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Mike Clancy, the general secretary of Prospect, a union representing civil servants and parliamentary staff, said whoever took over from Boris Johnson next week had a duty to take the issue seriously. Sky News reported that one woman was sexually assaulted by someone who later became a cabinet minister, while the other was handcuffed by a man who later landed a role at No 10. Clancy said such complaints needed to be dealt with properly: “Now we have a new prime minister, probably from Monday, and this is an opportunity to bring back the culture and show the leadership that wasn’t there before....

The video, which has garnered more than 150,000 views in the four days it’s been online, was uploaded by TikTok user ‘Phantabae’ and shows a person posing and taking pictures in a number of different positions dangerously close to the edge of the Falls. In the video’s caption, the user says he is a professional daredevil, warning others not to attempt the stunt. Niagara Mayor Jim Diodati denounced the stunt when reached for comment....

So far in 2022, there have been none. The reason? The province’s organ donation program has been on hold since March due to staff shortages, a holdup first reported by online news agency Independent NL earlier this month. Canadian Transplant Society CEO James Breckenridge says the province’s annual total may seem like a small number of donors to lose, but it only takes one donor to change someone’s life. “We have almost 4,000 people now in Canada who are blind and could have their sight restored by a donation,” Breckenridge told CBC News in a recent interview....

While it’s been a wonderfully slow summer for fires in BC, the Okanagan has had a historic month with August weather. Environment Canada described the month using two words: hot and dry. “We basically had a cycle between warm and hot days. There wasn’t really any cooling,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Bobby Sekhon. Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon all broke records for average monthly temperatures. Kelowna recorded an average temperature of 23....

In a video posted late Sunday afternoon on social media, Const. Martin Hachey said that multiple suspects allegedly damaged and smashed the windows of two occupied OPP vehicles earlier that morning, one of which had a police dog inside, near Beck and Main streets. “Thankfully the officers and dog were unharmed,” he said, adding numerous investigations are also underway to identify suspects wanted in a number of other incidents that occurred in the town in the overnight hours of August 27 and 28....

CBC reporters watched Ontario Court of Justice staff restart a mock hearing at least twice after several interruptions by unidentified observers. People can join virtual courtrooms, set up during the pandemic, through Zoom meeting IDs and passwords provided by the courthouse. It is quite common for those not directly involved in the process to use titles other than their names, such as “observer” and “citizen” and to turn off their microphones and turn off their cameras to avoid disrupting the process....

The floods have affected more than 33 million people, or one in seven Pakistanis. More than 1,150 have been killed, including more than 300 children, and millions have been displaced by heavy monsoon rains over the past two and a half months. All four of Pakistan’s provinces have been affected, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he had been to three – Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – to see the devastation for himself....

Après cette magnifique apparition, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot a décidé de s’exprimer sur son compte Instagram, où elle est très suivie avec plus de 485 000 abonnés. Dans un long texte posté il y a quelques heures, il se remémore cette semaine de folie et ce dimanche où il a eu du mal à s’endormir tant l’excitation était au rendez-vous. La belle blonde dresse un portrait sans filtre de sa vie et évoque de manière caractéristique ses “problèmes personnels, qui n’étaient pas des problèmes au départ, mais qui ont pris une dimension” que la championne n’aurait pas imaginée....

Ces signes confirment ce que nous disons à plusieurs reprises depuis le début : avec les bonnes mesures, cette épidémie peut être stoppée, a déclaré mercredi le directeur général de l’OMS, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, lors d’une conférence de presse. Il a noté que plusieurs pays de la zone continentale des États-Unis voient toujours le nombre de cas augmenter, mais il était heureux de voir une tendance à la baisse continue au Canada....

Afrikanische Riesenschnecken im Wallis gefunden Mehrere afrikanische Riesenschnecken wurden in der Nähe eines Sportplatzes in Sachsen VS gesichtet. Die Behörden bitten die Öffentlichkeit um Hilfe, um die Ausbreitung der gefräßigen Schnecke zu stoppen. Mit einer Gehäuselänge von bis zu 20 cm und einer Körperlänge von bis zu 30 cm ist die Afrikanische Riesenschnecke eine der größten Landschnecken der Welt. (Dateibild) Anwohner werden gebeten, die gefundenen Personen der Gemeindeverwaltung zu melden, wie es auf der Website der Gemeinde am Freitag hieß....

Reports say the UN transport is being held about 20km from the front line. The IAEA inspectors are personally led by the director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, who told the media earlier: “There has been increased military activity including this morning, until very recently, a few minutes ago… but weighing the pros and cons and having come so far, we don’t stop.’ International Atomic Energy Agency director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi leaves a hotel as the IAEA mission departs for a visit to Zaporizhia....

School districts say they are continuing efforts to keep campuses safe BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — With the Safeway shooting on Bend’s east side that claimed the lives of two Central Oregon residents Sunday night, one of whom fought heroically to disarm the gunman, questions about safety and school safety have been raised by community members. According to posts posted online by the gunman shortly before the tragic chain of events, he had planned to go to Mountain View High School on the first day of school on September 8 and shoot students and staff on campus....

“Surely you don’t believe the prophecies because you had a hand in making them happen? You don’t really believe, do you, that all your adventures and escapades were by mere chance, just for your own benefit?’ — Gandalf “It could have landed anywhere, but it landed here. I know it sounds weird, but somehow, I just know it’s important. As if there is a reason I found him. I.” — Norrie Bradyfoot If the writings of JRR Tolkien teach anything, it’s that the road goes on and on....

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It is interesting to note that Snapchat is not the first company to launch the dual camera feature. The latest social media platform BeReal has had this feature for quite some time now, with Instagram joining the hype train in July of this year. To use the newly introduced dual camera on eligible phones, just open the camera app, tap the dual camera option from the screen and you’re done....

“Someone took our dad, so I think we really want to know what happened,” his daughter Clea Gordaner said in a video released by Victoria Police on Wednesday. 3:04Watch: Jeremy Gordanner’s family wants answers on the anniversary of his death Watch: Jeremy Gordaner’s family wants answers on the anniversary of his death Gordaneer was visiting his mother in BC’s capital when he was found suffering from life-threatening injuries at her home in the Rockland neighborhood around 5 a....

The Xperia 5 IV (side note: what will they call next year’s phone? The 5 V?) includes a standard 24mm-equivalent wide, 16mm-equivalent ultra-wide and 60mm-equivalent telephoto lens on the rear panel. This telephoto lens is refurbished, by the way. it is not the optical zoom lens on the 1 IV. Each uses a 12-megapixel sensor – lower resolution than most top 50 or even 100-megapixel cameras these days. Heck, even Apple seems to be moving away from 12 megapixels....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up TAIPEI, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s downing of a drone off the Chinese coast buzzing a Taiwanese-controlled island was the most “appropriate” thing to do after repeated warnings and China should exercise restraint, said Taiwan’s Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang. he said on Friday. For the first time, Taiwan’s military shot down an unidentified unmanned drone that entered its airspace near an islet near the Chinese city of Xiamen on Thursday, after the government vowed to crack down on a surge in incursions....

Comment Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman’s Senate campaign said Wednesday that his recovery from a stroke, which has complicated his ability to engage in verbal conversation, could affect his plans for debates with Republican candidate Mehmet Oz in one of the highest-stakes games of this fall. “We’re working to figure out what a fair debate would look like with the lingering effects of audio processing in mind,” said Fetterman campaign strategist Rebecca Katz....

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