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Providers are planning to temporarily cut the Russian internet off from the world wide web amid attempts to increase government control of information flows.  A group of major private and state telecoms led by Natalya Kaspersky, co-founder of the Kaspersky Lab antivirus maker which was banned by the US government, have decided to conduct the […]

Canada’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.6 per cent in November, the lowest rate in comparable records going back to 1976, Statistics Canada said. The country added 94,000 jobs in the month, an unusually strong showing and well above economists’ expectations. The gains were led by increases in full-time work, StatCan noted. And the numbers got […]

AMSTERDAM — Mutated strains of HIV circulating in Saskatchewan are leading to faster developing AIDS-related illnesses in the Indigenous population, new research has shown. The research from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Simon Fraser University was presented at the 2018 AIDS Conference in Amsterdam on Thursday. It showed that the strains of […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – As a result of her outstanding play over the past week, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) has selected senior infielder/pitcher Bayley Hammel of Canon City High School in Canon City, Colo., as the MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week.     Hammel was a perfect 16-for-16, with 12 doubles […]

The Japanese government has vowed to push ahead with the expansion of a US military base in Okinawa despite more than 70 per cent of residents of the prefecture voting against the project in a referendum on Sunday. Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, told reporters in Tokyo on Monday that while his government “sincerely” […]

ST. GEORGE, Utah – With a 7-2 victory over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M on Saturday, Chipola (Fla.) won the 2015 NJCAA Division I Softball Championship. Claiming their program’s second national title, the Indians raised the trophy for the first time since 2007.   BOX SCORE | TOURNAMENT AWARDS Anchoring Chipola’s victory on the mound was sophomore […]

VANCOUVER — Customers at a boutique Vancouver grocery store won’t find racks of individually packaged goods or rolls of plastic bags in which to lug their food home. The missing plastic and packaging isn’t an oversight. A carefully constructed supply chain allows Nada to sell hundreds of food products without single-use packaging and add little […]

One of America’s most influential tabloid publishers is bracing itself for a slew of potentially devastating accusations, after an attempt to silence the world’s richest man spectacularly backfired. Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, shocked the United States on Thursday with his account of how American Media Inc (AMI), publishers of a series of magazines, attempted […]

Click:womens swimsuits​ LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) is proud to announce the 214 players chosen for the 2015 NFCA NAIA All-Region softball teams.   The squad is comprised of two teams in each of the country’s six regions. A total of 78 different schools had players selected. Three schools — Central […]

Researchers have identified a genetic variant that is partially responsible for erectile dysfunction, a development that could help improve treatment, according to a study published in a U.S. journal. Men who have a copy of this variant have a 26 per cent increased risk of facing erectile dysfunction compared to the average population, said the […]