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Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption The Senate passed the bill, with 52 votes in favour and 29 against Canada's parliament has passed a law legalising the recreational use of marijuana nationwide.The Cannabis Act passed its final hurdle on Tuesday in a 52-29 vote in the Senate. The bill controls and regulates how the drug can…
Make Aerospace Great Again — "It’s almost like, what are we watching? Is this fiction?" Eric Berger - Aug 16, 2019 2:20 am UTC Enlarge / President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally in Manchester on August 15, 2019 in Manchester, New Hampshire.On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump spoke at a MAGA rally…
Like Looking In A Mirror Only… Not — No specs, price, or release window yet. Coming sooner: Three new Vive Cosmos VR sets. Sam Machkovech - Feb 20, 2020 3:00 pm UTC Thanks to the cancellation of next week's scheduled Mobile World Congress, tech companies are beginning to come forward with their previously planned MWC…
Image copyright Shutterstock Image caption The Sun said it had not intended to "glorify" domestic violence in its interview with JK Rowling's former husband Jorge Arantes The Sun newspaper has faced a backlash from domestic abuse charities for an article in which JK Rowling's ex said "I'm not sorry" for slapping her.As part of a…
A glow about her — Director Marjane Satrapi's film is based on the 2010 graphic novel by Lauren Redniss. Jennifer Ouellette - Jul 28, 2020 10:45 am UTC Rosamund Pike stars as Marie Curie in the film Radioactive, now streaming on Amazon Prime.A resolute young woman in Paris in the 1890s sets the scientific world…
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China dumped a total of 200.7 million cubic meters of waste into its coastal waters in 2018, a 27% rise on the previous year and the highest level in at least a decade, the country’s environment ministry said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Workers clear garbage at the bank of Yangtze River in…
BRUMADINHO, Brazil (Reuters) - Firefighters on Sunday called for the evacuation of some 24,000 people from the Brazilian town hit by a deadly mudslide from a ruptured mining dam as rains added to concerns a second dam could collapse. A house is seen after a dam, owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA, burst in Brumadinho,…
Getty Images | Atomic ImageryAn Arizona state lawmaker has proposed a $20 fee on people who want to view online pornography in order to raise money for building a border wall between Arizona and Mexico. Arizona House Bill 2444, proposed last week by State Rep. Gail Griffin (R-Hereford), would require makers and distributors of Internet-connected…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption "Now is the time for dialogue," said Carles Puigdemont Catalonia's ousted leader, Carles Puigdemont, has called for new talks with Spain after separatist parties won a slim majority in a regional election.He said he wanted the negotiations in Brussels, where he is living in self-imposed exile, or another EU country.Spain's…
Chief concern — We compare to reveals from 2018, 2019, plus other first-party Xbox One fare. Sam Machkovech - Jul 24, 2020 12:16 pm UTC Enlarge / Does this fight between Master Chief and new character "the pilot" bear any resemblance to quarrels between Microsoft and Halo Infinite's development team?Xbox / 343 IndustriesOn Thursday, I…