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Air Canada and the union representing 10,000 striking flight attendants resumed talks late Monday in Toronto, their first meeting since crews walked off the job over the weekend in a dispute over pay and unpaid work. The strike has entered its fourth day, forcing the cancellation of 700 daily flights and leaving about 130,000 travelers a day stranded at the peak of the summer season. Airline staff demand pay for ground work The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said discussions began with mediator William Kaplan but vowed flight attendants would not return to work until Air Canada addresses wages…

After nine months of relatively peaceful protests, Serbia’s streets are beginning to resemble a state of war, with the offices of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) vandalized. Clashes between demonstrators and police with batons, tear gas, smoke bombs and flares, repeat night after night across the country. Neda Vrebac, from the citizens’ assemblies in Novi Sad, has been on the streets for months. She says people are furious and that the violence on the streets is merely a reaction to the regime’s violence. “We went unarmed against bayonets,” Vrebac told DW. “I feel, personally, as do other citizens who regularly attend protests, very…

The words “skibidi,” “delulu”, and “tradwife” are coming to a dictionary near you. These are among the latest Cambridge Dictionary additions of more than 6,000 new words and phrases over the past year, the publisher of the world’s largest online dictionary said on Monday. These new inductions into the dictionary reflect how shifting online culture impacts everyday speech. ‘Internet culture changing English language’ Among the new entries are Gen Z and Gen Alpha terms such as “skibidi,” a nonsense word popularized by the viral YouTube series Skibidi Toilet, “delulu,” short for delusional, and “tradwife,” which describes women who embrace traditional gender…

Israel’s government has remained notably silent over Norway’s decision on August 11 to partially divest investments in several Israeli companies, triggered by ethical concerns over the war in Gaza. Norway’s $2 trillion (€1.71 trillion) sovereign wealth fund said it would withdraw investments from 11 firms linked to Israel and terminate contracts with asset managers operating in the country. The fund launched an urgent review after media reports that it had invested in a firm that makes parts for Israeli military fighter jets. While Israel’s media labeled Norway’s move “deeply troubling” and “politically motivated,” some analysts think Israeli officials are deliberately keeping a low profile for fear of emboldening the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions…

Zero. That is the number of people killed in traffic accidents in Helsinki, Finland, during the last year. Other cities have achieved this feat, such as the Norwegian capital, Oslo, in 2019. However, Helsinki, which has almost 690,000 people, is among the largest cities to do so. Its most recent traffic fatality was in July 2024.  The Finnish capital’s road toll has been substantially lower than that of other European capitals, both in absolute terms and per capita.  It recorded four traffic fatalities in 2024, 0.59 per 100,000 inhabitants, until early July. By comparison, Berlin recorded 1.45 per 100,000 and London 110. Oslo, which is only…

Skip next section Trump says Zelenskyy can decide to end war08/18/2025August 18, 2025Trump says Zelenskyy can decide to end warUS President Donald Trump said late Sunday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy could decide to end the war with Russia “almost immediately.” “President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, on the eve of a White House meeting with the Ukrainian president and European leaders. Trump seemed to indicate that Zelenskyy should give up retaking Crimea, which Russia has illegally occupied, and…

Early exit polls late Sunday showed that Bolivia’s presidential race will likely go into a second round, with the ruling leftist party headed to its worst electoral defeat in a generation. Dark horse centrist senator Rodrigo Paz was the surprise leader with over 32% of the vote, according to projections based on partial results by Ipsos and Captura polling firms. Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, a right-wing former president who briefly led the country in 2001, was second with around 26%. Business tycoon Samuel Doria Medina was projected to be in first place in pre-election polls, but he was relegated to third. Meanwhile,…

One in three adults report some sort of insomnia and around half of those say it disrupts their functioning during the day. It only gets worse in summer. Heatwaves substantially disrupt sleep quality — studies show that even short heatwaves lasting one or two days can reduce sleep duration by more than an hour each night. Heat reduces sleep quality and duration by interfering with the body’s natural cooling process, which is crucial for initiating and maintaining sleep. That’s why keeping your bedroom cool during the day with shades and fans can do wonders for sleep quality. That, and having a…

In 2016, a Danish pension fund had a change of heart that is rare in the financial sector. At the time, AkademikerPension had $1 billion (then around €904 million) in investments in what were considered the safe financial havens of oil giants like ExxonMobil, Shell and BP. But as global temperatures continued to rise, that didn’t sit right with the company board. Members studied different climate scenarios available at the time and saw that continued investment in fossil energy was not going to make financial sense in the long term. “That was really the main conclusion for us driving our decision…

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey announced Saturday that he is deploying 300 to 400 National Guard troops to Washington, DC. “West Virginia is proud to stand with President Trump in his effort to restore pride and beauty to our nation’s capital,” Morrisey said in a statement.  The deployment is part of the Trump administration’s effort to crack down on crime and homelessness. Maj. Gen. James Seward, West Virginia’s adjutant general, said that members of the state’s National Guard “stand ready to support our partners in the National Capital Region and contribute to the collective effort of making our nation’s capital…