One investor said there had been several “strange missteps” at the firm, including the House of Fraser
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South Korea has formally asked the International Olympic Committee to ban the Japanese “rising sun” flag at next year’s Tokyo Games, calling it a symbol of Japan’s brutal wartime past and comparing it with the Nazi swastika. South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Wednesday said it sent a letter to IOC President
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Concerns are rising in France over the widespread use of legal pesticides, prompting President Emmanuel Macron’s government to propose creating small buffer zones to separate sprayed crops from the people who live and work near them. People like Corinne Despreaux, who looks after babies and toddlers at her home in the Medoc wine town of
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