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Descrease article font size Increase article font size As Vancouver gets ready to host fans from around the world for the FIFA World Cup, some may notice that the city is looking a lot cleaner than perhaps it has in the past. On the Granville Street strip, which is now closed to vehicles and buses, every piece of trash is being picked up and a hand-washing station has been installed.In Yaletown, new sanitation carts have appeared on the streets and sources tell Global News that as many as 80 city workers are temporarily redeployed to clean-up duty.For the first time…

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India’s fertility rate has for the first time fallen below the level needed to stop the population from shrinking, raising concerns about future labour shortages and an ageing society.For decades, India has seen rapid population growth. According to government statistics, including the Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report — the country’s largest demographic survey — India has had a falling fertility rate for some years, but the reproduction rate remained high enough to keep the population growing.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe latest SRS report, released last month by India’s Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner,…

At Broadway’s biggest night, “Schmigadoon!” took home the award for best musical. Meanwhile, “Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman'” won six Tony Awards, the most of the night. Jamie Wax has more on the winners and top moments.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scandal-plagued Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner used a fiery pre-primary address to pitch universal health care, wealth taxes, a Green New Deal and other far-left agenda items, like floating an idea that billionaires should be jailed for looking at political ads “the wrong way” in remarks about campaign finance reform.The comment about jailing billionaires earned the candidate backlash from his Republican critics, who pointed out some of Platner’s biggest endorsers are funded by billionaires, highlighted the “Marxist dystopian” nature of the remarks, and joked that Platner must have some sort of affinity…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The home team in the NBA Finals remained winless in their building, as the San Antonio Spurs took Game 3, 115-11, in much-needed fashion on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.New York still owns the lead, 2-1, in the series, but the Spurs closed out thanks to tremendous defense, timely buckets, and forcing the Knicks to go 2-of-12 from three-point territory in the fourth quarter. As a result, the Knicks’ 13-game playoff win streak has been snapped.Victor Wembanyama, who had a chance to win Game 2 but missed his final shot, finished…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An 18-year-old Wisconsin man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for his role in the brutal killing of a 5-year-old Milwaukee boy whose disappearance later led to changes in state law.Erik Mendoza, who was 15 at the time of the crime, will not be eligible to petition for release for 50 years. He pleaded guilty in February to first-degree intentional homicide, hiding a corpse and three counts of second-degree recklessly endangering safety in the death of Prince McCree, according to local outlets FOX 6 and WISN.”When considering the serious nature of…

Images of mobile devices at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAsian technology stocks rebounded Tuesday, tracking Wall Street’s gains, as investors returned to artificial intelligence-linked names.South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix climbed 6.44%, while Samsung Electronics gained 3.38%. Seoul Semiconductor jumped over 12%.Japanese semiconductor equipment makers also advanced, with Tokyo Electron rising 5.65%, Advantest adding 1.51%, and Renesas Electronics gaining 2.54%. However, shares of Japanese tech investment giant SoftBank extended their slide, dropping 2%.In the U.S., chip stocks powered gains on Monday, helping…

A flight attendant from Kahnawake, a First Nations Mohawk Territory reserve in Quebec, says she is still overwhelmed after a video of her gifting Rihanna an Indigenous beaded lanyard went viral online. Lily Kahnerahtiio Dailleboust, a Kanien’kehá (Mohawk) woman, says the moment carries far more meaning than a simple exchange.“There’s shares, and shares, and shares and comments — I can’t keep up,” she said, describing the flood of attention on social media, where the video has drawn hundreds of thousands of views.Dailleboust, an Air Canada flight attendant, met Rihanna on a flight from Toronto to Montreal on June 1. 0:42…

Manuals aren’t dead! Subaru has announced plans to introduce three new or revised manual models within the next 12 months.