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Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 7h

Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds

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The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds.

Activists from Gaza-bound flotilla expected to return to Canada this weekend

dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 7h

Activists from Gaza-bound flotilla expected to return to Canada this weekend

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The first of six Canadian activists aboard a flotilla that was detained by Israeli forces while attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip has returned home.

Industry experts see ‘steep barriers’ to Keystone XL revival

dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 7h

Industry experts see ‘steep barriers’ to Keystone XL revival

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The Keystone XL pipeline is back in the spotlight after CTV News learned Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the project during their meeting in Washington earlier thi...

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 7h

Windows 10: When you should update and what it means for you

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10, which could make users vulnerable - here's how to get Windows 11.

Trusting Trump: Why Hamas gambled on giving up Gaza hostages

dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 7h

Why Hamas gambled on giving up Gaza hostages - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Hamas has called Donald Trump a racist, a recipe for chaos and a man with an absurd vision for Gaza. And it was the phone call he got Benjamin Netanyahu to make to Qatar's prime minister that changed their minds about him.

UK universities told to crack down on antisemitism after synagogue attack

dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 7h

UK universities told to crack down on antisemitism after synagogue attack - www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...

British universities must take stronger action to protect Jewish students, the government said on Saturday, after a deadly attack on a synagogue in northern England and amid concerns over antisemitism on campuses in Britain and the United States.

Egypt to convene global leaders, including Trump, in Sharm el-Sheikh on Gaza war agreement

dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 7h

Egypt to convene global leaders, including Trump, in Sharm el-Sheikh on Gaza war agreement - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Egypt will host an international summit in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to finalise an agreement aimed at ending the war in Gaza, an Egyptian presidential spokesperson said on Saturday.

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 7h

Bo Bichette in apparent discomfort after running bases, ALCS status up in air

Bo Bichette’s status for the American League Championship Series remains clouded after he attempted to run the bases Saturday for the first time since spraining his left knee last month and walked off...

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 8h

16 people died in a blast at a Tennessee explosives factory early Friday, the sheriff says
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16 people died in a blast at a Tennessee explosives factory early Friday, the sheriff says

Authorities say a blast in rural Tennessee that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around killed 16 people and left no survivors.

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 9h

Changing drinking habits, falling prices, tariffs and the weather are forcing winemakers to do the unthinkable: rip up the vines
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California’s Wine Industry Is in Crisis

Changing drinking habits, falling prices, tariffs and the weather are forcing winemakers to do the unthinkable: rip up the vines.

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 9h

Sharm el-Sheikh car crash victims are Qatari security guards, not hostage negotiators — source

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Sharm el-Sheikh car crash victims are Qatari security guards, not hostage negotiators — source

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 9h

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Palestinian factions reject any 'foreign guardianship' over Gaza - Egypt Independent

Various Palestinian factions - including Hamas, Jihad and the Popular Front - announced on Friday that they will reject any "foreign guardianship" over the Gaza Strip, stressing that the strip's admin...

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 9h

Moody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge dies at 82 - www.reuters.com/business/med...

Moody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge dies at 82

John Lodge, the co-singer and bass guitarist of British rock band The Moody Blues, has died at the age of 82, his family said on Friday in a statement cited by British media.

Police in Oslo use tear gas amid protests at Norway v Israel World Cup qualifier

dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 9h

Police in Oslo use tear gas amid protests at Norway v Israel World Cup qualifier - www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

Norwegian fans remained divided over Israel’s participation in the tournament.

Firefights erupt between Pakistani and Afghan forces along the border

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 9h

Firefights erupt between Pakistani and Afghan forces along the border - www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Firefights broke out along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late on Saturday, with the Afghan Taliban attacking Pakistani posts, according to security officials from both countries, following a Pakistani airstrike in Kabul this week.

Venezuela's opposition leader Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize, dedicates to Trump

dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 9h

Machado dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to Trump - www.reuters.com/world/nobel-...

Marina Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, was blocked by Venezuela's courts from running for president and challenging President Nicolas Maduro.

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 9h

Drones capture staggering images of Gaza devastation - as people find nothing left

The joy that met the ceasefire has changed to anxiety and shock as those returning see the dull grey of rubble - the debris of things that are no longer there.

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 9h

Gaza latest: Chants of 'thank you Trump' as Witkoff tells Hostages Square 'miracles can happen'

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Gaza latest: Chants of 'thank you Trump' as Witkoff tells Hostages Square 'miracles can happen'

Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has told Hostages Square "miracles can happen". It comes as a 72-hour countdown has begun for Hamas to free all living Israeli hostages. New drone footag...

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 9h

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Four killed in mass shooting after Mississippi football game

Twelve others were injured in the incident, which happened at around midnight.

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 9h

'Their resilience is a lesson to us all': The maritime lions hunting seals on the beach

In Namibia, a group of desert lions have left their traditional hunting grounds for the Atlantic coast and are now thriving as the world's only maritime lions.

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 9h

Huge missile takes centre stage at N Korea parade

Named the Hwasong-20, its size suggests that it could carry multiple nuclear warheads.

Three Qatari diplomats killed in car crash in Egypt's Sharm El Sheikh, two security sources say

dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 10h

Three Qatari diplomats killed in car crash in Egypt's Sharm El Sheikh, two security sources say -
Two other diplomats were “wounded”

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Three Qatari diplomats were killed in a car crash in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, two security sources told Reuters on Sunday.