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It’s been just over a year since Keith Scott was found dead in a Victoria supportive housing building, and his ex-wife says their daughter still asks every day why the killer hasn’t been brought to justice. “I don’t have an answer for her,” said Cassie Bate.The homicide of Scott — whose body was found by firefighters who put out a blaze in a unit at the Waterview building on Gorge Road more than a year ago — spurred a campaign to reform B.C. tenancy laws for supportive housing buildings that passed last month.Bate saw Scott’s body after a mortician had prepared…

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BANGKOK: Thailand vowed on Wednesday (May 6) to tighten oversight of tourists’ behaviour after a series of incidents involving foreigners caught having sex in public, warning they damaged the country’s image.Tourism is vital to the Southeast Asian nation’s economy but foreign arrivals are yet to return to their pre-COVID highs.Visitors displaying “inappropriate behaviour”, including illicit drug use, would face prosecution as it “contradicts the beautiful culture of Thailand”, the prime minister’s office said in a statement.The pledge followed an incident on Monday evening on the southern island of Phuket where a couple was found performing a sexual act in a…

Shohei Ohtani has made plenty of opponents, both on the mound and at the plate, look completely foolish, but the swing-and-miss he got out of Jose Altuve on Tuesday night in Houston was downright stunning.After striking out and then grounding out in his first two at-bats against the Dodgers’ star, the second baseman stepped to the dish in the bottom of the fifth inning with base runners on the corners. Sitting on a 1-2 count, Ohtani threw a sweeper hoping to get Altuve to chase one away.And boy, did he chase. Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani pitches during…

Fluency in artificial intelligence is increasingly a prerequisite in today’s labor market, with employers across industries seeking AI-literate job candidates.Research from Resume Genius found that 8 in 10 hiring managers consider AI skills a priority. And in a sign of the times, other data shows that most employers would hire a candidate with AI skills over one with additional years of work experience.Yet while many workers today are well aware of the need to hone their AI chops, few employers offer the necessary training, said Lisa Gevelber, who heads Google’s “Grow with Google” initiative, a program that provides digital skills…

Three people have died from the disease so far but the WHO says the risk to the public is still ‘low’.By Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 6 May 20266 May 2026The Canary Islands have refused to allow a luxury cruise ship experiencing a hantavirus outbreak, a rare disease transmitted to humans from rodents, to dock at any of its ports, despite the Spanish government saying it would be permitted to do so.The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, said regional authorities could not allow the MV Hondius – currently anchored off the coast of Cape Verde – to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Madison Sheahan finished third in her Ohio Republican congressional primary Tuesday night, handing ICE critics a talking point but leaving Republican officials convinced they have the right candidate to flip a battleground seat.Sheahan’s loss to former state Rep. Derek Merrin brings relief to Republicans concerned about her electability against Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio.Kaptur is the longest-serving woman in congressional history and a top National Republican Congressional Committee target in the midterms as a potential seat to flip in the battle for the narrow House majority.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Anti-Israel agitators clashed with law enforcement outside a Manhattan synagogue on Tuesday night as pro-Israel demonstrators waved Israeli and American flags nearby.Footage from the protest shows New York City police officers shoving the anti-Israel group back to create a street-wide separation between the two groups. The group waving Palestinian flags and wearing keffiyehs numbered roughly 100 and could be heard repeatedly shouting, “Israel should not exist.”The anti-Israel group, gathered less than a block from the Park East Synagogue, chanted, “Palestine will never die,” and, “Stop the sale of stolen land.”The organizer of…

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Differences in energy exposure are also shaping responses.Countries like the Philippines and Vietnam are more reliant on Middle Eastern energy imports, while others such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have greater domestic capacity and are focusing on subsidies and price controls, Patton noted. For example, cities across Metro Manila have rolled out energy-saving measures like reducing fuel allocation for government vehicles.WHAT OUTCOMES TO EXPECTGiven these differences, analysts said expectations for major coordinated measures remain modest, with national-level responses likely to dominate the summit.“With ASEAN, it’s always about the process rather than the destination. You can’t necessarily expect ASEAN to produce a really…