Walking faster reduces heart failure risk: study
Hurry up for your health: according to a new study, walking faster may lower the risk of heart failure. Published Thursday in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, the …
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Jury selection proceeds for Avenatti-Stormy Daniels trial
NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti, the once high-profile California attorney who regularly taunted then-U.S. president Donald Trump during frequent television appearances, was introduced Thursday to prospective jurors who will decide …
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Tearful Adele announces postponement of Las Vegas residency due to COVID among crew and ‘delays’
Singer Adele has announced the postponement of her Las Vegas residency, one day before it was set to kick off, saying COVID has rendered it impossible to move forward. In …
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U.S. charges Belarus with air piracy in reporter’s arrest
NEW YORK — U.S. prosecutors charged four Belarusian government officials on Thursday with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight last year to arrest an opposition journalist, using a ruse …
Read MoreClimate change could shift 45 per cent of fish stock to new economic waters by 2100, Canadian study finds
As climate change increases and oceans warm up, it could have a huge impact on the fishing industry due to fish populations shifting from the waters of one country to …
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Twitter is rolling out verified NFT profile pictures
Twitter on Thursday began rolling out a feature that will let some users set NFTs that they own as their profile picture to signal their investment in the emerging digital …
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Jury selected for federal trial over George Floyd’s killing
ST. PAUL, MINN. — A jury was picked Thursday for the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing, with the judge stressing repeatedly that fellow …
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Pandemic stress saw increase in potentially addictive behaviours: study
A recent study with a Canadian connection has found that people gamed, overate and shopped more often — among other potentially addictive behaviours — as a result of the initial …
Read MoreRays say split-season plan to bring baseball back to Montreal struck out with MLB
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — The Tampa Bay Rays’ proposed plan to split the season between Florida and Montreal has been rejected by Major League Baseball. Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg …
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Biden issues new warning to Russia over invading Ukraine
GENEVA — U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that any Russian troop movements across Ukraine’s border would constitute an invasion and that Moscow would “pay a heavy price” for such …
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