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The risk of extinction of the Sumatran tiger, a subspecies of tiger native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, is now greater than ever, as their habitat continues to be destroyed for industries like palm oil.

West Shore RCMP said they received reports of a vehicle that was swerving and slamming into parked cars on Sooke Rd. in Langford.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a fresh warning, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Wednesday there could potentially be delays in providing medical care to tens of thousands of veterans if lawmakers don't act soon to approve billions in emergency funding for the ailing private-sector Choice program. In a statement, Shulkin said he was heartened by several congressional bills that would provide longer-term fixes to the Department of Veterans Affairs program by giving veterans wider freedom to see private doctors at taxpayers' expense. Читать дальше...

Une championne mondiale de jeux vidéo a été profondément touchée par le documentaire Bye, réalisé par l'homme d'affaires Alexandre Taillefer sur le suicide de son fils Thomas. Au point où elle se rendra personnellement dans les bureaux de la plateforme Twitch la semaine prochaine, pour faire en sorte que des drames comme celui de Thomas ne se répètent pas.

A group of Edgewater Elementary School kids learned a valuable holiday lesson recently when they learned to cook for the needy. But the needy households they cooked for come from their school.

The wildfire-prone Santa Monica Mountains might sound like a terrible location for a billion dollar museum containing priceless works of art. But when Los Angeles' Getty Center was conceived by its board in the late 1980's, they were well aware of the risk.

Chelsea Carey took over top spot at the Roar Of The Rings with a win over Jennifer Jones in a rematch of the 2012 Manitoba Scotties final.

Montreal (dpa) - Ottawa has no intention of following Washington‘s lead in officially recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moving the Canadian embassy there from Tel Aviv, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday."Canada is a steadfast ally and friend of Israel and friend to the Palestinian people," Freeland said in a statement without mentioning US President Donald Trump and his controversial decree."Canada‘s longstanding position is that the status of Jerusalem can... Читать дальше...

In a new book from the Veteran Care program at St. Joseph's Parkwood Institute, 27 veterans share their stories of life, love and loss.

Les médecins qui traitent les employés de l'ambassade américaine à Cuba, victimes de plusieurs malaises physiques depuis un an, dont des problèmes d'audition et de mémoire, affirment qu'ils ont découvert des anomalies du cerveau chez leurs patients.

The fallout over an investigation into the Free Syrian Police (FSP), an entity funded by London and accused of human rights abuses, has heightened the need to spend aid on the poor rather than the UK political objectives, a spokesman for the UK aid group Global Justice Now told Sputnik.

The World Cup and Olympic champion will also serve as technical advisor to both Spirit Development Academy teams

WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors treating the U.S. embassy victims of suspected attacks in Cuba have discovered brain abnormalities as they search for clues to explain hearing, vision, balance and memory damage, The Associated Press has learned.

Advertising sales execs at the New York Times were in a tizzy on Wednesday after a fresh round of layoffs decimated the ad sales director role, The Post has learned. Out of a 15-person department, at least 10 ad sales directors were let go, sources said. The Times confirmed that there had been some layoffs...

Ukrainian side opened the scoring in the 26th minute through Bernard Home side then doubled their lead through Ismaily six minutes later Aguero penalty not enough as City lose winning streak SEE MORE: Pep Guardiola issues transfer threat to Real Madrid over pursuit of Manchester City star Man City’s 20-game winning streak came to an end […]

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino praised his fringe players after they ensured the club's Champions League Group H campaign finished with a flourish on Wednesday. Pochettino made eight changes from the team that drew 1-1 with Watford in the Premier League at the weekend, but his new-look side cruised to a comfortable 3-0 win over APOEL at Wembley. Fernando Llorente and Georges-Kevin N'Koudou both scored their first goals for the club, while Son Heung-min continued his impressive recent form with a wonderful finish. Читать дальше...

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• Teach kids the art of persuasion if you want them to be successful later in life.
• Successful people are extremely good at persuading others.

All the extremely successful people I know — and all the great leaders I know — are exceptionally good at persuading other people to follow them.

(Maybe that's why Mark Cuban says knowing how to sell is the one skill everyone needs to be successful.)

But being persuasive doesn't... Читать дальше...

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Poaching eggs can seem daunting and time consuming. But they're actually easy to make. 

You can safely poach eggs in your microwave. All you need is a coffee mug, water, a saucer, and an egg of course.

Here's how it's done:

Step 1: Fill your mug with half a cup of water.

Step 2: Gently crack the egg into the mug of water. Make sure the egg is completely submerged in the water.

Step 3: Place the saucer on top of the mug so that it covers the opening. Читать дальше...

Donald Trump was just 11 minutes into his presidency last January when his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, texted a former business associate from the steps of the Capitol that an American plan to build nuclear power plants in the Middle East with Russia was "good to go," a whistleblower's account says. Flynn, according to the whistleblower, assured the former associate that sanctions imposed by former President Barack Obama in response to Moscow's meddling in the 2016  election would immediately be "ripped up." The account... Читать дальше...

On the night of the fatal fire at Ghost Ship, party organizers blocked a passageway on the second floor of the Oakland warehouse with a “giant tent like” structure, the first witness in a preliminary hearing in the criminal case said Wednesday. “I made a comment saying, ‘What the hell is this thing,” recalled Oregon musician Aaron Marin about the tent structure that he said he had to push his way around to get to a window to escape during the fire. Marin had been visiting the collective on Dec. Читать дальше...

AMMAN — The government on Wednesday stressed that the US decision, which recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel entailing relocating its embassy to the city, is a violation of international legitimacy and the UN Charter that confirms the status of Jerusalem that is decided by negotiation.

SpaceX confirmed Wednesday its CEO Elon Musk plans to blast his cherry red electric car off toward the Red Planet when the company's Falcon Heavy rocket launches for the first time next month.

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Have you seen those new posts flooding LinkedIn?

The ones that look like this?

One sentence.

One paragraph.

A dull personal anecdote.

A clichéd life lesson.

But what are they?

And why are they on an employment-oriented social networking service...

That we occasionally visit to chuckle over lousy job leads?

Those posts are broetry.

And this is a broem.

If you spend enough time on LinkedIn, you’ll surely come across a broem... Читать дальше...