“The university must stop pursuing the quasi-virtual strategy and must submit a new strategic plan to Higher Education for approval by September 30,” Advanced Education Minister Dimitrios Nikolaidis said in a statement on Tuesday. “Failure to comply will result in reductions in Athabasca’s future funding.” Nikolaidis informed the school of the changes in a letter sent over the weekend. In it, Nikolaidis tells the school’s board of trustees that he has until the end of August to instruct school president Peter Scott to stop implementing what is known as the university’s “near-virtual” strategy....

An Austin jury has yet to decide how much the Infowars host will have to pay in punitive damages to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose son Jesse Lewis was among the 20 children and six teachers killed in the 2012 attack. in Newtown, Connecticut. The parents had sought at least $150 million in damages for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Jones’ lawyer asked the jury to limit the damages to $8 – one dollar for each of the damages they considered – and Jones himself said that any award above $2 million “would sink us....

From France in the west and Romania in the east, to western Germany and southern Greece, a “widespread and persistent” lack of rain, combined with heatwaves, is creating an alarmingly long list of countries where drought is worsening. New figures from the European Drought Observatory (EDO) show around 45% of the bloc’s territory under “warning” conditions, the second of three drought categories, during the 10 days leading up to July 20....

As Americans file their tax returns by Monday, they do not have to worry about their neighbors knowing how much they have earned or paid. But for a while in the 1920s, everyone’s tax payments were public records for all to see. And the richest Americans were not happy with that. One goal of the 1924 Fiscal Disclosure Act was to show whether wealthy Americans and large corporations were paying their fair share of taxes....

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Nancy Pelosi’s long flight on Tuesday over Borneo to Taipei and the complicated passage of a U.S. aircraft carrier through the South China Sea underscore the difficulties U.S. forces now face against a Chinese military that he wants to flex his muscles over Taiwan. U.S. military officials repeatedly talk of routine patrols to support a “free and open Indo-Pacific,” but the reality is increasingly difficult amid the worst tensions in Taiwan since 1996, according to diplomats, military aides and security analysts....

Mekayla Bali disappeared on April 12, 2016. She was seen in various surveillance shots throughout Yorkton, Sask. Read more: ‘It felt horrible’: Donor demands back Mekayla Bali’s reward money Earlier RCMP statements said he went to the Yorkton bus station and asked about a bus leaving for Regina, but was found to have never bought a bus ticket. In a statement to Global News, RCMP said it hoped new information would be found to help them find Mekayla....

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Als Folge dieses Vorfalls ist der öffentliche Verkehr im Zentrum von Basel massiv gestört. Nahezu alle Tramlinien mussten umgeleitet werden und es kam zu Pannen, teilten die Basler Verkehrsbetriebe auf Twitter mit. Um 16:30 Uhr hatte sich die Situation aufgeklärt und der Verkehr normalisiert. Die Täter lassen sich von dem Chaos natürlich nicht beeindrucken. Das Video eines Reporters vor Ort zeigt Teilnehmer der Hare-Krishna-Prozession, die furchtlos beten, singen und tanzen, während alles um sie herum still war....

Das sonnige Hochsommerwetter hält am Donnerstag an, aber auch im ganzen Land beginnt eine Sturmwelle. Am Nachmittag werden die Hitzegewitter von der Silvretta über den Tiroler Alpenhauptkamm bis zu den Tauern allmählich häufiger. Im Osten weht stellenweise ein mäßiger Südostwind, der Wind spielt aber meist keine nennenswerte Rolle und es wird mit 28 bis 35 Grad trotzdem wärmer. Die genaue Wettervorhersage für Ihren Standort » 37 Grad und starke Stürme Der Freitag beginnt bis auf alpine Restwolken im Landesinneren sonnig, im Laufe des Tages bilden sich in den Bergen jedoch etwas schneller Quellwolken als an den Vortagen und gegen Mittag gibt es lokal kräftige Gewitter von der Silvretta bis in die Obersteiermark....

The order, according to administration officials, clears the way for Medicaid to cover abortion-related costs for people who have traveled from states where abortion is prohibited to states where it is not. But Biden and other officials provided few details on how the change would work — or a timeline for its implementation. “Today, I am signing the second executive order responding to the health care crisis that has unfolded since the Supreme Court overturned Roe [v....

The 1986 voter-passed law at issue seeks to limit state tax revenue growth to the growth of total wages and salaries in the state. Should revenue exceed that “allowable” amount, taxpayers are then due a credit equal to the excess amount. The Baker administration said last week that the state is poised to trigger it for the first time since 1987, and estimated taxpayers could be due back more than $2....

The chassis will come standard with 160mm of travel that eats up a bump and is biased towards declining performance. However, Bird will offer an aftermarket linkage, which will increase travel to a super-enduro-style 180mm. The side profile of the Aeris follows a common theme with its other models. Ornithological Laboratories All of this is backed up with a new tubeset that allows the use of 180mm forks, whether you travel 160mm or 180mm rear....

Police received a 911 call around 8:50 a.m. after the body was discovered during a pickup on Adam St. and Letourneux. Sources told CTV News the call was made by a worker at the pickup. The body, which had been placed in the bin, was moved to the back of the recycling truck, where it was discovered. When police arrived, the person was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers have set up a perimeter to allow investigators to investigate the scene....

The 450kg (71 stone) bomb found near the northern village of Borgo Virgilio – between Milan and Bologna – was safe on Sunday. About 3,000 people were evacuated and nearby roads, rail lines and airspace were closed as military experts removed security. Police escorted the bomb squad to a quarry 30 miles away in Medole, where the device was detonated. Read more: Almost half of EU countries suffer from drought The military said the US bomb contained 240 kilograms (38 stone) of explosives....