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Vancouver shoe designer John Fluevog is known around the world for his unique and colourful footwear. Now he has created another shoe, a very personal tribute to a longtime friend who will forever be a part of his story.In 2025, Fluevog’s decades-long battle with polycystic kidney disease came to a head and he learned he would need either dialysis or a transplant.“My brain went, ‘Oh, I had no idea. Do you buy these things? Where do you get them?’” Fluevog said, laughing.He put out word that he needed a kidney donor and a longtime and dear friend stepped up.“The moment…

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The drills also come as Beijing ramps up military pressure around Taiwan, which it considers part of its territory and has threatened to use force to seize.Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said last November that given his country’s proximity to the self-ruled island and its surrounding waters, “a war over Taiwan will drag the Philippines, kicking and screaming, into the conflict”.In February, US, Japanese and Philippine aircraft patrolled over the Bashi Channel separating the Philippines from Taiwan to test what Manila called their “ability to operate seamlessly together in complex maritime environments”.Marcos considers Manila’s 1951 mutual defence pact with Washington a…

new video loaded: Trump Says U.S. Attacked Iranian Cargo ShipPresident Trump said a Navy destroyer had attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Oman. The White House said it was dispatching a high-level delegation, including Vice President JD Vance, to Pakistan for negotiations.By McKinnon de KuyperApril 19, 2026

European chip startups developing alternative technology to Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs) are eyeing big funding rounds as they look to scale amid the AI boom. Dutch company Euclyd, backed by the former CEO of chipmaking equipment giant ASML, is currently in discussions with investors for a round of at least 100 million euros ($118 million), its founder Bernardo Kastrup, told CNBC in an exclusive interview.Elsewhere, U.K. startup Optalysys is planning a $100 million plus fundraise later this year and British company Fractile and France’s Arago are reportedly fundraising for nine-figure rounds. Fractile declined to comment and Arago did not…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Pennsylvania man accused of stealing more than 100 sets of human remains from a historic cemetery appeared in court Friday, where he reportedly waived his right to an evidentiary hearing.Jonathan Gerlach, 34, appeared in Delaware County court wearing a lime green prison jumpsuit. Clean-shaven with his hair tied back in a bun, he looked noticeably different from his booking photo. He spoke little during the brief proceeding, according to FOX 29 Philadelphia.Gerlach is facing nearly 500 charges — including burglary, abuse of a corpse and desecration of monuments — tied to…

The first Greens MP to serve as an attorney-general anywhere in Australia has announced his retirement from politics after almost two decades.

SINGAPORE: Oil prices jumped, the US dollar lifted from lows and stock markets wobbled on Monday (Apr 20) as rising tension in the Middle East kept shipping in and out of the Gulf to a bare minimum, though traders were holding out hope for a resolution.The ceasefire in the Iran war, due to run until Tuesday, was in doubt after the US seized an Iranian cargo ship and Tehran’s top military command vowed to retaliate.Iran has re-imposed its de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz, though Kpler data showed that more than 20 vessels carrying oil products, metals, gas…

The United States army announced last month that it would raise the maximum age at which Americans can enlist from 35 to 42 years to expand its pool of eligible candidates amid recruiting challenges in recent years.An updated version of US Army Regulation 601–210, dated March 20, outlined the changes, including the elimination of rules requiring anyone with a single conviction for marijuana possession or drug paraphernalia to obtain a waiver to enlist.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listGovernment data shows that while the US army has met its recruitment goals over the last two years, it fell short…