Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is lashing out at the B.C. government about funding new involuntary care beds, but not “where they’re needed most.” Sim posted a letter on social media stating that, “Once again, the Province has chosen to ignore the city carrying the greatest burden of British Columbia’s addiction, mental health, and public safety…
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati on Monday referred the controversial legislation seeking to expand lawmakers’ powers and privileges to the House’s standing committee for review. In April, the provincial assembly passed the KP Provincial Assembly (Powers, Immunities and Privileges) Act, 2026, granting blue passports to members and their spouses, arms licenses, blanket…
Defending champions Argentina, France, England, and Spain remain in the tournament France will take on Spain, while defending champions Argentina will lock horns against England in the last four. Photo: AFP LONDON: A month after the expanded, 48-team tournament kicked off, the World Cup is down to the semi-final stage with France and Spain preparing…
Of all of the debates raging in regards to the potential downsides of AI, there’s one fear inflicting essentially the most hand-wringing amongst AI lovers in Silicon Valley. Their worry is that the enormous AI labs that promote proprietary fashions are in some way performing like Trojan horses. The priority is that, as startups and…
Some observers argue that the biggest concern may not be profit, but whether a state-backed attacker would accept losses to damage Bitcoin. A Duke University finance professor, Campbell Harvey, has said that a 51% attack on Bitcoin, long dismissed as a theoretical exercise that would only destroy value for whoever tried it, has quietly become…
Fish and chip shops in the Maritimes are shouldering the burden as haddock prices skyrocket in the region. Fisheries and Oceans Canada reduced haddock fishing quotas by more than 50 per cent in areas of southwestern Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick this past spring due to declining stocks. Since then, the cost of haddock…
Josh Grisetti, a Broadway actor best known for his roles in Something Rotten! and It Shoulda Been Youas well as his recurring role on The Marvelous Mrs. Maiselhas passed away at the age of 44. Rob McClure, his Something Rotten! co-star and lifelong friend, shared the heartbreaking news on social media with an emotional tribute….
India’s Yastika Bhatia bats against England during the inaugural women’s Test at Lord’s. Photo: AFP LONDON: Yastika Bhatia said it felt “unbelievable” to have gained a coveted place on the Lord’s honours boards after becoming the first woman to score a Test century at the ‘Home of Cricket’ on Sunday. Bhatia’s 113 was the cornerstone of India’s second-innings…
On Friday, Apple dropped the bombshell news it was suing OpenAI over the alleged theft of trade secrets, claiming that OpenAI stole Apple’s confidential data and engaged in efforts to learn proprietary information while recruiting former Apple employees. In accusing OpenAI of stealing secrets about Apple’s unreleased products, Apple revealed that a former employee allegedly…
Bolivia is evaluating integrating Tether’s USDt into its nationwide funds system, a transfer that might mark one in every of Latin America’s most important stablecoin adoption initiatives because the nation grapples with a persistent scarcity of US {dollars}. Economic system and Public Finance Minister Jose Gabriel Espinoza told a press convention on Monday that the…
