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Austin Wells loves to travel the world.But he doesn’t like long flights, jet lag or an unsettled routine.And that’s why, Wells, who is 28 and lives in San Diego, leased a residence on board a luxury boat that he will move into — and work remotely from — for at least three years as it sails around the world. It comes complete with medical services, a farmer’s market, private kitchens and an exercise center, along with 24-hour room service, a co-working space and spa.His room is on a mega cruise ship named the MV Narrative, made up of more than…

In the 73 minutes on Tuesday afternoon that it took for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and five other dignitaries to officially open the 15th global talks to save nature from human destruction, statistics suggest another 4,000 hectares of forest around the world was lost to that same force. It is the kind of damage the meeting is looking to stop as the world faces a biodiversity crisis that is risking human health, contributing to food insecurity and exacerbating climate change.“Nature is under threat,” Trudeau said at the opening ceremonies of COP15 in Montreal.“In fact, it’s under attack.”Over the next 14 days, negotiators…

A South Carolina man who had warned of a siege on the U.S. Capitol “if the electoral votes don’t go right” was sentenced to three years in prison in the Jan. 6 attack, prosecutors said Tuesday.George Amos Tenney III, 36, of Anderson, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in June to two federal counts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said.Tenney was among thousands of rioters who stormed into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and was the first rioter to open a set of doors to the Rotunda from inside, prosecutors said.The assault on the U.S.…

A B.C. stuntwoman is getting accolades for her extraordinary accomplishments, including work in the latest Marvel blockbuster. And no one is prouder than her mother, who has her own history in the business. The pair have been blazing a trail for Black women in the film industry.At this point, Maya Macatumpag-Murray has taken on just about every challenging stunt that comes her way.“I’ve been thrown off a bus, I’ve flipped off walls, I’ve fought and I’ve flown,” the stunt performer and actor told Global’s This is BC.It was the really hard knocks early in her career that were the big…

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not obligate Ottawa to repatriate Canadians held in Syrian camps, a government lawyer told a Federal Court hearing Tuesday. Family members of 23 detained Canadians — six women, four men and 13 children — are asking the court to order the government to arrange for their return, saying that refusing to do so violates the Charter.The Canadian citizens are among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn region from the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.Federal lawyer Anne Turley told the court there…

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a court order on Tuesday requiring major cigarette companies to display signs in retail stores, with corrective statements about the health effects and addictive nature of cigarettes.In a press release on Tuesday, the DOJ said the court order “resolves the government’s long-running civil racketeering lawsuit against the largest United States’ cigarette companies.” In 1999, the lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The trial took place between 2004-05, and the courts determined that the companies defrauded consumers about the dangers associated with smoking.TOBACCO USAGE AMONG TEENAGERS DOWN FROM 6 TO 3…

The Albanese government is seeking to get NSW and Queensland to implement a cap on the domestic coal price of $125 a tonne and is itself set to announce a cap on gas prices of $13 per gigajoule – in a bid to reduce power prices from a forecast 56 per cent increase contained in the October Federal Budget.Details of the proposed caps have been sent to the state governments overnight ahead of a national cabinet meeting to discuss the energy plan on Friday.The price of coal internationally is as high as $600 a tonne and has been sold to…

Sen. Joe Manchin’s legislation to spur oil and gas drilling was left out of the must-pass national defense bill after conservative Senate Republicans and progressive House Democrats raised objections. Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat who chairs the Senate Energy Committee, said the move would have serious and long-term consequences for American energy independence. “The American people will pay the steepest price for Washington once again failing to put common sense policy ahead of toxic tribal politics,” he said. “This is why the American people hate politics in Washington.” Democratic leaders were hoping to include the legislation, which overhauls permitting regulations for oil and…

Gabby Windey, Vinny Guadagnino. Shutterstock (2) So there’s a chance? Gabby Windey revealed that she is open to the “possibility” of dating Jersey Shore star — and her fellow Dancing With the Stars competitor — Vinny Guadagnino. “I think it’s a possibility. I don’t know, we’ll have to wait and see,” the former Bachelorette, 31, said of Guadagnino, 35, while on the red carpet at the People’s Choice Awards on Tuesday, December 6. “Gabby, tan, laundry,” she joked, referring to the MTV series’ famous “GTL” tagline, “Gym, tan, laundry.” While on the red carpet, Windey also revealed that she wasn’t…

Merseyside Police and Fire and Rescue crews attended the scene of the collision at May Duncan’s pub, evacuating pub-goers and closing off neighbouring roadsPolice have evacuated a pub in Everton after a BMW collided into the front of it. Liverpool Echo reported that Merseyside Police received reports that a black BMW had been driven into the front of May Duncan’s pub on Heyworth Street, on Tuesday, December 6. After receiving the call at around 8:22pm, officers attended the scene of the crash, alongside crews from Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, who helped evacuate the pub. Upon arrival, police officers promptly…