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“I wish there were a painless way. There isn’t.”Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell said this to reporters when the central bank raised US rates this week, and markets are listening. The dollar’s ensuing strength has contributed to the pound getting crushed, along with all that other stuff. And after at least six additional central-bank rate increases (plus a Japanese currency intervention that likely involved selling the dollar to buy yen) the pain is even spreading to US large-cap equity indices, down more than 2 per cent at pixel.Or, as Bank of America puts it: “This is going to hurt.” Ouch.…

A senior Meta executive told a British inquest the company had allowed “graphic” images of self-harm on its Instagram site at the time a teenager died by suicide because it wanted to enable users to “cry for help”.Molly Russell from Harrow, London, died in November 2017 after viewing a large volume of posts on sites such as Meta-owned Instagram, and Pinterest, related to anxiety, depression, suicide and self-harm.Meta’s head of health and wellbeing policy, Elizabeth Lagone, told the North London coroner’s court on Friday that graphic images Instagram allowed users to share at the time of Russell’s death, could have…

Annemiek van Vleuten will ride in the women’s road race at the Road World Championships despite fracturing her elbow.In a shocking crash, Van Vleuten says her front tyre exploded in Wednesday’s mixed team trial which saw her suddenly veer across the road and into the barrier.AdShe managed to ride with her team-mates in training in Thursday and after a further medical examination on Friday, the Dutch national team have confirmed she will take to the start line in Wollongang.World ChampionshipsRider ratings: Kopecky the rider to beat in women’s road race in Wollongong12 HOURS AGO”Very nice news from Wollongong: Annemiek van…

Miffy the bunny’s first trip was one of necessity. When his owner Sami Chen relocated to New York from Taiwan in 2018, she couldn’t bear to leave her fluffy companion behind.Once she was settled, Miffy followed with a pet travel company.“He came here by himself and he was really brave,” says Sami, who works as a classical pianist and fashion designer.Miffy’s 25-year-old owner hadn’t planned on gaining a new travel buddy. “Bunnies are usually very tense in new environments. They get stressed out easily…it’s really hard for them to trust humans,” she says.But after spending an extended time in a…

In the small Acadian community of Petit-de-Grat on Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island, fishermen were busy dry-docking their boats or attempting to lash them tightly to wharf as hurricane Fiona approached Friday. At Samsons Enterprises boatyard, Jordan David was helping his friend Kyle Boudreau tie down Boudreau’s lobster boat “Bad Influence” in hopes it wouldn’t be lifted and broken by winds that are forecast to reach up to 145 km/h.“We’re trying to make the boats as safe as they can be. We’re trying to help each other out,” said David as the rain pelted down and they lashed the boat…

Advances in technology are spreading through law enforcement centers nationwide to help police departments better solve crimes and protect public safety. In this regard, law enforcement agencies are defined by some of the same gadgetry that is revolutionizing big business. Technological advancement is driving reforms in neighborhood policing strategies and crime-fighting tactics. Some of these high-tech advancements have generated public and political concerns about privacy infringements and police behavior. Typically, any change in government, school, and public policing operations confront challenges, doubts, and questions. Businesses, too, are often slow to adopt technological upgrades for some of the same factors, including…

Italy is readying itself for a snap general election on Sunday, 25 September. Here we explain how Italian elections work, who are the main parties and candidates and what the likely outcome will be. Why is Italy holding a snap election?Italy’s upcoming set of general elections was originally slated for next spring. So why have politicians been battling this summer’s torrid temperatures to campaign for votes?It was sparked by the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi on 21 July and the collapse of his big-tent coalition government, which included leftist, right-wing and centrist parties. Draghi came to power after another coalition — headed by the lawyer…

From: WitnessLaw students from across Africa travel to Botswana to take part in the biggest mock court competition on the continent.For one week, aspiring lawyers gather for the annual African Human Rights Moot Court Competition. Competitors represent the top law schools from their respective nations as they debate a new issue each year. In Gaborone, Botswana, the focus is on the rights of refugees. Arguments are judged by practising lawyers. The competition for African Moot is fierce as the rising stars learn what it means to fight for their cause, country and continent. A film by Shameela Seedat Read the…

Authorities say three children are among those killed south of San Salvador in landslides triggered by heavy rainfall.At least seven people have been killed in El Salvador, officials said, after heavy rains triggered landslides south of the capital. Two adults and three children were killed when a landslide buried their house in the municipality of Huizucar, approximately 17km (10 miles) south of San Salvador, the country’s civil protection agency said on Thursday. Authorities also said two people died and a child was injured after a landslide covered a house in the nearby town of Panchimalco. “We had an incident in…

They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky — and coming to Netflix. Tim Burton is directing a new Addams Family spinoff series about Wednesday Addams, appropriately titled Wednesday. The streaming service announced the series in February 2021 and revealed the first look at the show’s artwork, which showed a silhouetted Wednesday playing the cello with a large knife instead of a bow. Few other details about the eight-episode series have been released, but given Burton’s affection for horror-inspired, goth-tinged aesthetics, he and the Addamses should be a great fit. The director, who will make his first foray into television…