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When it comes to the best things to do in Vancouver, anyone who has visited will tell you all about its breathtaking natural beauty, from mountain escapes to the whale watching. They might be less likely, then, to mention that the city is also filled with incredible food, a diverse array of cultures, and (although this is perhaps not Canada’s most-walkable city) many neighborhoods and pockets that are best explored on foot. But that doesn’t make these all any less true: Vancouver is one of the rare places where you can grab some of the world’s best dim sum for…

Air Canada, the country’s largest airline, started suspending flights on Thursday morning ahead of a potential strike by its flight attendants.Hundreds of flights are expected to be cancelled by the end of the week if the flight attendants walk off their jobs as expected.Air Canada and the flight attendants’ union have struggled to agree upon a deal that would increase compensation for the airline workers.Here is what we know about the labour dispute and its potential consequences:What is happening to Air Canada?The Montreal-based airline has reached an impasse with the union representing more than 10,500 flight attendants in a dispute…

Actor Mrunal Thakur faced heavy backlash after an old video of her speaking about Bipasha Basu resurfaced online. The clip, seemingly from her early days in the industry, shows Mrunal in an interview claiming she was better than Bipasha. Her remarks about the Jism actor’s supposedly “manly” body also did not sit well with netizens. The Son of Sardaar 2 star on Thursday issued an apology, clarifying her side of the story. Mrunal took to her Instagram Stories to share a note, reflecting on her younger, more naive days and clarifying that she never intended to body-shame anyone. The note…

Protests started last year after deadly collapse of rail station roof, with President Vucic accused of corruption.Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Serbia, smashing windows of the governing party’s headquarters in the northern city of Novi Sad, where the country’s antigovernment revolt started more than nine months ago.The protesters came out in force for a third night on Thursday, following major clashes earlier in the week that saw dozens detained or injured, demanding that President Aleksandar Vucic call an early election.In Novi Sad, where a train station canopy collapsed last year, killing 16 people and creating public anger…

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with the David Kirkpatrick of The New Yorker about his investigation into how much the Trump family has profited from both presidencies.

Most sporting legends and highly rated coaches who visit India for professional stints or promotional activities invariably say that “India is a sleeping giant”. The underlying assumption is that the nation’s world-leading population of 1.46 billion — with a significant portion of that young — gives it a unique advantage to churn out sports stars like goods produced in an assembly line.The reality, however, is that this is true only in cricket and chess, and to an extent in shooting. India is a giant of the “gentlemen’s game” and also the sport’s financial nerve-centre. In chess, it has as many…

A free camp for low-income high schoolers aims to close the digital divide around AI know-how. Campers work on AI solutions to real-world environmental and medical challenges.

Presidents Trump and Putin will be landing to discuss a possible end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. A war that — at the moment — is not letting up. In fact, it’s seen in increase in drone warfare.

Corporate America doesn’t want to fight with President Trump in public. But as a result, it’s ceding him an unprecedented amount of control over the shape — and future — of U.S. business.

In 1947, if a child was born in India, the average life expectancy at birth, or the number of years a newborn would live, was a mere 32 years. In 2022, that rose significantly, to 70.19 in 2022, and is currently 72, just a year short of the world life expectancy, pegged at 73.4. Life expectancy is a key indicator of a population’s health, and is considered a valuable tool because it encapsulates both mortality rates and the impact of health conditions on the lifespan. This is the story of Indian health care in the past 80 years, one of slow,…