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An Ontario woman who first put on skis more than 80 years ago is still making her way down the slopes, and inspiring generations of skiers along the way. Doris Pierson, 95, has been a familiar sight at Sir Sam’s Ski hill on Eagle Lake in Ontario’s Haliburton Highlands for decades. And despite her age, she says the hill is where she still feels at her quickest.“I am slowing down now,” she joked. “Except on the hill.” Pierson took up skiing as a teenager after her brother bought her a pair of skis at 13. Global News/Doris Pierson Pierson first…

Thousands of unwitting WA drivers have been pinged by AI cameras which have detected passengers not wearing seatbelts properly.

“NO HAPPINESS” LIVING ALONEBelle’s work underscores a broader challenge confronting the bustling, fast-paced city. Hong Kong is ageing quickly. Almost a quarter of its more than 7.5 million residents are aged 65 and above. More seniors are also living alone. According to data provided by the city’s Census and Statistics Department, the number of elderly individuals living alone rose from 173,100 in 2020 to 247,700 as of the third quarter of 2025, approximately a 43 per cent increase over five years.Grandma Tang, 74, is one such senior. She has been living alone for the past seven years. After her husband died, she…

new video loaded: Marco Rubio Says U.S. Is Probing Deadly Cuban ShootingtranscriptBacktranscriptMarco Rubio Says U.S. Is Probing Deadly Cuban ShootingCuban officials said border troops engaged in gunfire with a Florida-based speedboat on Wednesday, leaving four dead on the boat and six wounded. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. is working to verify what happened and will respond accordingly.It’s something, frankly, that hasn’t happened with Cuba in a very long time. According to the Cuban regime that the boat was registered in Florida. We’re tracking that down. The majority of the facts being publicly reported are those by the…

A leading Senate Democrat is calling on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to provide information on a long-running — and long secret — investigation into possible drug trafficking and suspicious financial transactions involving Jeffrey Epstein and 14 alleged co-conspirators. CBS News first reported Monday on the existence of the case, based on a heavily redacted 69-page DEA memo found in the Epstein files.”In addition to sex trafficking, it appears that Epstein and his associates were under investigation by the DEA for other major crimes, including illicit drug trafficking and money laundering,” Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the ranking member of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After seeing what the Americans did in Milan during the Winter Olympics, Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes is hoping Team USA can continue to dominate during the World Baseball Classic (WBC). Skenes is on the roster for the WBC, which begins March 5, representing Team USA alongside some of the best in the U.S., like Aaron Judge, Cal Raleigh and Tarik Skubal. Skenes knows how well the U.S. performed at the Milan Cortina Games, during which it won a record 12 gold medals, including gold medal wins for the men’s and women’s hockey teams…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Harvard President Larry Summers announced Wednesday he will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at the Ivy League school at the end of the academic year, a Harvard spokesperson said, following the emergence of his communications with the late Jeffrey Epstein. “In connection with the ongoing review by the University of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that were recently released by the government, Harvard Kennedy School Dean Jeremy Weinstein has accepted Professor Lawrence H. Summers’ resignation from his leadership position as co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government,” a Harvard…

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MUMBAI: At Matoshri Vidyamandir Secondary School in Mumbai, private donations are essential to daily operations. The government-aided school, which is privately managed and receives limited state funding, educates more than 700 children, mostly from nearby slum communities. Support comes in various forms. One of India’s largest financial conglomerates, the Kotak Mahindra Group, provides English lessons, while a local non-governmental organisation has donated shipping containers converted into classrooms.Contributions are vital to keeping the school running, said its headmaster Vivek Patil.“Some people come here and they donate some money. With the help of that money, we are trying to continue with this school,” he added.The school is just…

Paris Agreement’s carbon credits enable cross-border trade to support emissions reduction and climate goals worldwide.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 26 Feb 202626 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoThe United Nations has approved the first credits to be issued under a carbon market established by the Paris climate accord, aimed at reducing emissions – a mechanism that has faced scrutiny over greenwashing concerns.The UN-run market allows companies and countries to offset their excess emissions by financing projects that cut greenhouse gases in other nations.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe UN Climate Change…