Former President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social and white-collar firm Digital World Acquisition Corp. was unable to reach a merger agreement by the deadline and will require an extension. Digital World, the company that takes the social networking platform public, on Friday announced a special meeting of shareholders to approve an extension to the deadline to complete the merger. “While we are making every effort to complete the Business Combination as soon as possible, our board of directors believes that there will not be sufficient time prior to the Closing Date to complete the Business Combination,” Digital World said in an SEC filing....

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Parag Agrawal, CEO of Twitter, told staff Thursday afternoon that no decision had been made by the board regarding Musk’s offer. Parag Agrawal, the 37-year-old Twitter CEO, spoke to staff Thursday after a board meeting to discuss Musk’s proposal. The board will follow a “strict procedure” and make a decision “in the interest of our shareholders,” Agrawal said, according to The Verge. Prior to Agrawal’s speech, employees were heard singing songs such as “I Say A Little Prayer” and “I Want It That Way” by the Backstreet Boys, the website said....

The Columbia Police Department made two arrests in connection with a shooting incident that sent a man to the hospital on Ninth and Cherry Street on Sunday morning. Police said the shooting occurred at 1:45 a.m. Sunday, after police were initially called to the area for disturbance. Police at the scene learned that a man had been shot and taken to a local hospital in a private vehicle. It was in a stable condition from 11 on Sunday morning....

Toronto EMS say they were called to a section of Kennedy Street between Merrian Street and Corvette Avenue at 4:10 a.m. on Sunday for a report of a collision. A Toronto police sergeant tells CP24 a 64-year-old man was crossing on the northbound side of the intersection of Kennedy Avenue and Merrian Road when a 31-year-old man riding a motorcycle heading south on Kennedy hit him. Police said the motorcyclist was hit by his bike, lost his helmet, but the bike itself continued to southbound Corvette Avenue before stopping....

Mary O’Neill did not expect to see in her mail a file containing a leadership review ballot. The ballot was addressed to her husband, Jack O’Neill. Jack was a former Alberta Deputy Minister of Culture and Multiculturalism and a former chief commissioner of the Alberta Human Rights Commission from 1993 to 1994. Mary served two terms, in 1997 and 2001, as the MLA of the Progressive Conservative Party for Equestrian St....

Speaking at a joint news conference in the Rwandan capital’s Kigali on Thursday, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel said people relocating to Rwanda “would be given support that includes up to five years of education, integration, residency, health care”. Patel also called the plan a “joint new Immigration and Economic Development Partnership”, saying the United Kingdom was “making significant investments in Rwanda’s economic development”. Patel insisted the deal was aimed at improving the UK’s asylum system, which it said had dealt with “a combination of genuine humanitarian crises and bad traffickers who exploit the system for their own gain”....

Russian forces are likely to repair the rail line in a few days, although it will remain vulnerable to Russian forces and their logistical supply route from Crimea to Kherson, Britain said in an intelligence update on Twitter. There is likely to be an increase in civilians attempting to flee Kherson and surrounding areas as hostilities continue and food shortages worsen, according to the briefing. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Aug 5 (Reuters) – Actions taken by Russian forces at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant may have undermined the safety and security of the plant’s normal operation, Britain said on Friday. “Russian forces likely used the wider area of ​​the facility, particularly the neighboring town of Enerhodar, to rest their forces, using the protection status of the nuclear plant to reduce the risk to their equipment and personnel from Ukrainian attacks at night....

Des immigrés et des militants soutenant les sans-papiers ont pris d’assaut les vieux bureaux vides de la rue Saulnier. Ils ont occupé les étages et déployé une banderole sur laquelle on pouvait lire “Non au racisme ! Non au racisme !” L’égalité” ou “La vie des immigrés compte”. Dehors, une vingtaine de militants d’Extinction Rebellion étaient venus les soutenir. Abouakar, un Maure de 36 ans sans papiers en France depuis trois ans, a expliqué à l’Agence française à quel point il est “difficile” d’être “sur la route”, “sans travail”, “de joindre les deux bouts” ....

Vers 21 h 40, les services d’urgence sont appelés au sujet d’un homme poignardé sur la rue Letourneux, près de la rue Adam, dans le secteur Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. La victime, un homme d’une trentaine d’années, a été retrouvée inconsciente avec des blessures au haut du corps. Il a été immédiatement transporté à l’hôpital où il est soigné. Son état est actuellement inconnu des services de police, selon le Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM)....

Les deux enfants ont été percutés par un motard qui a pris la fuite. Ces derniers seraient du même quartier que les enfants, selon des sources policières. Samedi, un jeune de 18 ans s’est présenté en début d’après-midi au commissariat et a été placé en garde à vue. Il a admis avoir renversé et grièvement blessé les deux enfants. L’enquête ouverte pour blessure involontaire aggravée par délit de fuite a été confiée au commissariat de police de Cergy-Pontoise....

Un navire marchand transportant 750 tonnes de diesel en route de l’Egypte vers Malte a coulé samedi dans le golfe de Gabès au large de la côte sud-est de la Tunisie, a déclaré à l’AFP un responsable du tribunal local. Lire aussi Les armateurs continuent de profiter des perturbations du transport maritime “Le navire a coulé ce matin dans les eaux territoriales tunisiennes. “Pour le moment il n’y a pas de fuite”, a déclaré le porte-parole Mohamed Karei, ajoutant qu’”un comité de prévention des catastrophes va se réunir pour décider des mesures à prendre”....

Winamp ne peut pas se fondre dans les brumes du passé : le 29 juillet sortait une nouvelle version de ce lecteur audio emblématique de la fin des années 1990. A l’époque, ce logiciel sorti en 1997 était le plus populaire parmi les passionnés de musique qu’ils voulaient jouer. leurs morceaux MP3, soit téléchargés sur Internet de manière plus ou moins légale, soit créés à partir d’un CD comme source....

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A spokesman for the Upper Grand District School confirmed to CBC News that the SUV driver was a teacher at Alma Public School. “This is a terrible situation and our thoughts are with the teacher’s family and loved ones, students and the entire Alma Public School community,” Peter Sovran, the council’s director of education, said in a statement. “We will do everything we can to support the family, the students and the staff....

“Dodgers Vin Scully was one of the greatest voices in all of sports. He was a giant of a man, not only as a broadcaster, but also as a humanitarian,” Kasten said. “He loved people. He loved life. He loved baseball and the Dodgers. And he loved his family. His voice will always be heard and etched in all of our minds forever.” The beloved radio and television host, who was born Vincent Edward Scully in New York on Nov....

La multiplication de ces phénomènes météorologiques est en grande partie liée au réchauffement climatique. “Avec la hausse des températures, l’intensité des vagues de chaleur et les records de température augmentent deux fois plus vite”, expliquait en juin à franceinfo Jean Jouzel, climatologue, glaciologue, ancien vice-président du GIEC. Voyez à quoi ressembleront les prochains jours. La troisième canicule continue La deuxième semaine d’août sera marquée, comme la précédente, par des températures élevées....