Rio Olympics: Peng Shuai’s safety assured – WTA chief
Peng Shuai will travel to the US after Rio following her first round exit at the Open WTA chief Steve Simon has said the organisation will only “comply” with assurances that Peng Shuai’s safety…
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Number of cases of a rare strain of virus at near-record high in U.S. Northeast
By Peter West, Infectious Diseases Writer: WINNIPEG, Man. – The number of cases of the rare herpes virus h1N1 that’s been sweeping through the northeastern United States remains high in New Brunswick and Nova…
Restaurants issued new guidelines to help protect against ‘drinking straw’ poisoning
Restaurants which serve beer, alcohol, or foods typically containing specific colors or herbs will have higher levels of carbon dioxide, according to the company. Loosen up and don’t push a straw to drink. Canadian…
Dr. Oz called for Dr. Anthony Fauci to resign over his stance on COVID
Dr. Mehmet Oz said on his TV show Friday that he believes Dr. Anthony Fauci should resign over his statement that Americans have no reason to fear a drug called CVID. Dr. Fauci, director…
Former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman dies
(CNN) — Mel Lastman, the former mayor of Toronto, has died at the age of 88, the city said Friday. Lastman died peacefully on Thursday evening, Mayor John Tory said. In an official announcement,…
Volkswagen to boost investment to become world leader in electric cars
Volkswagen said it will spend about 20 billion euros ($23 billion) in the next 10 years to develop electric cars and battery packs in what is likely to be a string of acquisitions of…
Cardboard House of Cards does a fundraiser for Parkland victims
Story highlights Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting Victims’ Club Featuring a Cardboard House of Cards player, this Christmas greeting is making its rounds on Twitter. There are so many Christmas cards out there….
Another Japanese corporation pulls sponsorship of U.S. Open
Kazutoshi Nishimura, the head of the NRA in Japan, announced this week that he and his organization had withdrawn their 4-1/2-year sponsorship of the U.S. Open. This became the most recent in a long…
New vaccine could protect against mumps, diphtheria and pertussis
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Pfizer’s chief executive said it was a significant advance The new drug, which will be sold under the name Cimzia, is effective against a variety of mumps, diphtheria…
Alexander Zverev accuses father of domestic abuse
Written by Staff Writer Alexander Zverev accused his father of domestic abuse in an interview with France’s Le Monde “Every boy lives his childhood in his father’s house in Berlin,” he told the paper….