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The Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader, celebrates 88th birthday

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:59 GMT

DHARMSALA, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama celebrated his 88th birthday on Thursday, as hundreds of his supporters and exiled Tibetans thronged his hillside Indian headquarters in Dharamsala.Artists played traditional welcome tunes as the Tibetan spiritual leader arrived in his open mobile van to preside over the celebrations in the courtyard of the Tsuglakhang Temple, which was festooned with Tibetan and Buddhist flags and portraits.“We are celebrating my 88th birthday but look at me, I look barely 50,” the Dalai Lama said, smiling.He has made the hillside town of Dharmsala his headquarters since fleeing from Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959. India considers Tibet to be part of China, though it hosts Tibetan exiles.The Dalai Lama denies being a separatist and says he only advocates substantial autonomy and protection of Tibet’s native Buddhist culture.In April, the Dalai Lama faced widespread criticism after a video circulated online showed him kissing a young...

New Brunswick holding onto $41 million in security deposits from tenants

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:59 GMT

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government has amassed nearly $41 million in security deposits collected from residential tenants in a practice that is unique in Canada and that critics say needs to change.The latest annual report from Service New Brunswick showed security deposits sitting at $40.9 million for the 2021-22 fiscal year, up from $36.4 million a year earlier. It is unclear from the numbers how much of the total came from people who had moved out and were entitled to get their deposits back.Under provincial law, a landlord can require a deposit of up to one month’s rent to cover possible damage caused by the tenant. Amendments introduced in 1983 dictated that the province would oversee the collected deposits.Nichola Taylor, chair of the New Brunswick branch of housing rights group ACORN, called the province’s practice of holding onto the security deposits problematic. She said the process of recovering a security deposit is overly complicated, which could exp...

Warnings remain from coast to coast as parts of Canada swelter under heat wave

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:59 GMT

TORONTO — Several parts of Canada continue to swelter under intense heat, prompting weather alerts.Southern parts of Ontario and Quebec are entering the third day of a multi-day heat event that Environment Canada has warned could see temperatures reach highs near 40 degrees Celsius when humidity is factored in.The weather agency says temperatures are expected to taper off in those regions by several degrees on Friday, while northern Ontario will see relief starting today.A heat warning is also in effect in British Columbia, from the north to central coast and in the Fraser Canyon area east of Vancouver, where daytime highs between 30 and 35 degrees Celsius are expected through Sunday.A similar warning is in place for the Fort Liard and Fort Providence regions of the Northwest Territories, where temperatures are expected to rise to low 30s by Friday or Saturday and into next week.On the East Coast, Environment Canada says a period of similarly hot temperatures is expected to start to...

Canada, U.S., Mexico gather in Cancun to talk North American trade irritants

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:59 GMT

WASHINGTON — North America’s trading partners are in Cancun for two days of meetings to take stock of the last three years under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. International Trade Minister Mary Ng is sitting down with U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Raquel Buenrostro, Mexico’s economy secretary — the “three amigas,” as Ng calls them. Tai’s office says the U.S. exported nearly US$790 billion in goods and services under the trade deal in 2022, 31 per cent more than in 2012. The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates North American exports supported some 2.1 million jobs in 2021. All three sides will likely be thinking about the agreement’s six-year review clause, which requires a comprehensive assessment of the deal by June 2026. But Ng says rather than hearing a ticking clock, she hopes both Mexico and the U.S. seize their chance to ensure the deal survives well into the future. The USMCA, known in Canada as CUSMA, is “the most ...

Daily horoscope for July 6, 2023

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:59 GMT

Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or important decisions from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT today (6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Aquarius into Pisces.Happy Birthday for Thursday, July 6, 2023:You are optimistic and enthusiastic. You radiate energy. You are reliable, dedicated and passionate about what you believe. This is a slower-paced year; time to rest. Do what you can to rejuvenate your energy. Search for relationships that are supportive and bring you happiness.ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★Today your home routine might be interrupted by something unexpected. It could entail a home repair. Family news might surprise you. Possibly a relative will make a surprising suggestion. Stock the fridge so that you’re ready for anything. Tonight: Stay positive.TAURUS(April 20-May 20) ★★★Today has a lot of electrical energy floating around in the air — you can feel it. This is why you might impulsively change plans. You might suddenly take a short trip or cancel one...

Miss Manners: I was smacked down for complaining about the gauche bachelor party

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:59 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I received an invitation to a bachelor party that is being held on a weekend cruise. The guests are responsible for paying for their own cruise reservations, which cost $400 per person.Related ArticlesAdvice | Miss Manners: I say this young man is rude. My daughter says I’m the problem. Advice | Miss Manners: I just learned this rule about the anthem. Have I been wrong for 40 years? Advice | Miss Manners: My husband bristles when my eyes stray to what he’s reading Advice | Miss Manners: I was dinged on my job review, and I think it was for my bathroom bluntness Advice | Miss Manners: I want to ditch a wedding planner who is proposing horrifying activities I confided in a family member that I thought it was rather gauche for a couple in their 50s, who live together, to have a bachelor party at all, and that it seemed completely outrageous to plan an extravagantly expensive p...

Dear Abby: I want a relationship with her, but she doesn’t know she’s my sister

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:59 GMT

DEAR ABBY: I’m 36 years old and married with three children. I have two siblings I have a good relationship with.The problem is we have a half-sister two years younger than I am who doesn’t know we exist.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby: I need to practice not insulting the men who ask me out Advice | Dear Abby: His first wife was a ‘fox,’ and I am apparently not Advice | Dear Abby: My husband does whatever he wants and lies all the time. Should I stay? Advice | Dear Abby: I’m mortified that my husband hung a Green Book by our phone Advice | Dear Abby: I just found out what happens at home when I’m on the night shift When my parents were married, my father had an affair with a married woman, and they conceived my half-sister. My parents ultimately divorced. My father’s mistress went back to her husband, and they remain married to this day.My half-sister was nev...

71-year-old woman killed in Montgomery Co. bus stop crash

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:59 GMT

Detectives in Montgomery County, Maryland, are investigating a deadly pedestrian collision at a bus stop shelter that left a 71-year-old woman was dead.Takoma Park police said officers and Fire Rescue personnel responded to a collision in the area of New Hampshire Avenue and Glenside Drive on July 3 at about 12 a.m., Montgomery County police said.A gray 2006 Nissan Pathfinder was traveling south on New Hampshire Avenue when it left the road, drove through a bus stop shelter and came to a stop in a wooded area, according to a news release. Police said he driver remained on the scene.Officers located an injured woman who was pronounced dead on the scene. She was identified as Christina E. Thomas, 71, of an unconfirmed address. It is unknown whether she was at the bus stop or elsewhere at the time she was struck by the vehicle.Montgomery County police detectives are asking anyone with information about this crash to call them at 240-773-6620.A map of the area is below. S...

Power ballads echo across Tysons as Night Ranger rocks Capital One Hall

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:59 GMT

Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley previews Night Ranger at Capital One Hall (Part 1) $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); If you’re “motorin'” around the Beltway this weekend and you wind down your car window, you just might hear the sound of power ballads echoing across Tysons, Virginia.Night Ranger will rock Capital One Hall on Friday, ...

Yevgeny Prigozhin, jefe del grupo Wagner, está en San Petersburgo, Rusia, según Lukashenko

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:59 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente de Belarús, Aleksandr Lukashenko, le dijo a Matthew Chance de CNN que el jefe del mercenario grupo Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, se encuentra actualmente en San Petersburgo, Rusia. Las declaraciones las hizo durante una rueda de prensa con medios de comunicación internacionales en Minsk.La última información que se sabía sobre Prigozhin se dio después de la fallida insurrección del grupo Wagner en junio, cuando Lukashenko dijo que el líder de grupo Wagner estaba en Belarús, días después de que la insurrección militar de 36 horas de los mercenarios planteó un desafío sin precedentes a la autoridad del liderazgo de Rusia.Surgen interrogantes sobre el general ruso Surovikin y Prigozhin, tras la breve insurrección de WagnerA Prigozhin no se le ha visto en ningún video o foto desde que abandonó el cuartel militar de Rostov-on-Don después de la fallida insurrección.Para ese entonces, las preguntas sobre el paradero de Prigozhin habían estado dando vueltas durante ...