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The federal government’s latest effort to ban conversion therapy in Canada would let courts authorize the seizure or removal of online content advertising the discredited practice.
If passed, the legislation would make it a crime to cause someone to undergo conversion therapy, taking a minor out of the country in order to get conversion therapy abroad, profiting from the practice, or
either advertising or promoting it.
globalnews.ca/news/8410442/con

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The US scientists who created the first living robots say the life forms, known as xenobots, can now reproduce -- and in a way not seen in plants and animals.
Formed from the stem cells of the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) from which it takes its name, xenobots are less than a millimeter (0.04 inches) wide. The tiny blobs were first unveiled in 2020 after experiments showed that they could move, work together in groups and self-heal

cnn.com/2021/11/29/americas/xe

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Prosecutors have accused former President Donald Trump's ex-adviser Steve Bannon of attempting to try his criminal case through the media instead of in court and have asked a judge to limit what Bannon can release publicly throughout the case, according to a new filing in DC District Court.
cnn.com/2021/11/29/politics/de

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Mexican regulators approve $31B deal that could create Mexico-Canada-US railroad

Mexican regulators have approved Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion deal to acquire Kansas City Southern, which could create a railroad linking Mexico, Canada and the United States, The Associated Press reported.

thehill.com/policy/internation

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Hong Kong confirms two cases of virulent new COVID-19 variant, one of which travelled from Canada

thenationalpost

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New coronavirus variant detected in Belgium as Europe bans Southern Africa travel
in a sign that travel bans may prove futile, Belgium has already confirmed one case of the new variant.

politico.eu/article/von-der-le

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World Health Organization classifies new COVID-19 variant as highly transmissible virus of concern, names it "Omicron"

World Health Organization classifies new COVID-19 variant as highly transmissible virus of concern, names it "Omicron"
ByThe Associated Press
November 26, 2021, 6:10 PM
• 1 min read

GENEVA -- World Health Organization classifies new COVID-19 variant as highly transmissible virus of concern, names it "Omicron."

abcnews.go.com/International/w

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Afghan 'girl with the green eyes' from iconic 1985 National Geographic cover is given safe haven in Italy after fleeing the Taliban

'Afghan girl' Sharbat Gula was immortalised in National Geographic cover
She fled war in Afghanistan and was pictured in refugee camp aged 12
Gula later fled to Pakistan and lived their illegally but was deported back to Afghanistan in 2016
Italy has evacuated Gula from Taliban-run Afghanistan and given her safe haven

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Working in concert with five other countries, President Biden on Tuesday ordered the release of oil from the nation’s emergency stockpile as Americans face rising gas prices amid a jump in inflation ahead of the holiday season, according to senior administration officials.

The administration will tap into 50 million barrels of crude in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Britain, China, India, Japan and Korea will also open up their oil reserves
nytimes.com/live/2021/11/23/bu

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A deathbed confession may offer a breakthrough in the case of disappeared union boss Jimmy Hoffa, one of the 20th century’s most famous cold cases.

A worker at the former landfill in northern New Jersey said he helped bury Hoffa’s body underground in a steel drum at the site, according to The New York Times .
nationalpost.com/news/world/fb

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Rittenhouse Jury Is Said to Reach a Decision: Live Updates

Two people familiar with the proceedings say that the jury has reached a decision after deliberating three and a half days in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot three men, two of them fatally, during demonstrations in Kenosha, Wis.
nytimes.com/live/2021/11/19/us

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Covid Live Updates: U.S. Plans to Spend Billions to Increase Vaccine Supplies

The aim is to address overseas and domestic needs, and to prepare for future pandemics.
nytimes.com/live/2021/11/17/wo

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A newly developed antibody-based treatment and protein-based vaccine reduced Alzheimer’s symptoms in mouse models, researchers report.

A promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease—and also vaccinate against it—has been developed by a team of UK and German scientists.

Both the antibody-based treatment and the protein-based vaccine developed by the team reduced Alzheimer’s symptoms in mouse models of the disease.

neurosciencenews.com/alzheimer

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Nov 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Roman Catholic Bishops this week are expected to revisit whether President Joe Biden's support for abortion rights should disqualify him from receiving communion, an issue that has deepened rifts in the church since the Democrat took office.
reuters.com/world/us/us-bishop

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VIENNA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Austria is placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus on lockdown as of Monday to deal with a surge in infections to record levels, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said on Sunday.

news.trust.org/item/2021111411

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Steve Bannon knows exactly what he is doing. by David Frum
Does anyone still remember the Chicago Seven?

They were a disparate group of radicals—some who knew each other, some who didn’t—who went to the Democratic convention in Chicago in 1968 to spark trouble. Trouble did indeed erupt, although maybe not the exact trouble they had wanted. They were indicted and prosecuted. And then things went terribly wrong for the government.

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

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Speaking with CNN host Jim Acosta on Saturday afternoon, former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham revealed that former president Donald Trump actively encouraged his staffers to break the law as they saw fit because he would cover for them.
rawstory.com/donald-trump-law-

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