Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election, defeating Reform UK by more than 9,000 votes with nearly 55% of the vote.
Read Full Story →While the market's enthusiasm for one of Zealand's experimental drugs has cooled, investors are shifting focus to amylin-based medicines as a growth driver
Read article →The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 211 since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in early September.
Read article →Mexico took advantage of a defensive blunder by South Korea to win 1-0 and become the first team to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup.
Read article →Philippine filmmaker Mikhail Red has set his next feature: “Remote,” a paranoia thriller set in contemporary Manila, with Anne Curtis attached to star. The project is produced by Evolve Studios and Viva Films, with pr...
Read article →With immediate supply fears fading and tanker traffic returning to the Strait of Hormuz, traders are turning their attention back to oil demand and OPEC's outlook for the market.
Read article →Analysts reckon a lasting resolution to the Middle East conflict will take some time to materialize.
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Read article →Jonathan David's hat trick propelled Canada to a historic 6-0 rout of Qatar in Vancouver on Thursday to go to the top of their World Cup group.
Read article →Canada recorded its highest population growth rate since 1957 in 2023, adding over 1.27 million residents in a single year to push the national population past 40.7 million, with nearly 98% of that growth driven by international migration. Both permanent immigrants and a surge in temporary residents including workers and international students contributed to the record figures, reflecting a federal policy of aggressive intake targets designed to address labor shortages and demographic aging. The explosive growth intensified debates over housing affordability, strained infrastructure, and integration capacity, with housing advocates warning that Canada's homebuilding pace was fundamentally unable to absorb residents at this scale. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser defended the intake as economically necessary, but the tension between ambitious targets and visible urban housing shortages made population growth one of the defining political issues of the year.
Read Full Story →The critically praised 2023 Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street announced a national tour beginning in early spring 2025, marking the first time the Stephen Sondheim musical would tour the United States since 2008. Directed by Thomas Kail and starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford, the production ran at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from March 2023 through May 2024 and earned eight Tony nominations including Best Revival of a Musical.
Read article →The Nature Conservancy and the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission opened Blue Mountain Natural Area to the public in 2023, completing the Maumelle Pinnacles chain of peaks west of Little Rock and adding 7.6 miles of new multi-use trails for hikers, mountain bikers, and trail runners. The property was jointly purchased in 2021 for $5 million from timber company PotlatchDeltic using state and federal conservation funds, filling the final gap in a connected ridge of protected natural lands near Arkansas's capital city.
Read article →Socialism is a political and economic philosophy built on the premise that property and productive resources should be collectively owned and managed rather than privately controlled, emerging as a direct intellectual and moral response to the exploitation produced by industrial capitalism in the 19th century. From its Enlightenment-era origins through Karl Marx's scientific socialism to the 20th-century experiments in the Soviet Union, Cuba, and the Nordic welfare states, socialism has encompassed a vast range of theories and practices united by the conviction that collective organization produces more equitable outcomes than market competition.
Read article →Trade speculation surrounding Zion Williamson intensified throughout 2023 as the New Orleans Pelicans forward's recurring injury history and inability to complete a full healthy season raised questions about his viability as a franchise cornerstone despite his extraordinary offensive production when available. Opposing front offices were reported to have monitored his availability, with executives privately describing him as a "borderline All-Star who makes a lot of money" capturing the tension between his undeniable talent and the real cost of betting a roster around a player who had never demonstrated durability.
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