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A Baltimore police officer shot a fleeing teenager Thursday, leaving him in critical condition after a foot pursuit during which police repeatedly ordered the teen to drop the gun he was carrying, officials said.Residents of the west Baltimore neighborhood reacted with anger, demanding to know why the shooting was necessary — familiar criticism in a city still reeling from its long history of troubled policing practices, despite recent ongoing reform efforts.An officer initially approached the 17-year-old because he was “displaying characteristics of an armed person,” Baltimore Police Deputy Commissioner Richard Worley told reporters at the scene Thursday afternoon. The teen,…

By Mike Hodges Global News Posted May 12, 2023 1:41 pm Updated May 12, 2023 12:35 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Guelph police are inviting the public to an open house community event this weekend. Saturday’s event is free and will give people a chance to talk to officers.People will also get a chance to check out the police vehicles and get their faces painted, along with seeing multiple demonstrations, including the police’s K-9, dispatch and identification units.Police vehicles will be on display and snacks and refreshments will be available as well. Trending Now 17-year-old set…

At least two Armenian forces have been wounded after Baku used drones in the direction of Sotk, according to Yerevan.Renewed border clashes have erupted between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces, according to Yerevan, a day after deadly fighting threatened to derail European Union-led weekend peace talks between the Caucasus arch-foes. Baku and Yerevan are locked in a decades-long territorial dispute over Azerbaijan’s Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh, over which they have fought two wars. On Friday morning, “Azerbaijani Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the direction of Sotk (eastern part of the state border) using UAVs”, the defence ministry in Yerevan said…

Western Force coach Simon Cron says his side have a clear focus on the Super Rugby Pacific finals after they jumped into eighth spot with their 34-14 win over Fijian Drua.The Force kept the Fijians scoreless in an impressive second-half performance on Friday to grab a crucial bonus point win and keep their four-from-four unbeaten home record at HBF Park.It was a must-win game for the Force with three rounds remaining and Cron said: “The boys are punching, don’t worry about that. We’ll keep throwing.”Cron was particularly pleased with the second period, describing it as a “good zero-point mentality”.The Force…

General elections are due no later than October, and the former cricket star has accused the shaky incumbent coalition government of supplanting him in cahoots with top generals. The 70-year-old has also made explosive claims that they puppeteered a November assassination attempt which saw him shot in the leg as he campaigned for snap polls. LABYRINTHINE LEGAL CASES Khan was arrested under the orders of Pakistan’s top graft agency as he arrived for a routine court appearance in the capital. Two days of chaos followed, with several thousand of his supporters rampaging through cities across the country in protest, setting…

The employment relationship under probation In Uganda is commonly used by employers to assess the suitability of new employees before confirming them as permanent staff. The Employment Act, 2006 and other enabling laws regulate hiring and discharge from probationary employment contracts. Under section 2 of the Act, a probationary contract is defined as a contract of employment that is not more than six months in writing and expressly states that it is for a probationary period. Regulation 36 of Employment Regulations 2011 states that an apprentice is required to enter into a probationary contract of apprenticeship, which shall take a…

It’s a dog-eat-dog cosmos. Not two weeks ago, on May 3, astronomers reported observing a star that was in the process of swallowing one of its own planets. Just two days earlier, another team had described black holes that were ripping stars apart and consuming them in a process known as tidal disruption event, or T.D.E.Now an international group of astronomers reports that it is observing one of the most violent and energetic acts of cosmic cannibalism ever witnessed, perhaps the biggest explosion seen yet in the history of the universe. Eight billion light-years from Earth, in the darkness beyond…

Rocket launchers, precision-guided missiles and billions of dollars’ worth of other advanced American weapons have given Ukraine a fighting chance against Russia ahead of a counteroffensive. But if even a few of the arms wind up on the black market instead of the battlefield, a Ukrainian lawmaker gloomily predicted, “we’re done.”The lawmaker, Oleksandra Ustinova, a former anti-corruption activist who now monitors foreign arms transfers to Ukraine, does not believe there is widespread smuggling among the priciest and most sophisticated weapons donated by the United States over the last year.“We’ve literally had people die because stuff was left behind, and they…

President Biden and top congressional leaders on Thursday postponed a second meeting on the debt limit crisis to give staff members more time to explore a budget deal before the two sides convened again.People familiar with the decision cast the move as a positive development. Preliminary budget talks among senior White House officials and congressional aides have been underway for two days, with both sides attempting to find a path to an agreement on lifting the government’s debt limit and avoiding a default.Mr. Biden and the four top congressional leaders, including Speaker Kevin McCarthy, were originally scheduled to meet again…

Linda Yaccarino has resigned from her role as the Head of Global Advertising at NBCUniversal effective immediately. Report: Yaccarino will take over as the CEO of Twitter That stock market news arrives only a day after Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet that he has finally hired a new Chief Executive for Twitter as Invezz reported here. Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks. While he did not name the mystery woman, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin just reported citing sources that Yaccarino was in advanced talks to take on the…