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For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails Sign up for free breaking news emails Palmer Luckey, the creator of Oculus, created a virtual reality headset that deliberately kills people. Called ‘NerveGear’, the system aims to tightly connect people’s virtual lives with their real lives – ending both at the same time. If someone dies in a VR game or experience while wearing the headset, then they will be killed in real life at the same time, Mr Luckey said....

The ship, operated by Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping but owned by Idan Ofer, was attacked on Tuesday night, according to a defense official. United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, a British military agency that monitors shipping in the region, said it was “aware of one incident” which was “under investigation”. The ship was identified as the Pacific Zircon. According to shipping tracking website MarineTraffic, it was last seen off the coast of Liwa, Oman on Monday morning....

Dan Trivett told CTV News Toronto that he was involved in a collision in Mississauga on October 26. As a result, he spent three hours at Mount Sinai Hospital for a concussion evaluation before being sent home. However, shortly after he started making dinner, Trivett says he began to feel severe pain in his abdomen. “It felt like I was being stabbed with a knife and my ribs were being crushed,” he told CTV News Toronto....

Ottawa’s long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy will cast China as an increasingly disruptive global power, in a reversal of the government’s previous policy of avoiding confrontation with the world’s second-largest economy. Foreign Minister Melanie Joly he will outline the broad themes of the government’s new strategy in a major speech to be delivered in Toronto on Wednesday at the Asia Pacific Foundation and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy....

Several passengers on the flight, including military veterans and a former law enforcement officer, helped crew members subdue the man after landing, according to witnesses. The flight was en route to Tampa from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport when it diverted to Atlanta “after a passenger on the aircraft observed that he was in possession of a box cutter,” Frontier said in a statement. Bystander footage shows police escorting a passenger off a Frontier Airlines flight after it made an emergency landing at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Nov....

Vergälts Gott, und wir alle sind abgstummu heint. ♥️ (“Danke an alle, die abgestimmt haben” auf Walliserdeutsch) Es wurde entschieden, die Übersetzungen bleiben. Zumindest dort, wo sie Sinn machen. Einige der Kommentare allein wären Grund genug, dies zu tun. Zum Beispiel: DAS: Hinzu kommt, dass ein Fünftel der Community Übersetzungen benötigt: Vielen Dank an fast 12.000 Benutzer, die abgestimmt haben. Ich prüfe noch, ob Fading oder Fading möglich ist. Bis dahin, für die, die es nicht brauchen: Einfach weiterscrollen!...

Just outside Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, an impressive 3D billboard advertisement promoting the upcoming release of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet can be seen. With the games less than a week away from release, The Pokemon Company has ramped up its marketing efforts. This includes things like gameplay trailers and even a set of raffle prizes based on Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. One of the most impressive ads the company has released involves a 3D billboard that can be found in Japan....

Police in Moscow, Idaho, are asking the public to remain vigilant after providing new details about a quadruple homicide near the University of Idaho campus, including that two roommates were in the home where the students were killed at the time of the attack and at the door . of the house was open when police rushed to the scene. “We cannot say there is no threat to the community and as we have stated, please be vigilant, report any suspicious activity and be aware of your surroundings at all times,” Moscow Police Chief James Fry said during the during a press conference on Wednesday....

Φωτιά ξέσπασε σε δάσος κοντά στο Beelitz-Heilstätten (Potsdam-Mittelmark) το απόγευμα της Κυριακής. Αρχικά δεν ήταν σαφές πόσο μεγάλη ήταν η περιοχή της πυρκαγιάς, δήλωσε η Andrea Metzler, εκπρόσωπος της περιοχής rbb|24. Ωστόσο, η φωτιά είναι «εκτός ελέγχου», είπε. «Είναι μια φωτιά στην κορυφή του δέντρου, είναι εξαιρετικά επικίνδυνο». Οι κάτοικοι είχαν επιστήσει την προσοχή του rbb σε μια στήλη καπνού. Σύμφωνα με τον αξιωματικό δασοπυροπροστασίας της χώρας, οι υπηρεσίες έκτακτης ανάγκης είναι σε συναγερμό....

The city of Vernon can expand its fleet of electric vehicles — if it makes economic sense to do so. The city currently has one full-size truck, four cars, one UTV and six e-bikes. A report to be presented to the city council on Monday says electric trucks have not been added to the fleet due to a lack of availability. “The Ford dealer recently advised that there may be an opportunity to purchase up to two units of a fleet version of the Ford Lightning (electric version of the F150) in 2023 at an estimated cost of $75,000 per unit....

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title: “Railway Strike Pm Calls For Reasonable Compromise On Wages To End Dispute Bbc " ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-30” author: “Allen Gregory”

Competition for non-Russian fuel supplies is expected to be “fierce” as sanctions come into full force in the coming months, putting further pressure on already high prices. The cost of the fuel has risen 70% since last year, as disruptions to Russian supplies exacerbated shortages due to refinery shutdowns amid the pandemic. “Increased refinery capacity will ultimately help ease diesel tensions,” the IEA said in its monthly oil market outlook....

The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the past 28 years on Wednesday. Bill Clinton was president, Boyz II Men topped the charts, and Pulp Fiction continued to hit theaters last time the Fed raised interest rates by 75 basis points. But with inflation at a four-decade high, President Jerome Powell borrowed from Alan Greenspan’s playbook of the 1990s, announcing a new interest rate range between 1.50% and 1....

Officials are slow to respond or do not take the reported crimes seriously, he said when about 100 residents of the western New Brunswick community gathered at McAdam High School on Monday night to express their concerns to high-ranking law enforcement officials. “Once upon a time in this country … we could rely on the police to do the job, to find the culprit,” said resident Don Doherty. “And then we could rely on the judiciary to put the criminal in jail....

Missiles rained down on Ukrainian energy facilities on Thursday as Russian forces stepped up attacks in eastern Ukraine, bolstered by troops withdrawn from the southern city of Kherson, which Kyiv recaptured last week. Explosions rang out in cities including the capital Kyiv, the southern port of Odessa, the central city of Dnipro and the southeastern region of Zaporizhia. “Punishment for all Russian atrocities – both present and past – will be inevitable,” President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted, as news broke that a Dutch court had ruled that a passenger jet shot down over the eastern Ukraine in 2014 was hit by Russian-made....

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed a report that he had been taken to hospital with a heart condition, chiding Western journalists for what he said was false reporting. The Associated Press (AP) news agency, citing Indonesian officials, reported on Monday that Lavrov was taken to hospital after arriving on the island of Bali for the Group of 20 summit. The AP said Lavrov, 72, had been treated for a heart condition....