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Rich Russians offered a Caribbean shortcut to US visas by paying their way to a Grenadian passport
Insider investigated how rich Russians could move to the US by investing in Grenada’s economy. A visa firm is offering the shortcut after Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization. It’s legal, but an illicit-finance expert said it could let oligarchs “skirt the rules.” Five days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military…
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Boris Johnson says he will not run to lead U.K. Conservatives, quashing comeback rumours
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson announced Sunday he will not run to lead the Conservative Party, ending a short-lived attempt to return to the prime minister’s job he was ousted from little more than three months ago. His withdrawal leaves former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak the strong favourite to be Britain’s next prime minister.…
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Boris Johnson arrives back in Britain to attempt rapid political comeback
Boris Johnson arrived back in Britain on Saturday as he considers an audacious attempt to win a second term as prime minister only weeks after he was forced to step down, with some colleagues warning his comeback could create more political chaos. The potential candidates to replace Prime Minister Liz Truss, who dramatically quit on…
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BREAKING: Liz Truss resigns are UK Prime Minister
British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced on Thursday she was stepping down, just over six weeks after taking the Conservative Party reins as leader. Truss’s short tenure was marked by shock over the government’s mini-budget, which roiled British markets, and internal party dissension leading to cabinet departures and backbenchers expressing a lack of confidence in…
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Cow snot could protect from STIs including HIV and herpes
Daily Mail: A lubricant made with cow mucus could protect against HIV and herpes, scientists say. Lab experiments proved the gel, which would be applied in the same way as shop-bought ones currently, could beat the sexually transmitted infections. Human cells first treated with the lubricant were 70 to 80 per cent less likely to…
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Mason Greenwood charged with attempted rape and assault
BBC: Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling behaviour and assault. The forward was arrested in January following allegations that emerged in images and videos posted online. He was arrested again on Saturday for allegedly breaching his bail. Prosecutors said the charges all related to the same female…
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Royal family slammed for ‘eye-watering’ ticket prices to visit queen’s grave
The royal family is under fire amid news that it will cost mourners almost $30 per person to visit Queen Elizabeth II’s grave. Her Majesty was laid to rest last week at the King George VI Memorial Chapel, located on the grounds of Windsor Castle about an hour’s drive from London. The castle is usually…
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Join the international fight for climate justice
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto) On September 23, at the 77th Session of…
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Queen Elizabeth died of ‘old age,’ death certificate says
Queen Elizabeth II died of “old age” at 3:10 pm (1410 GMT) on September 8, according to her death certificate newly released on Thursday by the National Records of Scotland. The 96-year-old monarch died at her Balmoral estate in Scotland around three-and-a-half hours before the news was announced to the world. The queen was laid…
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Sunwing union opposes Canadian carrier’s plans to hire foreign pilots
(Reuters) – The union for Sunwing Airlines pilots said it is urging Canada’s government to stop a plan by the Ontario-based leisure carrier to hire foreign pilots this winter to help cope with an expected holiday travel surge. Airline industry use of foreign pilots as aviation rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic is sensitive for unions…
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Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. A spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph). The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid…