Highway 97C between Kelowna and Merritt. UPDATE 8:14 p.m A multi-vehicle incident has closed Highway 3 in both directions. DriveBC reports the accident is between Garret Road and Saturday Creek, 32 to 28 km west of Princeton. An evaluation is in progress and no override is available. UPDATE 7:40 p.m DriveBC reports that Highway 5A is closed in both directions due to a multi-vehicle incident between Campbell Creek Road and Separation Road, seven to 10 km south of Kamloops....

Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be on course for a bigger victory in Israel’s fifth election in less than four years than initial exit polls suggest, all three of the country’s main television channels showed on Wednesday morning. The Likud party and its natural allies are expected to win 65 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, with 86 percent of the vote counted as of Wednesday afternoon, Israel time. A coalition of Netanyahu’s Likud, the Jewish nationalist bloc Religious Zionism/Jewish Power, Shas and United Torah Judaism would, on paper, be the most right-wing government in Israel’s history....

Kinder im Bundeshaus? Bis auf Bundesrat Alain Berset (Foto) und Ueli Maurer sind alle Bundesräte kinderlos. Camilla Alabor und Danny Schlumpf Für Tamara Funiciello (32) ist das Thema klar. «Neue Mütter werden im Bundesrat gebraucht!» sagt die Berner Nationalrätin und SP-Frauenpräsidentin. “Das ist der einzige Weg nach vorn mit Gleichberechtigung.” Damit befeuert Funiciello die Debatte um die Nachfolge von Simonetta Sommaruga (62). Bisher waren alle Bundesräte entweder kinderlos – oder ihre Kinder waren Erwachsene oder Jugendliche....

Mit zehn Songs die Top-Ten-Plätze der Billboard-Charts erreichen – das hatte vor Taylor Swift noch niemand geschafft. Mit ihrem neuen Album „Midnights“ legte die Sängerin sogar den Streamingdienst Spotify lahm. Sängerin Taylor Swift war die erste Musikerin der Geschichte, die gleichzeitig die Top-Ten-Positionen der US-Charts belegte. Angeführt vom Nummer-eins-Song „Anti-Hero“ stammen laut Branchendienst Billboard die Top 10 der Billboard Hot 100 von Swifts neuem Album „Midnights“. In der 64-jährigen Geschichte der Charts war dies noch keinem Künstler gelungen....

(Satellite image of Hurricane Fiona via NOAA.) Fiona is now pummeling the Halifax area with about 8,500 customers without power. The hurricane will particularly target the western part of Newfoundland, the southern and southwestern coasts. It has now been downgraded to a Category 3, but is still a very strong storm. Fiona will reach eastern Nova Scotia tomorrow morning so winds will increase overnight as the storm expands in size....

Last week, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby accused North Korea of ​​secretly supplying a “significant amount” of munitions to Russia. He said the United States believed North Korea was trying to hide the transfer route, making it appear the weapons were being shipped to countries in the Middle East or North Africa. “We view such moves by the US as part of its hostile effort to tarnish (North Korea’s) image on the international stage,” an unidentified vice president of the ministry’s military foreign affairs bureau said in a statement carried by state media....

It was Pyongyang’s seventh suspected ICBM launch this year, a day after the reclusive kingdom hit the troubling milestone of a record 23 missile launches, the most it has launched in a single day. On Thursday, North Korea launched an ICBM from an area near the capital Pyongyang at around 7.40am. local time. It was followed by two short-range ballistic missile launches an hour later, according to South Korea’s General Staff....

The launches prompted South Korea and the United States to extend their largest-ever joint air drills, citing North Korea’s “provocations”. People in parts of northern Japan were ordered to take shelter during the North’s latest launches, which also included two short-range missiles, and after an explosion of missiles fired on Wednesday. However, the largest of Thursday’s launches “is presumed to have resulted in failure,” South Korea’s military said. The United States condemned the ICBM launch despite its apparent failure....

Chris Heaton-Harris said he would “articulate my next steps” in a statement to Parliament next week. Reacting to the news, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said there should be a “sharp focus” on finding a negotiated or legislative solution to union concerns about the Northern Ireland Protocol. “There is no firm basis for a fully functioning Stormont until the NIP is replaced with arrangements that unionists can support. Progress on NI has only been made when unionists and nationalists get on board,” he tweeted....

A compter de lundi midi, cette interdiction a été levée car la présence des supporters des Spurs pouvait “Pour attiser les rivalités avec les supporters marseillais”ceux-ci ayant l’habitude, pendant les jeux, de “se déplacer au centre-ville pour localiser” supporters de l’équipe adverse “pour les affronter”explique ce décret. La zone autour du terrain est également interdite En plus des médias anglais envoyés au stade “Dans les bus et bus sous escorte policière”aucun supporter de Tottenham ne pourra se trouver à proximité du Vélodrome (8e arrondissement) et de tout un secteur autour du stade mardi de 10h à minuit....

The TUC said 220,000 children – 28.4% – with at least one social care worker parent were in poverty and said the number was set to rise to almost 300,000 by the end of this parliament unless action was taken to improve of wages and conditions in the industry. Looking more broadly, the TUC said one in five working-class households, or 19%, have children living in poverty, with poverty particularly prevalent in families where the parents are nurses and public transport workers....

In regelmäßigen Abständen bauen die WhatsApp-Entwickler kleine und große Neuerungen in ihren Messenger ein. Eine seit langem in der Beta getestete Innovation ermöglicht es Ihnen, Ihren Online-Status vollständig zu verbergen. WhatsApp: Online-Status kann komplett ausgeblendet werden Lange konnte man über die WhatsApp-Einstellungen und die dortige Kategorie „Datenschutz“ bestimmen, wer den Zeitstempel „Zuletzt besucht“ sehen kann. Allerdings hatte diese Option einen kleinen Haken. Selbst wenn die andere Person den Zeitstempel „Zuletzt verbunden“ nicht sehen konnte, konnte die Person sehen, ob Sie gerade online sind....

Ontario education workers, including librarians, custodians and administrative staff are set to begin voting today on whether to strike – and their union is recommending they vote yes. The Canadian Union of Public Employees called Ontario’s original offer, which it made public, offensive. The government has offered increases of two per cent a year for workers on less than $40,000 and 1.25 per cent for all other workers, while CUPE is seeking annual increases of 11....

Instead, it confuses our expectations and reappears within 30 seconds, dressed in a black T-shirt, shorts and slides, with a hat on its head, showing if not fresh then at least awake. I tell him the plan: I will interview him here, then Laura will take his picture in the garden and then I will take my train. “No, that’s not going to work,” he says, already on the move....

It has not yet been determined if these players will ever be welcomed back. The ban includes participation in the Presidents Cup, which for the international team is determined by the world ranking. USGA has already said that eligible players can play in the US Open next week. The PGA Tour does not run large companies. In a note sent to tour members, Monahan said that even if players withdrew from the tour before the first LIV Golf Invitational outside London, they would not be allowed to play PGA Tour events as non-members, with the exception of a sponsor....

The Southeast Asian country’s disaster agency lowered the death toll to 45 from 72 after checking reports from ground staff, including rescue crews searching for 18 missing people. Residents in the capital’s coastal area were evacuated while classes at all levels were suspended, according to the mayor’s office. Manila Mayor Huni Lacuna-Pangan ordered the closure of the city’s cemeteries, where millions of people were expected to visit during the long All Saints Day weekend on Saturday....

Case one A police officer faced a total of 11 misconduct claims, including allegations of abuse, sexual harassment and assault, fraud, improper disclosure of information and distribution of an explicit image of himself. He is still serving. The case, Casey says, underscores the fact that the allegations are considered separately rather than together, as they would be in a criminal case. He initially faced allegations of harassment and assault and then four months later a “more serious case of assault” was received, the report said....

Nova Scotia’s independent Serious Incident Response Team launched an investigation after the unidentified girl was seriously, but not fatally, injured May 9 in Oromocto. He escaped from a provincially funded group home and climbed over the railing of a freeway overpass around 10pm that night. The officer approached her and when she let go of the railing, he grabbed her by the wrist, the report said. He couldn’t hold on and she fell....

Cadillac Fairview confirmed to CTV on Monday that an incident occurred Saturday near the food court at CF Polo Park. Videos and photos from the scene show pieces of construction material on the ground. “Our security and operations team acted quickly, securing the area and ensuring the safety of people in the area,” a Cadillac Fairview spokesperson said. “Thankfully, no one was injured and the area has been cordoned off pending an investigation....