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At least four people have been killed and more than a dozen others injured in drone and missile attacks across the country, authorities said. Separately, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the extension of a four-month deal to ensure the safe delivery of Ukraine’s grain, food and fertilizer exports through the Black Sea, days before it expired. Guterres said in a statement that the United Nations is also “fully committed” to removing obstacles that have prevented the export of food and fertilizer from Russia, which is one of two agreements reached between the two countries and Turkey in July ....

President Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student loans will affect people in different ways, but for some, it will have no impact at all. Cody Godwin, Associated Press The Biden administration’s student debt relief plan is mired in litigation. That means Americans shouldn’t expect relief anytime soon. They should be ready to start making repayments again on January 1st. See how. Now that millions of Americans are unlikely to receive student loan forgiveness by the end of the year, they should prepare (and quickly) to start repaying again, experts say....

Sen. Amy Klobuchar slammed Ticketmaster in an open letter to its CEO, saying she has “serious concerns” about the company’s operations after a service outage on Tuesday left Taylor Swift fans outraged. In the letter to CEO Michael Rapino, Democrat of Minnesota and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition, Antitrust and Consumer Rights, wrote that complaints from Swift fans were unable to purchase tickets to the her upcoming tour, in addition to the criticism of high fees, suggests that the company “continues to abuse its positions in the market”....

Lametti is giving evidence before the Public Order Emergency Commission which is investigating the government’s decision to deploy special emergency powers to deal with the protests. The legal interpretation of the never-used emergency law has become a sticking point as the committee works to determine whether the federal government was justified in invoking the law. Before Lametti’s testimony began, a lawyer for the federal government clarified that he would not waive the attorney-client privilege, the legal principle that protects communications between attorneys and their clients....

Citing “high demand” and “insufficient remaining ticket stock,” the ticketing website announced on Twitter that it had canceled Friday’s event. Due to extremely high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient ticket inventory to meet this demand, tomorrow’s public offering for the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled. — Ticketmaster (@Ticketmaster) November 17, 2022 The news follows a series of problems for Swift fans who tried to buy pre-sale tickets earlier this week....

Sir Andrew Dilnot, who has advised successive Conservative-led governments to fix a sector whose struggles are causing serious backlogs in the NHS, told the Guardian he welcomed the announcements of up to £4.7bn of extra money for adult social care in England. But he added that the government had now broken a 2019 manifesto promise to “fix social care” and implement changes finalized a year ago. They included increasing the amount of assets a person can have before receiving government social care funding from £23,250 to £100,000, as well as capping lifetime care costs at £86,000....

Tracker: “Ich hatte Panik” – Bernerin (19) findet den Airtag einer anderen Person unter ihrem Beifahrersitz Eine junge Bernerin stieß in ihrem Auto auf ein Ortungsgerät von Apple. Dies ist nicht der erste Fall von unerwünschter Überwachung durch Air Tagging in der Schweiz. 1/4 Apples Objektfinder kann auch als Tracking-Tool verwendet werden. Privatgelände Dies wurde kürzlich von NA (19) aus Bern entdeckt. Privatgelände Während in den USA Missbrauchsfälle mit Apple-Tracking-Geräten zunehmen, ist in der Schweiz noch kein Trend erkennbar....

Lidl limits customers to three cartons of eggs each, while Asda limits purchases to two cartons per shopper. Tesco is also considering rationing eggs after bird flu led to shortages on some supermarket shelves. Other supermarkets source eggs from abroad, including Italy. The British Free Range Egg Producers Association said bird flu-related kills had claimed 750,000 laying hens since October 1 alone, compared to 1.8 million for the whole of last year....

Gleb Garanich | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had “no doubt” that his country was not responsible for a missile attack that hit a Polish village, killing two people, despite NATO’s initial assessment that the explosion occurred as Ukraine tried to defend itself against Russia. . Zelensky told Ukrainian television on Wednesday that his top military commanders had assured him that “it was not our missile and not our missile attack” that was the cause of Tuesday’s incident, which sparked international outrage and fears that a wider conflict between NATO and Russia could explode....

Rund 200 km der 1.300 km langen Grenze sollen nach Angaben des Grenzschutzes für 380 Millionen Euro mit einem Zaun ausgestattet werden. Der Zaun soll über drei Meter hoch und mit Stacheldraht versehen sein. Besonders sensible Bereiche sollten mit Nachtsichtkameras, Flutlicht und Lautsprechern ausgestattet werden, sagte Projektleiter Ismo Kurki auf einer Pressekonferenz. Die Fertigstellung wird bis 2026 erwartet. Lesen Sie auch Bisher wurden Finnlands Grenzen hauptsächlich mit leichten Holzzäunen gesichert, die vor allem verhindern sollen, dass Rinder auf die falsche Seite wandern....

“Trois des 44 mineurs avaient déjà fugué le lendemain et le surlendemain de leur prise en charge”, et jeudi matin “cela fait encore 23 mineurs portés disparus”, a indiqué jeudi Jean-Louis Masson, président LR du département, dans Le Figaro. “C’était prévisible pour nous”, a déclaré à l’AFP Christophe Paquette, directeur général adjoint chargé de la solidarité au conseil préfectoral du Var. La majorité des Érythréens Parmi ces 26 mineurs figuraient en majorité des Erythréens qui, selon lui, “ne restent jamais” car ils “ont des objectifs précis dans les pays d’Europe du Nord”, comme les Pays-Bas, le Luxembourg, la Suisse ou encore l’Allemagne, où ils souhaitent rejoindre leur famille....

Posté à 5h00 Groupe de recherche Tristan Péloquin, La Presse Nancy Trottier ouvre son sac à main et montre du doigt le petit bidon rose fluo qu’elle transporte partout depuis des mois : « C’est du poivre de Cayenne, que je garde au cas où M. Vachon tenterait de m’attaquer. Je connais sa date de péremption par cœur. Et croyez-moi, je changerai ça une fois que ce sera fini », promet le petit mais énergique directeur général de Saint-Constant, sur la Rive-Sud de Montréal....

Comment ST. LOUIS — Joe knew something was wrong when his wife, an energetic nurse and mother of three, became forgetful in her early 60s. Four years ago, Lynn was diagnosed with dementia, but decided not to have a spinal tap that would have shown if Alzheimer’s was the cause. The couple chose to pursue a lifelong dream by purchasing a 40-foot RV and traveling to national parks in 35 states....

Erst Renovierung, dann Neubau Das jetzige Gebäude wurde 1977 eröffnet und bietet 800 Betten. Das Mautner Markhofsche Kinderkrankenhaus wurde Ende der 1990er Jahre eingemeindet, ist Jahre alt und sanierungsbedürftig. Und selbst wenn wegen des Neubaus ab 2030 der Abriss beschlossen wird, stehen davor noch rund 90 Millionen Euro Sanierung an. „Die Stationen werden demontiert, also im Rohzustand, von Grund auf neu aufgebaut, damit die Räumlichkeiten auch auf heutigen Standards basieren können“, sagt Alexander Macho, Projektleiter für das „Bauvorhaben Klinik Landstraße“, gegenüber „Wien heute”....

Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature 37th over: England 199-7 (Malan 96, Willey 0) David Whaley can bowl, another left-hander. He defends his first ball and Zampa’s last one is over. England have put Australia at least 200, which was not a sure thing before 20 overs. WIRELESS! Jordan lbw Zampa 14, England 199-7 We haven’t had many reviews today, but suddenly it’s the center of criticism....

La France a-t-elle perdu une reprise épidémique ? La récente grève des biologistes n’a pas permis aux autorités sanitaires de suivre correctement l’évolution de l’épidémie de Covid-19 ces derniers jours. Pendant plusieurs jours, les laboratoires d’analyses médicales ont en effet cessé de transmettre les résultats des tests préventifs aux autorités sanitaires, avant de fermer purement et simplement leurs portes du 14 au 16 novembre. Le nombre de cas d’infections virales était donc relativement faible....

Des militantes “Osez le féminisme” ont lancé une action en justice en octobre 2021, du côté du droit du travail, contre l’élection de Miss France, qu’elles jugent sexiste. Après une première audience en juin, qui n’a abouti à aucune décision car les conseils des prud’hommes n’ont pu s’entendre, les arguments des deux parties ont été à nouveau présentés vendredi lors d’une “audience de décision”. Le modèle de contrat “Osez le féminisme” affirme que les critères de participation à cette émission – diffusée cette année le 17 décembre sur TF1 – sont discriminatoires au regard du droit du travail car il impose aux candidats de mesurer au moins 1,70 m et d’être des “représentants de la beauté” ....

But the doomed flight was destroyed in mid-air over Ukraine’s Donetsk region, which is held by Russian-backed separatists. All 298 people – 15 crew members and 283 passengers belonging to 17 nationalities – were killed. Among the passengers were 196 Dutch nationals. At the time, pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces were in a tense conflict. Ukraine and the West hold Russia and rebels responsible for the downing of the plane....

Viktor Orban qualifie les sanctions de l’UE contre la Russie de “pas vers la guerre” Le Premier ministre hongrois Viktor Orbán a qualifié vendredi les sanctions de l’UE contre la Russie de “pas vers la guerre”, intensifiant sa critique d’une stratégie de Bruxelles qu’il juge “dangereuse”. “Quiconque intervient financièrement dans un conflit militaire prend position”, a déclaré le leader nationaliste dans son interview radio régulière auprès du gouvernement. “Petit à petit, on glisse vers la guerre”, a-t-il insisté, inquiet de l’arriéré des mesures prises pour sanctionner l’agression de la Russie en Ukraine....

Over an 18-month period from mid-2020, Hope’s male supervisor at the hotel in Qatar where she worked repeatedly sexually propositioned her, she says. When she refused his advances, he gave her extra housework for no extra pay. “I was feeling low,” she says on the phone from her home in Kenya, where she returned early this year after her contract in Qatar expired. “Because when someone says things like that to you, you wonder, ‘why is he taking advantage of you?...