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Tensions Rise at Eurasian Economic Union Meeting as Leaders Clash Over Diplomatic RelationsA Toronto social service agency is suing the Ontario government, claiming its new legislation restricting overdose prevention sites violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. “We are challenging the act,” said Bill Sinclair, CEO of the Neighbourhood Group Community Services, which initiated the lawsuit, during a press conference Tuesday afternoon at 91 Bellevue Ave. in Kensington Market. He added that removing the sites will “deprive people of lifesaving care.” The Community Care and Recovery Act, passed by the Ontario Legislature last week, is set to come into effect on March 31, 2025. The legislation introduces new zoning restrictions that require existing consumption treatment service sites — commonly known as supervised injection sites — to be located at least 200 metres from schools and daycare centres. As a result, 10 of the province’s current sites will be forced to close, including five in Toronto. The NGCS’s Kensington Market overdose prevention site, which is the only self-funded site affected by the new regulations, will be among those shut down. The agency argues that the legislation unlawfully limits access to critical harm reduction services, jeopardizing public health and violating the Charter-protected rights to life, liberty, and security. The lawsuit contends that the legislation exposes vulnerable Ontarians to increased risks of death and disease. The lawsuit, filed to the Superior Court of Justice on Dec. 9, further claims that the act unlawfully limits access to these critical services that have proven to save lives and reduce the spread of infectious diseases. According to the lawsuit, between 2020 and 2024, Ontario’s supervised consumption sites served 178,253 people, reversed 21,979 overdoses, and made more than 500,000 referrals for substance use treatment. The legal challenge also argues that the Community Care and Recovery Act violates the Charter by denying access to services that save lives. The lawsuit further contends that the act imposes cruel and unusual punishment under Section 12 of the Charter, as it exposes people who use drugs to an increased risk of harm in a manner “degrading, dehumanizing, and incompatible with basic conceptions of human dignity.” “We know we need more sites to save lives and the governments legislature does the opposite,” said Sandra Ka Hon Chu, co-executive director of the HIV Legal Network, an organization backing the legal challenge against the Ontario government. The group, who spoke at the afternoon press conference, supports supervised consumption services and released a 2024 report, Bill Sinclair, CEO of the Neighbourhood Group Community Services, the agency leading the lawsuit, said, “These sites make a positive impact on individuals and the communities.” The lawsuit also claims the legislation is discriminatory, denying people with substance use disorders — many of whom are marginalized and disadvantaged — access to proven medical treatment. The agency is asking the court to either exempt the Kensington Market site from the new regulations or declare the relevant sections of the Community Care and Recovery Act invalid. In response, a spokesperson for Health Minister Sylvia Jones did not comment directly on the lawsuit but provided an emailed statement to the Star, saying, “Our government is taking action to protect children and their families while taking the next step to create a system of care that prioritizes community safety, treatment, and recovery by investing $378 million to create HART (homelessness and addiction recovery treatment) Hubs. Each drug consumption site closing will have the opportunity to turn into a HART Hub.” Sinclair of the Neighbourhood Group Community Services warned that closing the supervised consumption sites will harm many people in the city. “These sites make a positive impact on individuals and the communities.”h.slot vip bet 。

Pope Francis installs 21 new cardinals, many key figures in his reform agendaDe Beers has built up its largest stockpile of diamonds since the Great Financial Crisis, as sinking demand and tougher competition weigh on the industry giant. "It's been a bad year for rough diamond sales," chief executive Al Cook told the . According to the outlet, the firm's diamond trove has stood at around $2 billion for most of this year. Headwinds have piled high against De Beers since the pandemic. As post-COVID demand cooled and prices plunged, the world's largest diamond producer started stockpiling unsold inventory to weather the moment. "We build up stocks of those because we are confident that over time the diamond price will increase and we will be able to sell that supply into the growing demand that we believe will come," Cook said at a briefing last year, quoted by . So far, that demand hasn't shown up. Cooling consumption in China is part of this year's problem. As the country's population keeps shrinking, so have marriage rates — that's caused diamond imports into China to , compared to the first half of 2023. De Beers found that Chinese jewelers were dealing with their excess supply and exporting polished stones to alleviate the issue. are also adding pressure. While looking virtually identical, man-made stones cost a fraction of naturally mined diamonds and have swept into the mainstream market. Loose demand has impacted pricing of this side of the market as well, and analysts told Business Insider that these lab-grown stone prices by double-digits through next year. The same experts previously projected that the lab-grown "fad" will lose its shine over time, offering natural diamonds some breathing room. De Beers has embraced this notion with marketing that emphasizes its raw product. Cook is holding out for a "gradual recovery" next year, as evident in US credit card data, he told the FT. Read the original article on

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John Elway: remorse over bypassing Josh Allen in draft mitigated by watching Broncos rookie Bo NixANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) — Michigan defensive lineman Kenneth Grant is skipping his final college season to enter the NFL draft. Grant, a key part of the Wolverines' 2023 national championship team, formerly known as Twitter. Fellow Michigan interior lineman had already declared for the draft. Both are projected as likely first-round picks. The 6-foot-3, 339-pound Grant was a third-team Associated Press All-American. He had 32 tackles, 6 1/2 tackles for loss and a pair of fumble recoveries. Grant helped Michigan upset Ohio State in the Big Ten regular-season finale, making four tackles. Cornerback Will Johnson and tight end Colston Loveland have also declared for the draft leading up to Michigan's game against No. 11 Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up . AP college football: and The Associated Press

NoneWest Ham forward Michail Antonio was involved in a car accident on Saturday according to the Premier League team on their social media platforms. The club later later followed up by saying that Michail Antonio is in stable condition and that more updates would be made available as needed. ''West Ham United can confirm striker Michail Antonio has today been involved in a road traffic accident. The thoughts and prayers of everyone at the Club are with Michail, his family and friends at this time. The Club will issue an update in due course'', the club wrote on social media. ''West Ham United can confirm that Michail Antonio is in a stable condition following a road traffic accident this afternoon in the Essex area. Michail is conscious and communicating and is currently under close supervision at a central London hospital. At this difficult time, we kindly ask everyone to respect the privacy of Michail and his family. The Club will make no further comment this evening, but will issue a further update in due course'', it further said later on. The Jamaican footballer been part of West Ham since 2015, having had previous experience with Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday, Colchester, Southampton, Cheltenham and Reading. Since joining the Hammers, he has featured in 322 games for the team and scored 83 goals. He also played an important role when West Ham won the UEFA Conference League in 2023. Beyond his club achievements, Antonio has represented the Jamaican national team since 2021. He made history by scoring Jamaica's maiden goal in a Copa América match during a 3-1 defeat against Ecuador on June 26. Antonio also experienced a car accident on Christmas Day in 2019 and spoke about the event publicly in 2021. “It was Christmas Day. Still to this day it has hurt me. I miss that car. Basically, I was driving but it was a slippery road'', he said back then. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Football, Sports and around the world.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves continue to be maddeningly inconsistent so far this season. In the wake of the massive trade that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks and brought Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to Minnesota, it was expected to take some time for the team to jell and find some consistency. However, the results thus far have left many fans — and players — frustrated. Following Minnesota's loss to the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night , Randle suggested it's time for the Timberwolves to wake up and get their act together. Follow us on Facebook “I would say it’s a low point for us as a team," Randle said. "I know we’ll turn around, faith in everybody in this locker room that we’ll turn it around but at this point we gotta look ourselves in the mirror and decide what type of team we want to be on a consistent basis. We’ve had great games, we have not great games, myself included, I have to look myself in the mirror and say, ‘I got to be better.’” The 11-year veteran had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists against the Raptors but was also part of a sequence that turned the game in favor of Toronto late. With five minutes to play, center Rudy Gobert got good positioning in the paint, but when Randle didn't get him the ball, Gobert ended up getting called for three seconds in the lane and frustratedly walked away. He then picked up a frustration foul on the other end. This frustrated Rudy Gobert sequence played a big role in the Wolves loss to the Raptors tonight. - Randle doesn't throw him the entry pass, and the Wolves take a 3-second call - Barnes, who is guarding Gobert, celebrates the call - A frustrated-with-Barnes Gobert hip checks him... pic.twitter.com/BdqAf3NUwm Randle didn't address the play directly after the game but may have had that on his mind in one of his answers about what the team needs to improve. “Execution and just being professional," he said. "We can’t look at we’re playing the Raptors and they’re 3-12 or whatever, like, ‘Ah, we got an easy one and we can go worry about our individual stuff.’ We can’t do that. We gotta be professional and understand that it’s about us as a team, us every night coming out, building the right habits, doing the right things.” At 8-7, the Wolves are currently 10th in the Western Conference but have already lost five very winnable games — against the Spurs, vs. the Heat, two at Portland and now at Toronto — and have a matchup with the reigning champion Celtics in Boston on Sunday afternoon. In a tightly packed conference, the Timberwolves don't have all season to get on the same page. Maybe this can be a wake-up call for the team. Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images

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Middle East latest: An Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital kills a teen in a wheelchairATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — It doesn't happen all that often, but when it does, it can seem like a dream come true for sports gamblers: being able to bet on a game after it has already ended. And it has happened again in Atlantic City, where a sportsbook has been fined for taking $25,000 worth of bets on college basketball and hockey games and boxing matches after they were over. In action made public last week, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined William Hill Sportsbook $20,000 for bets it wrongly took in 2022 and 2023. The company voided most of the bets after discovering the errors. But others had already been paid out to customers. William Hill operates retail sportsbooks in Atlantic City at the Caesars, Harrah's and Tropicana casinos. The casinos' parent company, Caesars Entertainment, did not respond to messages seeking comment Friday and Monday. According to documents from the enforcement division, on Feb. 23 and 24, 2022, it took 42 bets via in-person kiosks on 12 college basketball games after the results were already known. William Hill paid just over $5,000 to customers on six bets before it became aware of the error. The remainder of the bets were voided and the customers' initial wagers were returned to them. William Hill blamed the error on a sportsbook content supplier, London-based OpenBet, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. Similar errors allowed illegal bets on two boxing matches. On June 11, 2022, William Hill took bets on a Chris Kongo-Sebastian Formella boxing match that it had advertised as starting at noon. However, the match began at 11:15 a.m. and concluded at 11:55 a.m. On April 15, 2023, William Hill took bets on a Denzel Bentley-Kieran Smith fight after it, too, had already ended. The company listed the fight as a noon start, but it began at 11:55 a.m. and ended just 45 seconds later with a knockout. The division also fined Amelco, a London-based sports betting technology company, $10,000 for violations including allowing sportsbook PlayUp to take a bet in March 2022 on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg becoming the next U.S. president. Although recent court decisions allowed political betting in last month's election, it was not allowed at the time the bet was made. PlayUp utilized Amelco and Sportradar as its sportsbook providers. In documents filed with the enforcement division, Amelco said Sportradar listed the U.S. presidential election under a category of bets that Amelco marked as “true,” automatically listing it on its menu of betting markets. Amelco told the division its own trading team failed to recognize the U.S. election as an event that was not authorized to be bet upon. Sportradar said it does not label any of the betting markets in its data feed as authorized or unauthorized, adding it is the responsibility of each sports betting company to make sure they only offer bets that comply with local laws. Sportradar also noted that the division did not assess a fine against it, adding that Amelco was “solely liable” for the violation. PlayUp also accepted two bets worth nearly $700 on a Seton Hall University basketball game on Jan. 18, 2023, in violation of a state law prohibiting bets on New Jersey college teams. PlayUp and Amelco did not respond to requests for comment Monday. The $1 bet on Buttigieg was voided. It's not the first time this has happened. In November 2021, the division fined the Malta-based sports betting technology company Kambi Group and Chicago-based Rush Street Interactive $1,000 apiece for taking bets on a British soccer game that was already over . And in September, it fined bet365 $33,000 for taking bets on already-completed basketball, golf and mixed martial arts events. Follow Wayne Parry on X at https://x.com/WayneParryAC .

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Hess Midstream LP Publishes Sustainability Report《TAIPEI TIMES》YouTuber reveals how CCP buys ‘influencers’( MENAFN - IANS) Belagavi, (Karnataka) Dec 27 (IANS) To mark the completion of 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi taking charge as the congress President in Karnataka's Belagavi, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said on Thursday that the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' and 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' have significantly impacted the Political atmosphere in the country by thwarting the BJP-RSS's agenda of amending the Constitution. While addressing the Congress Working Committee at the Nav Satyagraha meeting, Kharge said: "When the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) first entered Parliament, he bowed at the steps of the old Parliament building. Now, with the construction of the new Parliament building, we fear their (BJP's) true project -- altering the Constitution -- is underway." "This (BJP-RSS) has been their old agenda. They have opposed the Constitution, the tricolour, Gandhi, Nehru, and Ambedkar. They have burned effigies of all these icons," the Congress President added. He also noted, "Time and again, ruling party members insult the Preamble of the Constitution. They disregard constitutional provisions and values. Institutions like the Election Commission of India are being controlled, showing no respect for their independence. This fight to protect our institutions must continue." Over its 140-year journey, the Congress has seen many ups and downs but remains steadfastly committed to Mahatma Gandhi's principles and ideals, Kharge said. "During the recent Parliamentary session, we witnessed the Home Minister's highly disrespectful remarks about B.R. Ambedkar. We protested, registered our objections, and staged demonstrations. These protests have now spread across the country," he underlined. "However, neither the Prime Minister nor the government is willing to admit their mistake. Far from seeking an apology or resignation from Amit Shah, they instead supported the offensive statement," Kharge noted. The Prime Minister issued a statement defending the Home Minister, and a false case was filed against Rahul Gandhi, he said. "This reflects the ruling government's attitude toward the Constitution and its makers. But we will neither fear nor bow before down. We will fight for the ideals of Nehru-Gandhi and the honour of Ambedkar until our last breath," Kharge added. "Another concerning issue is the diminishing trust in the electoral process due to doubts about the Election Commission's impartiality. Recently, they amended election rules to prevent the disclosure of information ordered by the courts. What is being hidden? Why are they reluctant to publish information that was never a problem when it was in the public domain?" he asked. Issues like voter deletions, obstruction of voting, sudden spike in voter lists, and unusual increases in voter turnout percentages remain unresolved, he said. "Meanwhile, farmers across the country are protesting for MSP guarantees and other demands due to the Central government's betrayal. Even hunger strikes are underway, yet this government shows no empathy for our annadatas (food providers)," he added, while criticising the BJP-led Central government. "What an irony it is that during late PM Rajiv Gandhi's tenure, farmers could come to Boat Club and voice their concerns freely. Today, they are barred from entering Delhi. During former PM Manmohan Singh's government, we waived Rs 72,000 crore in farm loans, provided maximum MSP, and enacted the Land Acquisition Act," he said. "During UPA's 10 years in power, we introduced rights-based legislation such as MGNREGA, RTI, the Right to Food, and the Right to Education. These were possible due to the leadership and synergy between Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh," Kharge claimed. "Today, no one listens to the public's concerns. We must step up to support them and fight for their issues with continuous effort and determination," he said. "I remind you of the November 29 Working Committee meeting, where we decided to confront the post-election defeat in Haryana and Maharashtra with determination and action. In the recent Parliamentary session, we successfully pressured the government and revitalised the Opposition. We also deliberated on organisational reforms and essential processes. I declare that 2025 will be the year of organisational empowerment. We will fill all vacant positions, implement the Udaipur Declaration fully, and equip our structure -- AICC to booth level -- with the necessary tools to win elections," Kharge added. "Karnataka is my native state and the starting point of my long political journey. Today, I am proud to participate in the memories of the great responsibility Mahatma Gandhi took 100 years ago, as Congress President," he said. "As we revive this historic moment, Karnataka today is governed by Mahatma Gandhi's values, upholding the Constitution and democratic ideals inspired by luminaries like Mahatma Basaveshwara, Mahatma Phule, and B. R. Ambedkar," he added. "BJP accuses us (Congress) of disrespecting Ambedkar. However, everyone knows that it was during Congress rule in 1967 that Ambedkar's statue was installed in Parliament. Following the demands of thousands of activists like me, during Indira Gandhi's tenure, Dr. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the first prominent statue of Ambedkar in a central position in Parliament. I say this to BJP and RSS: stop spreading lies," Kharge said. MENAFN26122024000231011071ID1109033628 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. 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