Jodie Comer halts Broadway show Prima Facie due to wildfire smoke
IBNS: Actress Jodie Comer is earning praise for her appearance in Broadway play ‘Prima Facie’ but on June 7 she had to cut short her performance midway due to an …
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World Oceans Day underscores need to protect ‘the foundation of life’
New York: Over a third of global fish stocks are being harvested at unsustainable levels – just one example of how human activity is harming oceans, which cover more than …
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Canada’s unemployment rate rises to 5.2 percent in May, first increase since August 2022
Representative image of Unemployment. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Ottawa/CMEDIA: Canada’s unemployment rate hike to 5.2 percent in May, marked the first increase since August 2022 due to loss of 17,000 …
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Canada recognizes boxer George Dixon as a Person of National Historic Significance
George Dixon Image credit Twitter @KoaCombat Halifax/CMEDIA: Canada would commemorate the national historic significance of George Dixon (1870-1908), in a plaque ceremony at Africville Museum, 5795 Africville Rd, Halifax, Nova …
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Canada’s Quebec expects thousands more to flee wildfires
Canada’s Quebec province, now the epicenter of a devastating wildfire season that has ravaged the country, expects thousands more people to be forced to flee advancing fires, its leader said …
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Chemical found in common artificial sweetener can damage DNA, Study warns
IBNS: A new study finds a chemical formed when we digest a widely used sweetener is “genotoxic,” meaning it breaks up DNA. The chemical is also found in trace amounts …
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ByteDance used TikTok data to help China spy on Hong Kong activists, accuses former employee
IBNS: ByteDance, the owner of video-sharing platform TikTok, allowed the Chinese government access to the data of Hong Kong civil rights activists and protesters, enabling it to track and monitor …
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US Treasury sanctions China- and Mexico-based enablers of illicit, fentanyl-laced pill production
Washington/IBNS: The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 17 individuals and entities involved in the international proliferation of equipment used to produce illicit drugs. …
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Remembering Basu Chatterjee, Bollywood’s God of Small Things
IBNS: It has been three years since the demise of filmmaker Basu Chatterjee, who made ‘small’ things that constitute our life in the otherwise over-the-top world of Bollywood films look relatable, …
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Cons Gen of India Toronto to celebrate 9th Int’l Day of Yoga Jun 17, at Nathan Philip Square, Toronto
Consulate General of India, Toronto would be celebrating 9th International Day of Yoga on 17th June 2023 from 5 PM to 8 PM at the Nathan Philip Square, Downtown Toronto This event is …
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