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Canada’s population drop reflects souring of attitudes to immigration

A country known for welcoming newcomers has reversed policy as immigration becomes increasingly a partisan issue

Standing in Canada’s House of Commons in 2023, the then-prime minister, Justin Trudeau, gave an impassioned speech on the value of welcoming newcomers.

“Canadians know that immigration is one of our greatest assets. It helps us compete,” he said. “If we want to boost our economic success significantly, we need to boost immigration.”

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6 Takeaways From Trump’s Address to the Nation

In an 18-minute address, President Trump said the economy was booming despite the public’s consistent concerns about prices. Here are six takeaways from the speech.

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President Trump in an address from the White House on Wednesday argued that U.S. economy under his leadership is in better shape than many voters think.
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This Christmas, let’s ban the world’s most miserable gift-giving game | Dave Schilling

White elephant parties – in which people are invited to steal each other’s gifts – are the last thing we need right now

Happy forced frivolity season! We have once again arrived at the eye of the storm for the holidays, where cheerfulness is mandatory and lack of goodwill towards people is punishable by stoning in the town square. Surely, I don’t have to tell you that such quaint human emotions as “happiness” and “hope” are in short supply these days. This year, of all years, no one should be blamed for plugging their ears any time Mariah Carey comes on in the lobby of the unemployment office. And yet, we carry on with the rituals of joy that seem more and more incongruous, when life feels like some never-ending episode of MTV’s Ridiculousness, where God comments on clips of the human race getting hit in the face with a plastic baseball bat.

I’m certainly making an effort to put on a pleasant facade. I’ve cobbled together some nice gifts for my friends and family. I say hello to strangers, even the ones that look like they might want to deny me my basic rights as outlined in the US constitution. And I say yes to just about every holiday party invite – save for one massive exception.

Dave Schilling is a Los Angeles-based writer and humorist

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Rainfall creates crimson spectacle at beach on Iran’s Hormuz Island

Streams of soil turn sand and surrounding water red, creating sharp contrast with blue waters of Persian Gulf

Rainfall on Iran’s Hormuz Island briefly transformed the coastline of its Red Beach into a striking natural scene this week, as red soil flowed into the sea and turned the water shades of deep red.

The beach is known for its vivid red sand and cliffs, created by high concentrations of iron oxide.

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Ghislaine Maxwell makes Hail Mary bid to overturn conviction days before Epstein files release

Jeffrey Epstein’s madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, has launched a Hail Mary attempt to have her sex trafficking conviction tossed — potentially complicating the release of the “Epstein files.” Maxwell, 63, maintained in a habeas petition filed in Manhattan federal court Wednesday that “substantial new information” has emerged since her 2021 trial from related lawsuits, reports and...

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UN distances itself from International Women’s Day website winning corporate partnerships

Sainsbury’s, Barclays and University College London have all drawn on themes created by IWD site run by London business with no link to UN

Nobody owns International Women’s Day, but if you asked the 193 countries, countless businesses and NGOs that mark it each year, they would probably agree it has been popularised, defined and formalised by the United Nations.

The owner of the website “internationalwomensday.com”, a London-based marketing firm, disagrees. By selling merchandise, promoting a £160 lunch to awaken attenders’ “inner goddess” and creating a series of corporate partnerships, it has also seeded its annual themes with British brands and institutions that appear to have mistaken the site for the UN, the Guardian can reveal.

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Interest Rate Cut and Slower Inflation Offer Britons a Reprieve

Britain’s central bank reduced interest rates to 3.75 percent, a move that was welcomed by the government, which has been looking to lower the high cost of living.

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The Bank of England in central London. The central bank has lowered interest rates six times in the past year and a half.
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