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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 23, 2022 2:30 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size -A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Alberta Premier Jason Kenney drew laughs and applause in one of his final speeches before he leaves the job in two weeks. Kenney, speaking to municipal leaders in Calgary on Friday, interrupted one burst of applause by saying the warmth clearly shows he’s not at one of his own United Conservative caucus meetings.Kenney also got a phone call at the podium, and let it go to voicemail, saying: “Sorry, Justin, I’ll call back later.”He joked…

Mixed doubles snooker is back in competition form for the first time in over two decades with the biggest names from the men’s and women’s game teaming up to go head-to-head this weekend.The 2022 World Mixed Doubles is an invitational event which will see the returns of Ronnie O’Sullivan, who has not played since July, and Neil Robertson who has not picked up his cue in front of a crowd since the World Championships.Judd Trump and Mark Selby are the other two men playing in the competition.British OpenBritish Open Trophy named after journalist Everton11 HOURS AGOTwelve-time world champion Reanne Evans…

Italians are fairly satisfied with the way Mario Draghi, the country’s outgoing technocratic prime minister, navigated the COVID-19 crisis, the war in Ukraine and the consequences both have had on the economy, but as he prepares to leave the Chigi Palace, his legacy appears quite fragile.According to a poll by the Centro Italiano Studi Elettorali released earlier this month, 62.4% of the country’s electorate view Draghi’s actions over the past 17 months positively.Yet pollsters also predict that the next government will be made up of a right-wing coalition led by the far-right, neo-fascist Brothers of Italy party that will also…

A new phishing-as-a-service offering on the dark web poses a threat to online accounts protected by multi-factor authentication, according to a blog posted Monday by an endpoint security company. Called EvilProxy, the service allows threat actors to launch phishing campaigns with the ability to bypass MFA at scale without the need to hack upstream services, Resecurity researchers noted in the blog. The service uses methods favored by APT and cyber espionage groups to compromise accounts protected by MFA. Such attacks have been discovered against Google and Microsoft customers who have MFA enabled on their accounts either via SMS text message…

Fiona strengthens into category 4 storm as it moves away from the Turks and Caicos Islands, the US National Hurricane Center says.Fiona has strengthened into a category 4 hurricane as it moves away from the Turks and Caicos Islands towards Bermuda, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The hurricane was about 1,215km (755 miles) southwest of Bermuda, packing maximum winds of 130mph (210km/h), the agency said on Wednesday. A category 4 hurricane is the second highest level on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Eric Blake, acting branch chief for the NHC in Miami, said Bermuda would see high surf, storm surges,…

Air strike on Sunday in Somalia’s Hiran region is the sixth so far this year, US Africa Command says on its website.The United States military has said it killed 27 al-Shabab fighters in Somalia’s central Hiran region, where the country’s army and allied forces have launched an offensive against the group in the last month. In a statement on Wednesday, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said it carried out an air strike against al-Shabab fighters who were attacking Somali military forces near the town of Buulobarde on September 18. AFRICOM said no civilians were injured in what was “the largest…

Words of wisdom! Christina Haack has opened up about motherhood time and time again, whether she’s gushing about her blended family or sharing tips on coparenting. The Flip or Flop alum married Tarek El Moussa in 2009, and the couple welcomed two kids together. Taylor arrived in 2010, followed by Brayden in 2015. Although the reality stars separated in May 2016 and finalized their divorce in January 2018, they continued to film their HGTV show together. “We’ve been doing this a really long time — it’s part of who we are and what we do,” El Moussa said on the Today…

There’s an 80% chance of the U.S. falling into a recession — much higher than previously predicted, according to Steve Hanke, a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University.According to CNBC’s September Fed survey of economists, fund managers and strategists, those surveyed said there’s a 52% chance that U.S. could enter into recession over the next 12 months.”The probability of recession, I think it’s much higher than 50% — I think it’s about 80%. Maybe even higher than 80%,” Hanke told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Friday.”If they continue the quantitative tightening and move that growth rate and M2…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida sheriff’s deputy working an overnight shift to provide safety at a construction zone was hit and killed by a worker operating a front end loader, officials said.Pinellas County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Hartwick had started his shift shortly before the incident happened late Thursday on Interstate 275, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said during a Friday morning news conference.Victor Vazquez-Real, 35, fled the scene, but was arrested early Friday, Gualtieri said.The sheriff said Hartwick had blocked the two inside southbound lanes of the interstate and was standing on the road’s shoulder when he was struck by the…

Researchers investigated the link between ‘bulking and cutting’ diets and mental health in adolescents and young adults. They found that ‘bulking and cutting’ is linked to a higher incidence of eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia. They conclude that their findings have important implications for clinical and public health efforts. Engaging in muscularity-oriented eating and weight-control behaviors is common among adolescents and young adults and varies according to gender. “Bulking and cutting” is a dietary technique in which individuals alternate between periods of high caloric surplus— ‘bulking’, and periods of caloric restriction—‘cutting’, to increase muscle definition.Until now, few studies have explored…