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The Doctor is in! Make that Doctors since Doctor Who season 14 seems to be jam-packed with new and familiar faces — including former star David Tennant. The long-running BBC America show will end Jodie Whittaker‘s tenure as the time-traveling hero (a role she took over from Peter Capaldi in 2018) in October 2022. She and showrunner Chris Chibnall will leave Doctor Who together, making way for a new cast and a returning showrunner in season 14. Sex Education actor Ncuti Gatwa has been announced as the 14th incarnation of the Doctor. The 29-year-old is only a few years older…

Royally kind! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have always been proponents of helping their fellow man. Charity has played a huge part in their relationship, both while they were senior members of the British royal family and since they announced their decision to step back in January 2020. Harry organized the first-ever Invictus Games in 2014, two years before he and the Suits alum met, with the goal of raising money to support wounded, injured or sick veterans while also allowing them to compete in various Paralympic-style sporting events. In addition to raising funds, the Duke of Sussex hoped the…

The Seattle Mariners came back from a seven-run deficit and beat Toronto 10-9 in a wild Game 2 on Saturday to eliminate the Blue Jays from the post-season. Cal Raleigh doubled off Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano in the ninth inning and scored the go-ahead run when Adam Frazier lashed a two-out double into the right-field corner.George Kirby earned the save as Seattle completed a sweep of the best-of-three wild-card series in front of a stunned sellout crowd at Rogers Centre.Teoscar Hernandez hit two homers to help power the Blue Jays to an 8-1 lead after five innings. But Carlos…

Indonesia plans to list a unit of its government-run oil group Pertamina this year, stepping up a partial privatisation push as part of reforms to its $606bn state-owned enterprise sector. The initial public offering of Pertamina Geothermal Energy, which uses seismic heat to generate electricity in the volcano-studded archipelago, could value the company at up to $2bn depending on market conditions, people familiar with the matter said.State-owned enterprises minister Erick Thohir said the offering would spearhead other capital raisings and strategic partnerships planned for government-controlled companies, including Pertamina’s exploration and production arm Pertamina Hulu Energi.“This is the first time one…

Top U.S. officials held their first in person meeting with the Taliban since a U.S. military strike killed the leader of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan in July. The Biden administration sent CIA deputy director David Cohen to the Qatari capital of Doha on Saturday to meet with a Taliban delegation led by Abdul Haq Wasiq, the Taliban’s head of intelligence, Fox News has confirmed.The meeting marks the first time the two sides have met in person since a U.S. drone strike this summer killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in the Taliban controlled Afghanistan capital of Kabul raising questions about the…

One person died and three others were injured in a shooting in downtown Merced, California, early Saturday, police said.The shooting was reported at 3:12 a.m. at a parking garage across the street from City Hall and a few blocks from police headquarters, Merced police said in a statement.Arriving officers discovered four victims, the department said. One died and the others were wounded. The extent of the injuries and the patients’ conditions were not available.The department did not say if there was a description of the shooter or shooters.Additional details, including the motive for the attack, were under investigation, police said.The…

French President Emmanuel Macron criticized President Biden’s comments warning of “Armageddon” as Russia invokes the potential for using nuclear weapons.Biden made the comments during a speech to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Thursday night, stating that Russian President Vladimir Putin isn’t joking when it comes to using weapons of mass destruction.”[Putin was] not joking when he talks about the use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons,” Biden said. “We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis.”Responding to Biden’s comments while at the European Union summit in Prague on Friday,…

President Mohamud has launched a campaign against the al-Qaeda-linked group during the struggle for stability.Somalia’s government has declared a crackdown on media organisations that publish what it deems propaganda for the armed group al-Shabab, warning offenders will be punished. The armed forces, backed by local militias and international allies, have waged an aggressive campaign against the al-Qaeda-linked group. “I want to inform the Somali media and all Somali people in general that we will regard all al-Shabab related propaganda coverage – including their terrorist acts and their ideology – as punishable crimes,” Deputy Minister for Information, Culture and Tourism Abdirahman…

First lady Jill Biden told a story on Friday recounting a situation when she assisted her friend in the aftermath of an abortion in Pennsylvania when the procedure was illegal in the late 1960s and accused Republicans of wanting to go “back to that time.”Biden, speaking at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Women’s Lunch and Issues Conference, told the story of how when she was 17 when one of her friends got pregnant in the late 1960s. The two lived in Pennsylvania, where abortion was illegal. “To end the pregnancy, she told me that her only recourse was to undergo a…

By Andrew Benson Global News Posted October 8, 2022 7:00 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size -A Larger font Increase article font size A+ As families fill up on turkey Monday, Saskatchewan will be on holiday. As part of the long weekend, many businesses and services in Saskatoon and Regina will have thanksgiving off, while others will be keeping their doors open with thanksgiving hours.Here are some open and closed city services and businesses on Oct. 10 across Saskatchewan:SaskatoonOpen:Fixed route and Access Transit will operate holiday hours on Oct. 10Saskatoon Field house – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Harry Bailey…