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As the Ford government moves to allow more public alcohol consumption, after expanding beer and wine sales and lowering some taxes, one group is imploring the province to redirect a portion of revenue to education and prevention. The Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network said it is worried about Ontario’s moves to enable more drinking, and wants to see a set portion of revenue from its sales go to education and care.“We are concerned about some of the recent policy changes in Ontario,” the group’s executive director, Kathy Unsworth, told Global News in an interview.“They are making alcohol more…

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WEIGHING TREATMENT CHOICESFor 53-year-old IT engineer Sankari Roy, the shift could be significant.After being diagnosed with high blood sugar, she considered weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. But at up to US$400 a month, the cost was prohibitive.Now, more affordable alternatives could provide her a new lifeline.“If I have like one or two doses, maybe it would help and I can see some quick benefit out of it,” she said, adding that she is weighing whether to begin treatment.But for Roy’s family, affordability is only part of the equation.Her son, Aarman, has reservations about the safety of these drugs.“You…

Freedom of the press around the world has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, according to the leading Paris-based press freedom NGO, Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders.Every year, RSF publishes a World Press Freedom Index used to compare the level of freedom enjoyed by journalists and media outlets in 180 countries. Its ranking uses a five-point scale to assess a country’s level of press freedom, ranging from “very serious” to “good”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listFor the first time since RSF started producing the index in 2002, more than half…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rick Jackson, a Republican gubernatorial hopeful in Georgia, is facing heat from critics calling him a “fraud” and claiming he lied during a debate earlier this week when the candidate struggled to answer whether he has illegal aliens working for him.”I don’t know,” Jackson replied when his fellow Republican frontrunner in the race, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, asked him point-blank whether he has any illegal aliens working for him. Jackson explained he was not directly involved in the hiring process in question, but he also said on the debate stage that anyone making…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former mixed martial arts fighter who founded an anti-violence nonprofit with a specific focus on gun crime was convicted of murder in the shooting death of another man in Colorado earlier this week.A jury found Lumumba Sayers, 47, guilty of second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and attempt to commit tampering with physical violence, according to a release from the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.Sayers will be sentenced on July 24. Sentencing guidelines in Colorado prescribe a 16-to-48-year prison sentence for second-degree murder. Mugshot of Lumumba Sayers after his arrest in connection…

FCC orders early review of ABC broadcast licenses after latest Trump-Kimmel clash – CBS News Watch CBS News The FCC has ordered an early review of the broadcast licenses for eight local stations owned by ABC. The move comes after President Trump and first lady Melania Trump demanded ABC fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Ed O’Keefe reports.

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BANGKOK: Thai authorities arrested a teenager at a Bangkok airport for allegedly smuggling 30 protected tortoises valued at about US$9,000 that were taped under her clothing, wildlife officials said Wednesday (Apr 30).Thailand is a major transit hub for wildlife smugglers who often sell highly prized endangered animals on the lucrative black market in Asia.Authorities became suspicious of the 19-year-old Taiwanese woman’s unusual movements as she prepared to board a flight to Taipei early Tuesday, Thailand’s wildlife conservation department said in a statement.A search at Suvarnabhumi airport’s departure terminal uncovered the Indian star tortoises – 29 alive and one dead -…

The deposed democratically elected leader has been granted two amnesties this month, but her remaining sentence remains unclear.Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has cut all prisoners’ sentences by one-sixth, a blanket measure that grants deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence a further ⁠reduction, according to a member of her legal team.Thursday’s measure comes to mark a public holiday, according to a statement published by the presidential office. Amnesties ⁠typically happen as Myanmar marks Independence Day in January and its New Year in April.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listMin Aung Hlaing, who…