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Just two days before the World Cup kicks off in Qatar, soccer’s world governing body FIFA has confirmed that no alcohol will be sold in the eight stadiums that will host the tournament’s 64 matches. “Following discussions between host country authorities and FIFA, a decision has been taken to focus the sale of alcoholic beverages at the FIFA Fan Festival, other fan destinations and licensed venues, removing beer outlets from the 2022 FIFA World Cup stadium perimeter of Qatar”....

“[Albertans] they have a right to governance that is based on principles, respects decency and inspires confidence in its citizens,” Tony Dagnone said in the letter released Friday. He was one of 11 Alberta Health Services board members recently fired by Ms. Smith. “The current premier is flouting all of those aspirations as she lobs wild accusations at Alberta Health Services and its precious workforce,” he wrote. The Prime Minister chose to “play with her delusional followers who are agitating against science and academic medicine under the veiled guise of freedom,” Mr Dagnone said in the letter....

Google has reportedly spent hundreds of millions of dollars on deals with top developers in an attempt to prevent them from launching their own app stores on Android. The revelation comes from a new, unredacted copy of Epic’s 2020 lawsuit against Google, reviewed by Reuters. According to the site, the documents showed that Google paid Activision Blizzard $360 million over three years in such a deal, while another $30 million was paid to Riot Games over one year....

The Justice Department said in a court filing Thursday that it plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate the Biden administration’s student debt relief program. “The government will file a petition with the Supreme Court to vacate a separate injunction against the Secretary’s lawsuit entered by the Eighth Circuit earlier this week,” the DOJ said in the filing with the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which the administration asked to stay a lower court judge’s ruling striking down the policy....

[Breaking news update at 10:11 p.m. ET] A federal appeals court granted Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith a last-minute stay of execution just hours before his death warrant was set to expire. Smith was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. CT. The state of Alabama appealed the decision to the US Supreme Court. [Previous story, published at 12:21 p.m. ET] Alabama plans to execute on Thursday an inmate whose 11-1 jury vote in favor of a life sentence was overruled by the judge who chose the death penalty, a practice the state has since abolished....

“Les Ukrainiens ont eu succès après succès, après succès. Et les Russes ont échoué à chaque fois. Ils ont perdu stratégiquement, opérationnellement et, je le répète, tactiquement”, a-t-il déclaré lors d’une conférence de presse aux côtés du secrétaire à la Défense Lloyd Austin. Evoquant les multiples revers des Russes, dont le récent retrait de la ville de Kherson, le général américain a regretté que Moscou ait décidé de s’engager dans “une campagne de terreur, une campagne visant à causer un maximum de souffrances à la population civile ukrainienne”....

Article écrit par Publié le 17/11/2022 19:05 Mis à jour le 17/11/2022 19:20 Temps de lecture : 1 minute. “Les lycées pro en colère, on en a marre des tracas !” Les syndicats ont organisé, jeudi 17 novembre, une deuxième journée de grève et de mobilisation pour protester contre le plan de réforme des lycées professionnels. A la mi-journée, le taux de grève était de 41%, selon Sigrid Girardin, la secrétaire générale du syndicat national unique de l’enseignement professionnel (Snuep), qui a accordé un entretien à franceinfo....

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad lost his parliamentary seat in Saturday’s general election, likely ending the career of one of Asia’s most durable politicians. Mahathir came fourth in a five-way race in his constituency in the tourist resort of Langkawi, the country’s election commission said on Saturday. “It’s a big surprise that he not only has [Mahathir] he lost, but he lost spectacularly,” said Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi, reporting from Kuala Lumpur....

The resolution would subject potentially sensitive information, as well as routine funding, to intense partisan scrutiny. “We are asking for anything to do with military, political and financial assistance. We want it all,” Green said at an afternoon press conference at the US Capitol. The White House recently requested an additional $38 billion in aid for Ukraine, which has spent the past year fending off an invasion by Russia, its much larger and more powerful neighbor....

After its opening day on October 6, Thermëa Spa Village was forced to close its pools just over a week later after Durham Public Health discovered a potential “health hazard” in the Källa saltwater pool. It was later confirmed by the spa’s managing director, Martin Paquette, that Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus (Staph) were discovered during the health check. Dozens of visitors have since come forward sharing their stories of the painful rashes and ear infections they say they’ve contracted since visiting....

In a press release issued Friday, the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) says its officers were called to the Rockway Glen Estate Golf Course and Winery on Tuesday. Through the investigation, police discovered 44 stolen golf carts they believe were taken between 11pm on Monday night and 6am on Tuesday. Police say the white and beige 2020 EZGO Tempo golf carts are valued at $10,000 each. Officers are not sure how many suspects are involved in this theft, but they are believed to have driven each of the carts two kilometers across the golf course and through a cut in the fence leading to a vineyard service road....

In photos obtained by Page Six, the pair matched in black jackets, white T-shirts and gray sweatshirts as they got together to celebrate the comedian’s 29th birthday. Pete Davidson and Emily Ratajkowski were spotted together for the first time on Wednesday night. T. JACKSON / BACKGRID The two were first spotted when the former “Saturday Night Live” star arrived at the model’s New York apartment in the West Village to pick her up in his SUV....

Photo: RCMP A recent Kelowna RCMP distracted driving blitz caught 20 people in two hours. RCMP tell Castanet they staged the driving spree in a school zone in the 600-block of Raymer Ave. on November 17, 2022. During the two-hour blitz, Mounties issued 20 distracted driving tickets, 1 every six minutes, while another ten drivers managed to avoid a fine only because the officers couldn’t keep up. “Given that this location was in a school zone and the roads are icy, these numbers are very concerning to all of us,” says Const....

The raided Kiev Pechersk Lavra complex is a Ukrainian cultural treasure and home to the Russian-backed wing of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church known as the Moscow Patriarchate, Reuters reported. “These measures are taken … as part of the systemic work of the SBU to counter the destructive activities of Russian special services in Ukraine,” the Security Service of Ukraine said in a statement. It said the investigation was aimed at preventing the monastery of caves from being used as “the center of the Russian world” and was conducted to investigate suspicions “regarding the use of the facilities… to shelter sabotage and reconnaissance groups, foreign nationals, weapons storage”....

ÖÖ. Einsamkeit ist für viele Menschen ein Problem, besonders zur Weihnachtszeit. Besonders betroffen sind allein lebende ältere Menschen, die alters- und gesundheitsbedingt einen eingeschränkten Aktionsradius haben und nicht mehr wie gewohnt am gesellschaftlichen Leben teilnehmen können. In Österreich wird die Häufigkeit von Einsamkeit bei Menschen ab 65 Jahren auf rund 11 Prozent geschätzt – drei Prozent über dem EU-Durchschnitt. Mehrere Gründe für Einsamkeit Es gibt viele Faktoren, die zur Einsamkeit älterer Menschen beitragen....

Dem Militärkommandanten von Niederösterreich, Martin Jawurek, wird vorgeworfen, einen Mitarbeiter sexuell belästigt zu haben. Jawurek bestreitet den Vorwurf. Die Staatsanwaltschaft hat in diesem Fall noch nichts erhalten, und es wurden keine Ermittlungen eingeleitet. 18.11.2022 12.59 Ab heute, 12.59 Uhr online Ein Sprecher der Staatsanwaltschaft sagte am Freitagnachmittag, es habe weder eine Vorführung noch eine Sachverhaltsdarstellung gegeben. Nach Armeeangaben waren die Unterlagen “unterwegs”. Der Vorfall wurde am Donnerstag von der Armee öffentlich gemacht....

Beim nächsten Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Liverpool soll das Publikum mehr Einfluss nehmen. Wie der Veranstalter European Broadcasting Union (EBU) am Dienstag mitteilte, entscheiden allein die Zuschauer im Halbfinale, welche Länder ins Finale einziehen. Es bleibt jedoch die Tatsache, dass die Noten durch eine Kombination aus öffentlicher und professioneller Bewertung vergeben werden. Neu ist auch, dass ESC-Fans außerhalb der Eurovisions-Region für ihren Favoriten abstimmen können, wie die EBU weiter mitteilte....

Massive Störung im O₂ Mobilfunknetz – Notrufnummern funktionieren Untertitel anzeigen Untertitel anzeigen Das Logo des Telefonanbieters O₂. © Quelle: image alliance / Geisler-Fotopress Der Telefonanbieter O₂ hatte heute Nachmittag große Probleme. Tausende Kunden haben Ausfälle gemeldet. Betroffen waren auch Vodafone- und Telekom-Kunden, die im O₂-Netz telefonieren wollten. Wer das O₂-Netz nutzt, kann nicht einmal die Notrufnummern erreichen – aber sie funktionieren grundsätzlich. Öffnen Sie die Freigabeoptionen Aktienoptionen schließen Weitere Freigabeoptionen anzeigen Weitere Freigabeoptionen anzeigen Hannover....

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.8%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) added 250 points, or 0.7%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC ) rose 0.9%. Bond yields continued their rise, with the benchmark 10-year currency back above 3.8% and the interest-sensitive 2-year yield moving towards 4.5%. A meeting of Fed officials on Thursday played down speculation that a pause in monetary tightening is imminent. The remarks, made in separate speeches across the country, sent stocks and bonds into a tailspin after a fleeting rally spurred by lighter inflation data....

The payments, totaling more than $500,000 over the past two months, made by Save America PAC and the Republican National Committee underscore the close ties shared by the Republican Party and Donald Trump’s personal and corporate legal apparatus. These links appear to indicate that the former president’s legion of loyal political donors were tapped to support his company’s legal woes. Columbia University law professor Richard Briffol, an expert on campaign finance law, said of the payments, “it seems questionable....