A view of an empty chair in a sex worker’s booth in Antwerp, Belgium. (Virginia Mayo / Associated Press) Starting Sunday, sex workers in Belgium will be able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labor rights on par with those in other professions in a legal breakthrough some call a “revolution.” The new law … Read more
Anthony Agotha, right, special envoy for Climate and Environment Diplomacy, European Union; Juan Carlos Monterrey, head of Panama’s delegation; Olga Givernet, French Delegate Minister for Energy; and Camila Zepeda, head of Delegation for Mexico, talk to each other after a press conference at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in … Read more
Police in have revealed tragic new details behind the mysterious death of a 26-year-old Polish newlywed two years after she was found on the streets of Miami. Aleksandra Leczycka had traveled to Florida from Siedlce, Poland, with her new husband on their honeymoon in August 2022, and after apparently enjoying a dream vacation, the pair … Read more
Step on board and back in time. A vintage New York City subway train will begin weaving its way across Manhattan starting Sunday and returning every Sunday through December — transporting straphangers back 120 years. The annual Holiday Nostalgia Rides program offers “a charming reminder of New York City’s transit history,” officials said. 5The vintage … Read more
An American Airlines Boeing jet headed from Chicago to Las Vegas was forced to divert back to O’Hare after a mid-air emergency. The Boeing 737-800 had to return to its origin airport after receiving multiple door warning light indications, according to data tracked by FlightRadar24. An American Airlines flight was forced to turn around. Christopher Sadowski … Read more
They don’t call it the “Great White North” for nothing. Two Canadian men were busted after smuggling over 1,100 pounds of cocaine — worth over $40 million — across the border into Illinois last week. Vanshpreet Singh, 27, and Manpreet Singh, 36, were found with 1,146 pounds of cocaine inside their Volvo semi-truck when police … Read more
Critics called out Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for appearing naked while his wife, Cheryl Hines, promoted her beauty products on Instagram. Over the weekend, the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” alum showed off her Hines+Young line to viewers as the politician hopped in the shower directly behind her. “You can’t take a shower. I’m doing a video,” … Read more
Montreal’s captain scored the shootout winner in a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Charge in a thrilling PWHL season opener for both teams. Montreal Victoire’s Kristin O’Neill takes a shot on Ottawa Charge goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer during second-period PWHL hockey action at Place Bell in Laval on Saturday, November 30, 2024.Photo by Graham Hughes /The … Read more
Although still very limited in numbers, biological males are finding their way into women’s golf — the latest sport to have to contend with issues around transgender players. Getty Images Anyone who has three-putted before contemplating throwing their clubs away entirely knows that golf is a frustrating game. Frustrating, but fair. So fair, in fact, … Read more
The life of Claudia Marian Krawchuk, who passed away on Nov. 22 just short of her 79th birthday, demonstrates Canada’s complex generational transformations Claudia Corcoran grew up in Larder Lake, Ont., often described as the centre of Canada’s first gold rush.Photo by Courtesy the Corcoran family There is no news in this story, no celebrity … Read more
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