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  • Monday, September 30th 2024 - 00:53 UTC

    Exploring the impact of advertising regulations on Ontario's gaming market

    Some of the concerns center around what this will do to the smaller operators in Ontario

    For the last several years, the well-established regulatory framework has allowed tremendous growth in the online betting and gaming market of Ontario. As the largest province in Canada, Ontario became a huge driver in the country's gambling industry when single-event sports betting was legalized, effective 2021.

  • Saturday, September 28th 2024 - 10:16 UTC

    Hurricane Helene leaves at least 45 dead in southern US

    The excessive flooding pushed relief teams to their limits

    At least 45 people were killed Friday as Category 4 Hurricane Helene made landfall in the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia causing also power outages and floodings. Among the fatalities were three firefighters, a woman and her one-month-old twins, plus an 89-year-old woman whose home was struck by a falling tree.

  • Friday, September 27th 2024 - 14:45 UTC

    US State of Alabama carries out second execution with nitrogen gas

    Alabama had tried to execute Miller in 2022 by lethal injection but his veins could not be reached in time

    The US state of Alabama Thursday used for the second time the controversial nitrogen gas asphyxiation method to put down death row inmate Alan Eugene Miller for the 1999 killing of three co workers. While supporters of this mechanism claim that the person being executed loses consciousness quickly, which makes it more humane than other execution methods, others contend that nitrogen could lead to excessive pain and torture and that there is no way of knowing with certainty at which point a person loses consciousness when exposed to 100% nitrogen. Miller was pronounced dead at 6.38 pm local time at Atmore prison.

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 22:07 UTC

    Venezuela's Supreme Court okays Milei's prosecution

    The Boeing 747-300 freighter was said to have been used by Iran's Mahan Air for logistics support to terrorist operations abroad

    The Criminal Chamber of Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) Monday gave its nod to the prosecution of Argentine President Javier Milei, Presidential Secretary Karina Milei, and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich in connection with the impounding and handing over of Emtrasur's Boeing 747-300 freighter handed over to the United States where the aircraft was wanted for its alleged involvements in terrorist activities under its previous Iranian ownership.

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:02 UTC

    HMS Protector involved in practicing boarding operations with navies from four countries

    US, Chilean, Mexican, Colombian and UK teams practice boarding ops during Exercise Unitas

    Ice Patrol HMS Protector has provided the perfect training platform during Exercise Unitas, the world's longest-running multinational maritime exercise. Teams from the UK, US, Chile, Mexico and Colombia used the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship for practicing boarding operations, where personnel move between vessels.

  • Saturday, September 21st 2024 - 10:28 UTC

    X appoints legal representative in Brazil

    Lawyer Rachel de Oliveira Villa Nova was chosen by Musk's company for the position

    Tycoon Elon Musk's social media network X appointed a legal representative in Brazil as requested by Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes just before the deadline 9.29 pm deadline, Agencia Brasil reported. The company chose Lawyer Rachel de Oliveira Villa Nova for the position.

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Blinken reiterates US support to Venezuelan opposition leaders

    The United States “will continue to defend the return of democratic freedoms in Venezuela,” Blinken told González Urrutia and Machado

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday held a telephone conversation with Venezuelan opposition leaders María Corina Machado -who stayed in the South American country- and former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who has sought asylum in Spain. The official from President Joseph Biden's administration insisted his country would “continue to defend the return to democratic freedoms” in Venezuela.

  • Monday, September 16th 2024 - 08:38 UTC

    Polaris Dawn mission completed successfully

    Isaacman and Gillis performed consecutive spacewalks Poteet and Menon remained inside the capsule

    The mission behind the first-ever spacewalk performed by a non-professional astronaut was completed Sunday when the Dragon capsule of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission splashed down off the coast of Florida.

  • Monday, September 16th 2024 - 08:23 UTC

    Suspect arrested after second assassination attempt against Trump

    Trump said he was safe and that nothing would stop him (Pic Getty Images)

    Former US President Donald Trump was the target of a second assassination attempt Sunday while playing golf in West Palm Beach, in the state of Florida, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed. A suspect with a criminal record of gun possession has been arrested while holding an AK47 rifle minutes after shots were reported.

  • Saturday, September 14th 2024 - 10:19 UTC

    Biden and Starmer discuss broad military strategies worldwide

    Starmer said supplying Ukraine with heavier weapons was only reviewed in a “broad” way

    US President Joseph Biden and British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met Friday at the White House to discuss the supply of long-range missiles to Ukraine among other issues. Had it been approved, it would have upped tensions with Moscow and could have triggered an all-out war between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Hence, a decision on this matter was postponed.