TORONTO — “Poison in every puff.” “Cigarettes cause impotence.” “Tobacco smoke harms children.” Those are the warnings that smokers in Canada will soon find on every single cigarette they light, as the country sets into motion a plan requiring tobacco companies to print health warnings directly onto cigarette filters. The labels will appear in English […]
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Unsupportive home or school backgrounds have a detrimental effect on the mental health of young LGBTQ+ people, a new study has found. The Positive Futures report, carried out by charity Just Like Us, found young queer people who were supported growing up were nearly twice as likely to be happy in early adulthood. They were […]
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video A group of experts studying UFOs convened by Nasa livestreamed a presentation of their findings on Wednesday. The ‘independent study group,’ convened by the American space agency last June, consists of representatives from the Pentagon, civilian government agencies, and industry […]
Business
After three consecutive months of declines, job openings jumped in April, reaching 10.1 million, the Labor Department reported on Wednesday. The surge signals that job opportunities are withstanding the economic pressures that have led many to believe that the American economy may soon enter a recession. At the same time, the report — known as […]
After working for more than seven years at an Apple store in Kansas City, Mo., Gemma Wyatt ran into trouble. Last year, she said, managers disciplined her for clocking in late a few times over the previous several weeks. Then, in February, Apple fired her after she missed a store meeting because she was sick […]
World News
By ANDREW DALTON (AP Entertainment Writer) LOS ANGELES (AP) — “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson was led out in handcuffs from a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday and could get 30 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty on two of three counts of rape at his second trial, in which […]
Politics
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Crossing a crucial hurdle, the debt ceiling and budget cuts package to avert default headed toward House passage late Wednesday as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans against fierce conservative blowback […]
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Hard-fought to the end, the debt ceiling and budget cuts package is heading toward a crucial House vote as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assemble a coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans to push it to passage over fierce blowback […]
Asia
For most of Pakistan’s eight-decade history, its courts were largely aligned with the country’s powerful military. They gave three coups a legal stamp of approval, disqualified dozens of politicians who had fallen out of favor with the generals, and turned a blind eye to the disappearances of political dissidents. But with Pakistan in the grip […]
Singapore on Wednesday hanged a man for trafficking less than 3.5 pounds of marijuana, its second execution in three weeks for a crime that carries a much lighter sentence in most of the rest of the world. “Capital punishment is part of Singapore’s comprehensive harm prevention strategy which targets both drug demand and supply,” the […]
