If you’ve seen the excellent video game documentary The King of Kong then you’ll have heard of Billy Mitchell, the cocky long-time champion of Nintendo’s arcade classic Donkey Kong. The film chronicles the mid-2000s attempts of new challenger Steve Wiebe to finally best the Donkey Kong high score set years before by Mitchell. Wiebe is…
A top-ranking official with Canada’s central bank suggests high housing costs are holding the country’s labour market back. Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn A. Wilkins says investing in employees through training and education, for example, is one way to boost the labour market — but it isn’t the only approach needed. The availability…
Lucia Palacios, 22, was consistently top of her class at home in Maracay, Venezuela. Her grades were so good she gained a place at one of the country’s then coveted medical schools, training to become a specialist nurse. But today Ms Palacios – not her real name – is working as a prostitute, selling sexual…
Lagos, Nigeria — Twenty people are confirmed dead in the school building that collapsed in Nigeria on Wednesday, and most of them are children, an official said Friday. Forty-three other people were rescued, Lagos State Health Commissioner Jide Idris told The Associated Press. The disaster occurred in the heart of Nigeria’s commercial capital. Officials have…
MONTREAL — Canada is more advanced than the United States regarding its approach to cannabis, world-famous rapper and weed entrepreneur Snoop Dogg said Friday to a crowd of hundreds at Montreal’s C2 technology conference. The entertainer lamented that in the U.S., some states such as Colorado and California have legalized weed, while others continue to…
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Oregon Sen. Jeff MerkleyJeffrey (Jeff) Alan MerkleyQAnon believer advances to Georgia House runoff race Senate Dems press DOJ over coronavirus safety precautions in juvenile detention centers Democratic unity starts to crack in coronavirus liability reform fight MORE announced early Tuesday that he will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, but will run for reelection. “I believe…
class=”article_teaser__2t5do”>Al Hain-Cole has put together a four-fold accumulator from across this weekend's Premier League games, with the odds adding up to 15/2 Leicester City vs Arsenal – Over 2.5 goals at 4/5 (1.80) with bet365 Leicester have been providing plenty of goalmouth action recently, scoring 14 times in their last five fixtures while conceding nine….
La comédienne Louise Bourgoin est une artiste dans l’âme. L’ex-Miss Météo de Canal + devenue une actrice accomplie n’oublie jamais ses premières amours, le dessin… Elle a partagé ce jour sur Instagram, l’un de ses travaux réalisé au sein des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, en 2003. Touchant. Imaginez, Louise Bourgoin aurait pu être notre professeure d’Arts…
United turned in a turgid performance in the 0-0 draw with Valencia, perfectly summing up their current crisis In many ways this was exactly the kind of fixture Manchester United needed. After the week from hell which culminated in a pathetic 3-1 defeat at West Ham on Saturday, the visit of an under-performing Valencia to…