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The Western Bulldogs have weathered a late surge from a desperate Carlton to hang on for a gritty 20-point AFL win at Marvel Stadium.Cruising when they led by 31 points early in the third quarter, the Bulldogs conceded the next six goals as Carlton grabbed the lead midway through the final term.But the Bulldogs responded in fine fashion, with goals to Arthur Jones, Bailey Smith, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan and a third from Anthony Scott sealing the 11.13 (79) to 8.11 (59) triumph.The victory puts Luke Beveridge’s team into sixth on the ladder, winning a sixth game from their past seven starts.After…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday (May 11) declared the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan unlawful, two days after his detention sparked deadly clashes and huge protests nationwide. Khan was ordered to remain in the bench’s custody under police protection for his own safety until Friday, when he will return to the court where he was detained earlier this week. “Your arrest was invalid so the whole process needs to be backtracked,” Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial told Khan at a hearing in the capital Islamabad. Since being ousted from office last April, Khan has waged a tempestuous campaign…

Viddawood ran into one of Nigeria’s most treasured wonders of nature in human form. He is a phenomenal actor and comedian, Ovuvuevuevue Enyetuenwuevue Ugbemugbem Osas. Wonder if I am speaking in tongues? Sorry I’m not. That’s just his name….We interacted with him at length, and we thought maybe some of our discussion might interest you…People call you the man with the longest name in the world, how true is that? Can you tell us your name please?Resp: My name is Ovuvuevuevue Enyetuenwuevue Ugbemugbem OsasWe have seen your face on many Nollywood movies, how long have you been into professional acting?The African…

With the recent oil price recovery, Calgary has awakened from a long economic slumber, and its new mayor wants to help the city reduce its dependency on oil by becoming a leader in new sources of energy.Jyoti Gondek has a Ph.D. in urban sociology, was a member of the city’s planning commission and a city councilor. She promotes policies that put her at odds with the city’s conservative establishment, which is entwined with the oil industry.Oil’s last collapse, in 2014-15, gave Calgary, a city of 1.3 million, a problem now facing most cities: finding new uses for empty downtown office…

The lifting of a pandemic-era restriction that turned away many migrants at the U.S. border has ignited fierce debates within the Democratic Party over immigration and border security, exposing raw intraparty divisions over an issue that Democrats often find difficult to navigate.As U.S. officials brace for a rise in illegal crossings at the southern border after the expiration of the measure, known as Title 42, Democrats are grappling with competing political demands, seeking to address the intensification of a long-running humanitarian crisis and in some cases flexing their border security bona fides.Mayors, members of Congress and other Democrats have demanded…

A California panel approved recommendations on Saturday that could mean hundreds of billions of dollars in payments to Black residents to address past injustices. The proposals to state legislators are the nation’s most sweeping effort to devise a program of reparations.The nine-member Reparations Task Force, whose work is being closely monitored by politicians, historians and economists across the country, produced a detailed plan for how restitution should be handled to address a myriad of racist harms, including housing discrimination, mass incarceration and unequal access to health care.Created through a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in the wake…

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The writer is chief executive of SchrodersIt seems the City of London has developed a new passion — commentating on its own demise. The challenges the UK faces are significant and important. The long-term wealth creation capacity of the country is at stake. But the arguments over those challenges have been well rehearsed to the point of becoming cliched.The Financial Conduct Authority should be applauded for joining the movement for change with proposals for a regulatory overhaul last week. Reforming the listings regime and simplifying related party transactions will make London an easier place to do business.As importantly, the FCA‘s…

Source: PixabayBinance is pulling out of Canada.The world’s largest crypto exchange said on Twitter that it was withdrawing from the country due to new guidance about stablecoins and limits to investors.“We put off this decision as long as we could to explore other reasonable avenues to protect our Canadian users, but it has become apparent that there are none,” the company said.Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, who is a Canadian citizen, retweeted the news.“We would like to thank those regulators who worked with us collaboratively to address the needs of Canadian users. Albeit a small market, it held sentimental value for…

Alarmed by an increase in breast cancer diagnoses among younger women and persistently high death rates among Black women in particular, health experts on Tuesday offered a stark revision to the standard medical advice on mammograms. Women of all racial and ethnic backgrounds who are at average risk for breast cancer should start getting regular mammograms at age 40, instead of treating it as an individual decision until they are 50, as previously recommended, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said.The group issues influential guidelines on preventive health, and its recommendations usually are widely adopted in the United States. But…