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The miser, who was arrested on June 13, weighed nearly four meters from the muzzle to the tail and weighed just under 300 kilograms, according to a statement Monday from the Wonders of the Mekong, a Cambodian-US joint research project. The previous record for a freshwater fish was a 293-pound giant Mekong catfish, discovered in Thailand in 2005, the team said. The bobbin was grabbed by a local fisherman south of Stung Treng, in northeastern Cambodia....

Five people died in the landslide on November 15, 2021 — including parents Mirsad and Anita Hadsic. After a rare weekend away from their two-year-old daughter, the Hadsics were stuck in Vernon during the historic rain event. There was only one open road that could lead them back to their little girl, who lived with her grandmother in Metro Vancouver: Duffey Lake Road. “Obviously they would have preferred another route, but DriveBC told them that morning that the only road available to get back to the Lower Mainland was via Duffey Lake Road, so they went,” said Vancouver lawyer Robert Gibbens....

The list of best cities, limited to those with a population of more than one million, included Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver and Ottawa among the top 100, according to the World’s Best Cities report by Resonance Consultancy, a marketing consulting company based in B.C. Those behind the list said the ranking was determined by analyzing a wide range of factors that have historically shown positive correlations with attracting employment, investment and tourism....

Rail services are being severely disrupted this week as some 40,000 members of the network, who work for Network Rail and 13 train operators, voted for successive departures due to jobs, pay and conditions. Talks were held Wednesday between union and industry bosses in a bid to break the deadlock, but ended without an agreement. Mick Lynch, RMT’s secretary general, said: “Grant Shapps has disrupted these negotiations by preventing Network Rail from withdrawing its letter threatening the dismissal of 2,900 of our members....

With millions of votes still to be counted Wednesday across the nation’s most populous state, uncertainty remained for about a dozen of the state’s 52 House races. The most competitive of these races were in the Los Angeles area and the rural Central Valley. In Southern California, Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and Mike Levin were shut out in close races, despite President Joe Biden’s recent campaigning on their behalf. East of Los Angeles, Republican Rep....

Tom Brady is used to making history during his long and illustrious NFL career. And on Sunday, the 45-year-old set more historic marks from around the world. Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-16 at Allianz Arena in Germany, the NFL’s first regular season game in the country. With the win, Brady became the first quarterback to win an NFL game in three different countries outside the US....

The Council approved a 2022 operating budget in February with a $1.4 billion deficit on the assumption that it would receive additional funding from other levels of government. In a letter sent to both Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Wednesday, Tory says the deficit is now about $815 million. He emphasized that the shortfall is “directly and solely as a result of the effects of COVID-19....

Poilievre made the remarks in Vancouver while Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly was delivering a speech in Toronto about the release of the Liberal government’s upcoming Indo-Pacific strategy. “It is very troubling that the prime minister has known about allegations of foreign interference in Canadian elections since last January and has taken no action,” Poilievre said. “No foreign government should have any influence over our elections or our future. That should be in the hands of Canadians....

L’ancien président américain Donald Trump, dont on dit qu’il serait prêt à briguer à nouveau la Maison Blanche, déclarera mardi qu’il est “candidat à l’élection” en 2024, a confirmé vendredi l’un de ses proches conseillers. Le magnat de l’immobilier avait précédemment laissé entendre qu’il pourrait se présenter, promettant de faire une “grande annonce” depuis sa résidence en Floride, Mar-A-Lago – dont le contenu a été moins que suspensif ces derniers jours....

The Office for National Statistics said more than half a million days were lost to industrial disputes in August and September as annual wage growth failed to keep pace with the rising cost of living. In the latest snapshot of the labor market before Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers his autumn statement on Thursday, data suggest public sector workers are bearing the brunt of the cost of living due to much weaker wage growth than the wider economy....

Da kommt noch mehr. 11.53 Uhr: Berlin bietet Polen Luftraumsicherheitshilfe an Nach einem Raketeneinschlag in Polen nahe der ukrainischen Grenze bietet Deutschland dem Nachbarland Hilfe bei der Sicherung seines Luftraums an. Deutsche Eurofighter könnten “ab morgen” eingesetzt werden, “wenn Polen dies wünscht”, sagte ein Sprecher des Bundesverteidigungsministeriums am Mittwoch in Berlin. Die Jets müssten dafür nicht nach Polen geflogen werden, sondern könnten von deutschen Luftwaffenstützpunkten abgehoben werden. Das Ministerium stehe bereits in Kontakt mit der polnischen Seite, sagte der Sprecher....

Der ukrainische Staatschef kündigte an, „jeder Mörder“ werde „gefunden und vor Gericht gestellt“. 400 russische „Kriegsverbrechen“ seien dokumentiert worden, fügte er hinzu. Ob sich diese Zahl allein auf die Region Cherson bezog, sagte er nicht. Lesen Sie auch Rund neun Monate nach Beginn des Krieges hatte Moskau angesichts der Fortschritte der ukrainischen Gegenoffensive den Rückzug aus der ukrainischen Stadt Cherson und dem Norden der gleichnamigen Region angeordnet. Am Freitag hatte die russische Armee die Regionalhauptstadt vollständig geräumt....

Andrii Kolesnyk and Kseniia Drahanyuk both beam with excitement as they bend over a box. They are about to unpack Ukraine’s first military uniform for pregnant women, which they recently ordered after being contacted by a pregnant sniper. The young couple, both TV journalists before the start of the war, are now fully committed to their independent NGO, ‘Zemlyachki’ or ‘Compatriots’, which supplies vital items for women in the armed forces....

Police and ambulance crews are at King’s Dock on The Strand on the Liverpool waterfront. A witness told ECHO that there were a total of at least eight emergency vehicles, including ambulances, police and paramedics. We will bring you the latest updates, photos and videos for this breaking news. For the latest news and breaking news, visit liverpoolecho.co.uk/news Get all the great titles, pictures, analysis, opinions and videos for the stories that matter to you....

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herchel Walker entered a tight race in Georgia on Tuesday night as election officials continued to count ballots in the state that determined party control of the Senate nearly two years ago and could it does so again in these intervening antiquities. The question is whether a candidate can win the contest outright or will it go to a runoff on December 6....

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“Now that we are together again here in Cambodia, I look forward to making even more progress than we have already made, and I want to thank the Prime Minister of Colombia for his leadership as ASEAN chair and for hosting us all. ” Biden said during a meeting with his counterparts at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Phnom Penh. He was referring to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who currently chairs the 10-member regional bloc....