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Thu, 02 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT
Periods are a nightmare in Gaza's crowded, unsanitary camps. Women are using birth control to skip them
Samah El-Nazli, a mother of four living in a makeshift tent in Rafah, is among millions of Gazans in overcrowded camps struggling to access food, water and sanitation as the war continues. She and others are opting to use birth control to delay their...

Wed, 01 May 2024 18:17:04 EDT
Honeybees invaded a reporter's home, and upended everything she thought she knew about them
When honeybees invaded Sarah Kliff's house, nobody wanted to help her get rid of them. And she, too, wanted to save the bees. But when she started digging into it, she discovered something that shocked her — honeybees don’t need our protection.

Wed, 01 May 2024 10:52:01 EDT
Trump, Republicans try to equate campus protests to Jan. 6 riot, Charlottesville rally
Donald Trump on Tuesday lamented the possibility that Columbia University's pro-Palestinian protesters could be treated more leniently than the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Experts say comparisons to the Capitol riot, or an i...

Wed, 01 May 2024 16:47:31 EDT
U.S. Federal Reserve holds interest rate, saying it will take 'longer than expected' to start cutting
The U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and signaled it is still leaning toward eventual reductions in borrowing costs, but that cuts could be delayed as recent inflation numbers have strayed further from its two per cent...

Wed, 01 May 2024 06:57:23 EDT
Police presence at UCLA ramps up again after protesters, counter-protesters clash over Israel-Hamas war
Mounting tensions on U.S. campuses boiled over on Wednesday when pro-Israel supporters attacked an encampment of pro-Palestinian and anti-war protesters at UCLA, just hours after police arrested activists who occupied a building at Columbia Universit...

Wed, 01 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT
What Canada can learn from Maine's approach to the lucrative baby eel fishery
Authorities in Maine say they have figured out how to regulate a fishery that is so out of control in Canada, the federal government has shut it down this year — the third shutdown in five years — putting 1,100 people out of work.

Wed, 01 May 2024 12:10:03 EDT
Tennis legend Becker discharged from bankruptcy court despite still owing creditors $50M US
German tennis legend Boris Becker was discharged from bankruptcy court in London after a judge found on Wednesday he had done "all that he reasonably could do" to repay creditors tens of millions of pounds.

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:48:47 EDT
Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs allies to speed up weapons deliveries
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that his country needed "a significant acceleration" in deliveries of weaponry from its partners to enable its troops to face advancing Russian troops in several sectors of the front line.

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:30:36 EDT
Trump fined $9,000 US, ordered to take down some social media posts about trial
Donald Trump has been held in contempt of court and fined $9,000 US for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case. If he does it ag...

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:15:34 EDT
NYPD officers arrest Columbia protesters after school asks for help ending occupation
Police officers took protesters into custody late Tuesday after Columbia University called in law enforcement to end the pro-Palestinian occupation on the New York campus.

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 23:25:00 EDT
WATCH | King Charles visits cancer centre in 1st appearance since treatment
King Charles has returned to public duties for the first time since his cancer diagnosis. While meeting patients and families at a central London cancer centre, the monarch talked about his own treatment.

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:04:00 EDT
Hell's Kitchen, Stereophonic lead Tony Awards with 13 nominations each
Two Broadway shows celebrating the origins of sonic creativity — the musical Hell's Kitchen powered by Alicia Keys songs, and the play Stereophonic about a '70s rock band at the edge of stardom — each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tu...

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:44:43 EDT
As major nations push Hamas to accept Israeli truce proposal, Palestinians hold out fragile hope
Israeli airstrikes killed dozens of Palestinians on Monday as Hamas leaders visited Cairo for a new round of truce talks, with more than half the dead in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which foreign leaders have urged Israel not to inva...

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:33:39 EDT
3 women contract HIV after 'vampire facial' procedures at New Mexico spa
Three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting 'vampire facial' procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles, federa...

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDT
Asoka makeup trend inspired by Bollywood is shining a spotlight on South Asian beauty
There's a new makeup trend taking social media by storm, with videos racking up billions of views and influencers going viral just for trying it, and Canadians have some of the most popular versions.

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:33:40 EDT
Columbia University starts suspending Israel-Hamas war protesters who won't leave encampment
Protesters and police clashed Monday at the University of Texas in a confrontation that resulted in dozens of arrests, and Columbia University began issuing suspensions as colleges around the U.S. begged pro-Palestinian demonstrators to clear out ten...

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:22:00 EDT
NATO chief chides Ukraine allies for delays that helped Russia
NATO countries have failed to deliver in good time what they promised to Ukraine, the alliance's chief said Monday, as Russia rushes to exploit its battlefield advantages before Kyiv's depleted forces get more Western military supplies in the war tha...

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:50:54 EDT
Millions kept home from school as Southeast Asia swelters under weeks-long heat wave
Southeast Asia was coping with a weeks-long heat wave on Monday as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region.

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:52:23 EDT
Facing hard wartime choices, Ukraine puts spotlight on men abroad who are absent from fight

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