Canada judge halts medically assisted death of woman in rare injunction

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Court order blocks Vancouver physician Ellen Wiebe from euthanizing Alberta resident due to lack of physical ailment

A British Columbia judge has issued a rare, last-minute injunction barring a woman from accessing euthanasia after physicians in her home province refused to approve the request.

The injunction, granted to the woman’s common law partner, blocks the Vancouver physician Ellen Wiebe, or any other medical professional, from “causing the death” of an Alberta woman within the next 30 days.

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London Cops Sniff Out $390,000 Artisanal Cheddar Cheese Thieves – The Daily Beast

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  1. London Cops Sniff Out $390,000 Artisanal Cheddar Cheese Thieves  The Daily Beast
  2. 'Grate cheese robbery': Man arrested after 24 tons of cheddar totaling $390,000 is stolen in London  NBC News
  3. Man arrested over theft of 22 tonnes of cheese from Neal’s Yard Dairy  The Guardian
  4. That’s a Lot of Cheddar: Scammers Steal $390,000 of British Cheese  The New York Times
  5. Imposters stole thousands of pounds of posh cheddar, rattling the U.K. cheese world  NPR
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Israel’s wars with Iran-backed groups grind on with rockets killing 7 in Israel, IDF airstrikes in Syria – CBS News

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  1. Israel's wars with Iran-backed groups grind on with rockets killing 7 in Israel, IDF airstrikes in Syria  CBS News
  2. Series of rocket fires from Lebanon kill 7 including 4 Thai workers in northern Israel  The Indian Express
  3. Thailand says four nationals killed near Israel-Lebanon border  Reuters.com
  4. Israel says another rocket barrage from Lebanon kills 2 in Israel hours after 5 were killed  NBC News
  5. Rocket fire from Lebanon kills 7 in Israel as US officials try to push for cease-fires  The Associated Press
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Did we just witness Georgia go from dream to nightmare? – Euronews

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  1. Did we just witness Georgia go from dream to nightmare?  Euronews
  2. US pollster Edison says Georgia election results suggest 'manipulation'  Reuters
  3. Georgia’s ruling party crushes the country’s European dream  The Economist
  4. Georgia’s elections marred by an uneven playing field, pressure and tension, but voters were offered a wide choice: international observers  OSCE
  5. In Georgia, Vote-Rigging Claims Leave Nation Deeply Split  Jacobin magazine
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Almost two dozen countries at high risk of acute hunger, UN report reveals

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Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Palestine and Haiti rated at level of highest concern in latest six-monthly analysis

Acute food insecurity is expected to worsen in war-stricken Sudan and nearly two dozen other countries and territories in the next six months, largely as a result of conflict and violence, an analysis by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme has found.

The latest edition of the twice-yearly Hunger Hotspots report, published on Thursday, provides early warnings on food crises and situations around the world where food insecurity is likely to worsen, with a focus on the most severe and deteriorating situations of acute hunger.

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Europeans Told to Stockpile Food in Case of War With Russia – Newsweek

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  1. Europeans Told to Stockpile Food in Case of War With Russia  Newsweek
  2. Create a CIA-style European spy service, von der Leyen is told  POLITICO Europe
  3. EU Urged to Create Intelligence Body to Counter External Threats  Bloomberg
  4. EU should spend 20% of budget on security and climate disasters, report says  Financial Times
  5. EU urgently needs to act on defence, says landmark report  Euronews
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How will the outcome of the US election affect Australia, Aukus and our region?

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Australia’s future is closely tied to the future occupant of the White House. What impacts could a Kamala Harris or Donald Trump presidency have?

More people have gone to a ballot box in 2024 than in any other year in human history. Billions have cast votes across scores of countries, including some of the largest, most powerful democracies on Earth.

But America’s remains the world’s global election, the most forensically examined, the most consequential all over the world. America matters.

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