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Although the Draft Protected Disclosures Bill promises stronger protection in future, it may still take several years before it becomes law. Fortunately, South African law already provides remedies for whistleblowers…
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Not one, not two — but at least six restaurants have closed in Edmonton’s downtown since the beginning of June. Restaurateurs like Maheik Bhasin are warning others of the alarming trend. “The cost of running this…
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‘My wife didn’t deserve that’: Family devastated after two lives lost in blaze Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Just four of the six people who…
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Teenager charged with murder over alleged stabbing attack on mum, sister Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA A 16-year-old Perth boy has been…
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St. Louis Cardinals star Jordan Walker beat hometown hero Kyle Schwarber to win the Home Run Derby and secure a big check. (This video contains AI-assisted content) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of the…
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SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- "Dracula," a collaboration between Jennie of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK and Australian act Tame Impala, maintained its peak position at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second…
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After the Supreme Court dealt a win for the "Save Women's Sports" movement, Riley Gaines and MyKayla Skinner sent a message to Simone Biles after Biles attacked Gaines over the issue on social media last year. WNBA star…
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VIDEO This podcast touches on AI. My fiancé works at Anthropic. See my full ethics disclosure here. When I talked to Eugenia Kuyda for the Platformer podcast, she predicted that the long tail of subscription apps on…
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The family of an 11-year-old Calgary boy named Parker, who went missing from his dayhome on July 16, is thanking Calgarians for their “compassion, determination and truly heroic efforts” as the search continues for…
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A British grandfather stranded in Dubai says he faces homelessness within weeks after becoming trapped in a nightmare that has left him unable to work, access a bank account or return home. Simon Ferguson, 64,…
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By Toni De Guzman Global News Posted July 21, 2026 8:09 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Advocates are reminding Winnipeggers to be wary of ticks as cases for Lyme disease continue to…
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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The BC Wildfire Service completed a Canadian first over the weekend — a drone ignition operation on a wildfire. In a social media update, the service said they used…
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SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The action thriller "Agent Kim Reactivated" extended its chart-topping run on Netflix's non-English chart for the third straight week, the streaming platform said Wednesday. The SBS series,…
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The City of Johannesburg hosted Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Tuesday, 21 July, for high-stakes emergency talks in a desperate bid to unlock its withheld equitable share grant, as the metro faces a severe…
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"We think that the earlier onset of severe obesity in young people is increasing their type 2 diabetes risk in early life and pulling down their age at diagnosis," lead researcher Dr Shivani Misra says. "This is really…
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He was particularly disappointed by the Government not adopting the recommendation to create an independent redress system to ensure it was separate from institutions that had facilitated the abuse. “After initially…
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Workers load sacks of garbage onto a truck as part of the daily trash collection in downtown Baguio. — Photo by Vincent Cabreza BAGUIO CITY — Mayor Benjamin Magalong defended the Baguio City council’s approval last week…
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Poolside has released Laguna S 2.1, a 118B-parameter open-weight model built for agentic coding. It is a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model with 8B activated parameters per token. It supports a context window of up to 1M…
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In a blog post from Thursday of last week, the AI software repository Hugging Face announced a bizarre cyberattack on the systems that run its services. “This one was different from anything we had handled before,” the…
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The yen broke ¥163 to the dollar overnight and hit a fresh four-decade low as fiscal concerns and monetary reality weighed on Japan’s currency and as signs of intervention were few. It traded to about ¥163.23 and…
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House lawmakers react after Spain's $50 million FIFA World Cup prize could face federal taxes in the U.S., with bipartisan questioning on whether the IRS should take a cut of the championship payout. (Credit: Nicholas…
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Japan is turning to five lesser-used straits in Southeast Asia as insurance against the next maritime shock, with plans to create detailed nautical charts for ships to navigate through these waters and bring vital goods…
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“How the hell Stuff is going to manage with even less people on the daily roster, I don’t know. “Journalists are burnt out now. On weekends some are doing half their shift alone and covering an entire country.” Stuff…
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By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The government has called on exporters to play a proactive role in stabilizing the foreign exchange market, including the converting of export proceeds into the Korean won,…
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“In a genuine effort to reduce the company’s outstanding tax liability, the director took the significant step of selling the family home, with the express intention that the proceeds would be applied toward payment of…
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Prosecutors on Tuesday (Jul 21) began outlining in graphic detail their murder case against the indie pop vocalist known as D4vd, accused of fatally stabbing and dismembering his 14-year-old girlfriend after she…
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Separate research from charity Christians Against Poverty found about 35% of adults in the UK worry about their finances every day. As the VAT announcement will save households about £45 a year, "the fear of juggling…
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FORCES LABOUR CONCERNS Greer said Tuesday that new action on forced labour will cover the majority of US trade, with the moves likely to reignite trade tensions. A 10 per cent tariff rate would hit US imports from…
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The NYK Venus container ship, operated by Nippon Yusen KK, moored at the Oi Container Terminal in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Bloomberg \| Bloomberg \| Getty Images Japan exports in June grew at their…