David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home sales fell for a ninth straight month in October as higher interest rates and rising inflation kept buyers on the sidelines. Previously owned home sales fell 5.9% from September to October, according to the National Association of Realtors. This is the slowest rate since December 2011, with the exception of a very brief dip at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic....
Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Dru Brown suddenly found himself in the spotlight Wednesday when franchise quarterback Zach Collaros missed practice with an apparent leg injury. “You never want to have to answer questions like this, but it is what it is. I just prepare to play and if it happens, it happens. I wish no harm to anyone but get ready to play. As for questions about Zach, feel free to ask [head coach Mike O’Shea] or Jacques himself,” he told the media on Wednesday....
The military command of Kyiv announced that four Russian missiles and five Shahed drones were shot down over the city today. The head of the military command said air defense forces “shot down several enemy objects targeting our critical infrastructure” but said there were “no strikes in the area”. “However, we have strikes in other regions of Ukraine, which also affects our energy system. The situation with electricity in the region remains difficult....
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email The race between MAGA Republican Lauren Bobert and Democratic challenger Adam Freese is likely headed for an automatic recount as the election in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District remains too close to call. With 99% of the votes counted, the far-right extremist leads with just 551 votes or 0....
Ukraine’s parliament’s human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, on Sunday commented on an incident in eastern Luhansk, saying Russian soldiers “are the ones fighting and committing treason” and that “returning fire is not a war crime.” Russia has accused Ukraine of war crimes after videos were released on social media that Moscow says show Russian soldiers being killed after surrendering to Ukrainian forces. The exact details of what happened remain unclear....
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Iran’s judiciary handed down three more death sentences to people involved in anti-government protests after the death of a woman who allegedly violated the country’s strict headscarf rules, the judiciary website Mizan Online reported. This comes after Iran’s Revolutionary Court handed down its first death sentence on Sunday for taking part in anti-regime protests. The unnamed prisoner was charged with setting fire to a government building, disturbing public order, committing a crime against national security and being an “enemy of God and corruption on Earth....
Cela fait trois ans, le 16 novembre 2019, que le corps d’Elisa Pilarski, la jeune femme enceinte de six mois, a été retrouvé dans une forêt de l’Aisne après une promenade avec son chien Curtis. Il a été tué après avoir été mordu à mort. Après de nombreux rebondissements dans l’affaire et les analyses effectuées sur une soixantaine de chiens ayant participé à la chasse le jour du drame, ainsi que plusieurs signalements, tout s’est arrêté sur le chien Curtis....
Bei einem schweren Verkehrsunfall in Hamburg-Hammerbrook ist am Donnerstagmorgen eine 76-jährige Frau ums Leben gekommen. Ein Lastwagen hat die Fußgängerin auf der Amsinckstraße erfasst. Die Polizei sucht nun Zeugen. Der Lkw-Fahrer fuhr mit seinem Fahrzeug aus der Stadt hinaus. Laut Polizei hielt er an einer Ampel an der Kreuzung Högerdamm. Als er losfuhr, erwischte er die 76-jährige Frau, die den Angaben zufolge aus unbekannten Gründen auf die Straße gegangen war, und schleifte sie einen Meter mit....
Laut der stellvertretenden Tourismusministerin Susanne Kraus-Winkler steht die erste Förderkampagne bereits am Anfang. Interne Vorarbeiten dazu seien bereits abgeschlossen, teilte er den Abgeordneten mit. Die erste Planung ist für kommenden Montag vorgesehen. Unter dem Titel „Innovative Ideen zur Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf im Tourismus“ sucht das Ministerium Leuchtturmprojekte. Die für den „Lighthouse Call“ vorgesehene Fördersumme nannte der stellvertretende Minister mit 2 Millionen Euro. Demnach können bis 1. März 2023 Projekte über die Österreichische Tourismusbank ÖHT eingereicht werden....
“Neighbors is a unique series with a strong connection to its fans around the world,” said Jennifer Mullin, CEO of Fremantle. “We love the show and everyone who has been a part of its incredible history over many decades, so we’re thrilled to have found a new home.” The announcement follows a much-hyped farewell episode for the show, which saw several former stars return to pay tribute to the soap that gave them their long break....
Taylor Swift took to Instagram on Friday to express her anger and frustration at the difficulties her fans have faced trying to purchase tickets for her upcoming tour. People trying to buy tickets Tuesday at a presale for Swift’s The Eras tour faced massive delays and error messages that Ticketmaster blamed on bots and historically unprecedented demand. A general public sale scheduled for Friday was canceled Thursday. “I’m not going to make excuses for anyone because we asked them multiple times if they could handle this kind of demand and we were assured they could,” Swift wrote on her Instagram story....
At this early stage, it’s a two-horse race between former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis. Trump kicked off his 2024 campaign at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. His goal is to avenge his loss in 2020 and become the first president since Grover Cleveland to serve non-consecutive terms. DeSantis won a resounding victory in his re-election battle on Election Day, crushing his Democratic challenger, Charlie Crist, by about 20 points....
Le virus respiratoire syncytial (VRS), qui congestionne actuellement les urgences pédiatriques au Québec, semble assurer la sécurité de la Côte-Nord pour l’instant. Le CISSS ne rapporte pas d’hospitalisation dans la région. Ce virus très contagieux infecte généralement les enfants pour la première fois avant l’âge de 2 ans. Mais à cet âge, ils ont du mal à expulser les sécrétions créées par l’infection et peuvent développer une bronchiolite, une inflammation des petites bronches....
La surprise est absolue à Birac-sur-Trec où une jeune fille a été retrouvée morte dans une maison abandonnée. Lors d’une conférence de presse hier, samedi 19 novembre, le procureur d’Agen, Olivier Naboulet, a donné plus de détails sur cette sordide disparition. Voici ce que nous savons. Porté disparu C’est la mère de l’adolescente qui a signalé la disparition de sa fille vendredi midi sans avoir vu sa fille revenir du collège Germillac à Tonneins....
Pflegenotruf: AK markiert den Alarm Die Arbeiterkammer schlägt wegen des Pflegenotstands Alarm. Eine abgeschlossene Krankenpflegeschulausbildung soll gewährleistet sein und ein zweistelliges Gehalt. Voraussetzung für Lohnverhandlungen Die Arbeiterkammer schlug am Donnerstag Alarm: Die Pflege steuert auf den absoluten Notfall zu. Ein Pflegejob sollte familienfreundlich, nicht überfordernd und gut bezahlt sein. Damit sei die am Mittwoch in Wien beschlossene Lohnerhöhung um 10,2 Prozent eine Forderung für gerade erst anlaufende Verhandlungen im Land, sagt AK-Geschäftsführer Reiner Keckeis: „Es wurde um jeden Cent gekämpft, obwohl die Gewerkschaft über Jahre hinweg gesagt hat, dass wir in einer Pflege sind Notfall, dass wir Probleme haben, Leute zu rekrutieren, und dass es zwischen den Pflegedirektionen und der Gewerkschaft eigentlich einen Konsens gab: Wir müssen etwas tun....
Instead, Lula said climate change would have the highest profile in his administration and he would work to strengthen oversight and monitoring systems that have been dismantled over the past four years. “I’m here to tell you all that Brazil has returned to the world,” Lula told hundreds of spectators gathered in a pavilion in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where he was met with cheers. “You all know that we are going to take a big fight against deforestation,” he said....
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily update on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to deliver his budget to parliament today as he seeks to provide clarity on how the Rishi Sunak government plans to weather an economic “storm”. He is now widely expected to unveil a package of £25bn worth of tax rises and £35bn of spending cuts to plug a £60bn funding hole in Treasury coffers and reassure global markets that Britain remains a reliable trading partner....
United States basketball player Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia’s Mordovia region to serve a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession, her lawyers have confirmed, as Washington continues to push for her release. Griner’s lawyers said in a statement Thursday that she was transferred to the IK-2 Women’s Penal Colony in the city of Yavas, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) southeast of Moscow. The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star was transferred from a detention center near the Russian capital on November 4....
Fernandes exchanged a frosty handshake with Ronaldo on Monday as the pair met Portugal ahead of the World Cup amid Ronaldo’s explosive interview with Piers Morgan in which he criticized United and manager Erik ten Hag. But Fernandes downplayed their interaction and says the video’s audio proves they were sharing a joke. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player Cristiano Ronaldo appeared taken aback by the frosty reception he received from Manchester United and Portugal team-mate Bruno Fernandes as they met for the World Cup....
Students and staff at Collège Lionel-Groulx in Sainte-Thérèse, Que., were told earlier in the afternoon to lock themselves inside as police descended on the school in the off-island suburb northwest of Montreal. By 5:45 p.m., people inside the school were gradually being let out as the Thérèse-De Blainville Police (RIPTB) said in an update on its website that “no criminal activity” had taken place at the college in the previous hours ....
