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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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Is It About the Oil?

We look at what President Trump is trying to achieve in Venezuela.

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In Venezuela, in 2021.
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Deadline nears for release of Epstein files – what we know so far

Justice department must release most documents by Friday, and failure to do so would provoke a firestorm

In less than 48 hours, Donald Trump’s justice department must release most of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein in its possession. Last month, Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required the release of those materials by 19 December, except in narrow cases where they would jeopardize current investigations, harm national security or foreign policy goals, or reveal information about Epstein’s victims.

Since Trump signed the legislation, his administration has been silent on its progress. Earlier this month, a bipartisan group of lawmakers asked Pam Bondi, the attorney general, for a briefing on the department of justice’s progress, but she did not provide one. Two Democratic senators among that group subsequently pledged to block some civilian nominees, because they were concerned the administration “is gearing up to disregard the law we led the fight in the Senate to pass, which overwhelmingly passed both chambers of Congress”.

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The World Cup is about places and people. In Seattle, it should be about Pride | Leander Schaerlaeckens

The US host city’s resolve in maintaining its ‘Pride Match’ should be commended as exactly the sort of thing this tournament is for

There are two World Cups. The product, marketed and monetized for all it will yield, and the experience.

Only one of those is the real thing. And in one case, it’s holding strong. In Seattle, the local organizing committee long ago designated the 26 June game slated for Lumen Field as the “Pride Match” to mark the city’s LGBTQ+ pride weekend celebration.

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Multi-club ownership is spreading in women’s football – but is it good news?

Kara Nortman, co-founder of Angel City and investor in Viktoria Berlin, says the model can drive a bright and independent future

When the billionaire American businesswoman and investor Michele Kang spoke to journalists after the Sweden international Kosovare Asllani and former Paris Saint-Germain manager Jocelyn Prêcheur had been recruited by her then WSL2 side London City Lionesses, she was candid about the significance multi-club ownership can play in women’s sport.

“I am fully aware of the negative connotation of multi-club ownership on the men’s side,” Kang said in June 2024. “But I will submit to you that multi-club ownership is a necessity, not a luxury or greed, on the women’s side because we need to invest to the level that the players deserve to deliver on the potential of the women’s game.”

This is an extract from our free email about women’s football, Moving the Goalposts. To get the full edition, visit this page and follow the instructions. Moving the Goalposts is delivered to your inboxes every Tuesday and Thursday.

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CDC officials urge US flu vaccination after record child deaths last year

Americans told ‘time to get vaccinated is now’ as concerning mutation of influenza virus circulates in US

Officials are urging doctors to vaccinate their patients and provide flu antivirals after deaths among children reached record highs and as a concerning mutation of the virus circulates in the US.

“Influenza activity is increasing in the US. The time to get vaccinated for this season is now,” Timothy Uyeki, the chief medical officer of the influenza division at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said in a call with clinicians last week.

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