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Hollywood’s biggest celebrity divorce lawyer launches online DIY divorces for the masses

Hollywood’s most in-demand celebrity divorce lawyer has launched cut-price DIY marriage breakups for the masses on the internet. Laura Wasser, 50, represented Angelina Jolie in her divorce from Brad Pitt, and her other celebrity clients have included Johnny Depp, Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian, Melanie Griffith, Stevie Wonder, and the ex-wives of Mel Gibson and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In Hollywood, Miss […]

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British former soldier jailed on terrorism charges in Turkey flees bail to return home

A former British soldier jailed in Turkey for fighting Islamic State has fled his captors and arrived home in the UK, prompting fears of a diplomatic crisis. Joe Robinson, 25, has been reunited with his fiancee after fleeing Turkey while on bail. He was sentenced to seven and a half years in jail for fighting […]

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Canadians Who Want To Play Hardball With Trump Should Look At This Map

Canadians are in no mood to coddle Donald Trump. A new survey from Angus Reid finds 70 per cent of respondents want Ottawa to play hardball with the Trump administration in the growing trade dispute between our two countries. Only 30 per cent would like to take a “soft” approach in the hopes of placating […]

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QuakeCon Sale now live at Humble, features Prey, Skyrim, Dishonored and more

In case you’d not noticed it already, QuakeCon 2018 has kicked off as of today and from now until the end of the weekend, Humble is celebrating that very fact with a big ol’ sale range specifically on QuakeCon-centric games. There’s up to 75 per cent off the lot and a whole lot to choose […]

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Indonesia tsunami: Death toll rises to 373 amid fears Krakatoa could trigger another wave any time

Rescuers searched for more survivors and victims on debris-strewn beaches on Monday as Indonesia reeled from the second deadly tsunami to hit it this year. The waves that swept terrified people into the sea on Saturday night along the Sunda Strait followed an eruption and possible landslide on Anak Krakatau, whose name means "Child of Krakatoa and is one […]

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BP Canada Drilling Off Nova Scotia Coast Has 'Strict Conditions': Environment Minister Catherine McKenna

HALIFAX — Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna is defending BP Canada’s plans to drill a deep-water exploration well roughly 330 kilometres off the coast of Halifax. This comes one day after the oil and gas company was granted approval by the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB). McKenna touched on the issue […]

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How Viktor Orban’s citizenship offer in western Ukraine is threatening to unravel European unity over Russia

Timea Enyedi took her place by the blackboard in her second floor class room and asked her 14 year old pupils to open their textbooks. On the wall behind her, a poster bore the coat of arms and the blue and yellow colours of Ukraine. But the books, the language of instruction, and the portraits of […]

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Elizabeth May Calls Liberal Government's Kinder Morgan Deal 'Completely Insane'

Click:Ruby Scott OTTAWA — Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says the Liberals have “just lost every seat in B.C.” after the government announced Tuesday that it will buy Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The government’s decision to step in and build the pipeline is an act of “political desperation,” the Saanich—Gulf Islands MP […]

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Jim Balsillie Of BlackBerry Fame Warns Canada's Parliament About 'Surveillance Capitalism'

OTTAWA — Lawmakers delving into the Facebook data scandal heard calls Thursday for substantial regulatory upgrades to protect the privacy of Canadians — as well as a warning from Jim Balsillie about the democratic and economic risks posed by foreign companies motivated by “surveillance capitalism.” Speaking before a parliamentary committee, the former Research in Motion […]

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Things you only know when you have spent a year inside Trump’s press room

The essence of Donald Trump’s free-wheeling, mesmerising press conferences can be captured in the moment before he selects a question.  Eyes narrowing behind the podium, the US president more often than not raises the index finger of his right hand but then pauses, surveying the room.  Journalists push their hands into the air as high […]

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