Local officials initially reported that 46 people were killed in the 18-wheeler, which was discovered Monday night on a rural road southeast of the city by a nearby worker. However, the death toll rose to 50 by Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed. Local officials said 16 people, including four children, were taken to nearby hospitals on Monday night with signs of heatstroke and exhaustion....

The provincial gas tax cut promised by Prime Minister Doug Ford ahead of the June election goes into effect on Friday and experts say it may offer some relief to drivers facing high pump prices, but the long-term benefits for consumers are unpredictable. The government passed legislation this spring to reduce the gas tax by 5.7 cents per liter and the fuel tax, which covers diesel, by 5.3 cents per liter for six months....

Ontario’s small business and tourism sectors are optimistic that the province’s temporary six-month cut in gas taxes will boost travel growth this summer. On Friday, the county gas tax was reduced by 5.7 cents per liter and the diesel fuel tax was reduced by 5.3 cents per liter in an effort to ease the economy amid rising pump prices. The temporary reduction will be valid until the end of the year and is expected to cost the province $ 645 million....

Naturopath Jason Klop was in the Supreme Court of BC. asking a judge to order the College of Physiotherapists to terminate its investigation into his business and lift his ban on the manufacture, advertising and sale of human fecal pills and enemas. Explaining the ban, the college said Klopp may engage in behaviors that are not appropriate for a physiotherapist, but attorney Jason Gratl argued that it is difficult to prove in a field with somewhat cloudy boundaries and relatively few restrictions....

James Top speaks to the crowd during a protest against health measures for COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday. Police arrested four people in downtown Ottawa on Thursday after a Canadian soldier accused of speaking against a vaccine requirements for Covid-19 led a procession in the city and spent a speech on “Freedom” to a crowd of about 1,200 supporters. James Top was charged in February with two counts of misconduct and discipline for comments made while wearing his uniform and has since led a four-month march to the capital from Vancouver....

The Metropolitan Police arrested a 29-year-old man at an address in Barnet, London, on Monday after receiving a complaint about the rape of a woman in her 20s. Officers said the incident allegedly happened in June and are still investigating the circumstances. The man arrested has not been named for legal reasons. Police said in a statement: “On July 4, a report of the rape of a woman in her 20s was reported to police....

The protests erupted after a fire in the city of Urumqi on Thursday killed at least 10 amid a months-long blockade. Protesters have been arrested in Shanghai after calling for President Xi Jinping to step down. A Communist Party leader in Xinjiang called for tighter security measures to crack down on the protests. Demonstrators angered by strict COVID-19 measures called for China’s powerful leader to step down, a rare rebuke as authorities in at least eight cities struggled to quell protests on Sunday that represent a rare direct challenge to the ruling Communist Party....

Posté à 6h00 Mathieu Perreault La Presse Piles Depuis l’an dernier, Hydro-Québec est partie à la conquête des marchés mondiaux du stockage de l’énergie. La division EVLO, avec ses batteries de 0,5 mégawattheure (MWh), a remporté des contrats près d’un parc éolien en France et près d’une centrale solaire dans la banlieue de Montréal. “Nous avons également lancé un système de 1 MWh et travaillons sur un système avec une capacité de stockage encore plus élevée, éventuellement 1,65 MWh”, explique Sonia St-Arnaud, PDG d’EVLO....

Gouvernement : suivez l’actualité dans notre direct “Le remaniement n’est pas un coup politique, c’est un recrutement”, assure ainsi un responsable gouvernemental, qui estime que “de toute façon, ce remaniement ne changera pas la situation politique actuelle”. Alors premier constat, l’idée de la coalition est enterrée : l’opposition restera dans l’opposition. Et l’exécutif s’apprête à se battre pour chaque texte. Elisabeth Borne s’en est très vite rendu compte : en une semaine, l’équipe LR, la seule susceptible de vraiment jouer la puissance supplémentaire, n’a pas bougé d’un pouce....

Kelly, 55, is due to appear in federal court in Brooklyn after pleading guilty in September to nine counts, including blackmail and breach of the Mann Act, which bans the transportation of women and girls to states for “immoral purposes.” The audition is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. and several women, including some who testified at Kelly’s trial last year, are expected to speak in court. Prosecutors have demanded that Judge Ann Donnelly be sentenced to more than 25 years in prison for his “I Believe I Can Fly” singer, whose full name is Robert Kelly – saying in a sentencing note that Kelly relied on reputation and money....

Dr Isyaka Mamman, who is believed to be 85, was once suspended as a medical watchdog for lying about his age and was sacked, but was then re-employed at Royal Oldham Hospital, where he was responsible for a number of critical incidents before fateful rendezvous, Manchester Crown Court was told. Mamman had used various birth dates and left his previous job after “poor performance”. Maman, of Royton, near Oldham, will be sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to manslaughter by gross negligence....

Von: Lisa Mayerhofer Aufteilung Abgabetermin für die Grundsteuererklärung ist Ende Januar. Die neue Erbschaftsteuer soll ab 2025 in Kraft treten. Rechtsprofessor Gregor Kirchhoff hält das Bundeserbschaftsteuergesetz jedoch für verfassungswidrig. Berlin – Die neue Grundsteuerberechnung soll ab 2025 umgesetzt werden. Daher müssen alle Eigentümer in Deutschland bis Ende Januar eine Grundsteuererklärung abgeben. Aber schon vorher gibt es ein Problem mit der Grundsteuerreform – viele Hausbesitzer sind mit dem Ausfüllen der Grundsteuererklärungsformulare überfordert, und Experten halten sogar das Bundeserbschaftssteuergesetz für verfassungswidrig....

01.07.2022, 01:45 Uhr Die Infektionsrate mit dem Coronavirus in Deutschland steigt wieder. Die Inzidenz von sieben Tagen nimmt zu, ebenso wie die Zahl der Patienten in Krankenhäusern. Der Subtyp BA.5 breitet sich weiter aus. Das Robert-Koch-Institut warnt vor der Einhaltung von Abstands- und Hygieneregeln. Höhere Fälle, mehr Fälle in Alten- und Pflegeheimen, wieder mehr Patienten mit Covid-19 auf Intensivstationen – laut Robert-Koch-Institut (RKI) zeigt das Infektionsgeschehen zuletzt einen dynamischen Aufwärtstrend....

The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE), owned and operated by Advanced Space on behalf of NASA, will be the first spacecraft to test Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) around the Moon. This is the same orbit intended for NASA’s Gateway, an orbiting outpost on the Moon that will provide essential support for long-term lunar missions by astronauts as part of the Artemis program. Rocket Lab’s role in the mission took place in two phases....

“We strongly condemn such irresponsible actions that violate Syria’s sovereignty and the basic rules of international law and demand their unconditional cessation,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. The relatively rare daytime strike on Saturday targeted an area near the Syrian town of al-Hamidiyah, south of Tartus, home to Russia’s main naval base in the region. Two civilians were injured and urban infrastructure was severely damaged, Moscow said. Syria has also blamed Israel, although the IDF has yet to respond, in line with its policy of generally remaining silent on specific actions in Syria....

A senior Russian official warned Ukraine on Tuesday that any attempt to regain control of the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula would be considered a “declaration of war” by Moscow. Despite international condemnation and the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin has argued that his invasion was tantamount to a “special military operation” rather than a formal declaration of war. “For us, Crimea is part of Russia....

The breach was a spill that occurred during the loading of a Greek-flagged tanker last year at the port of Novorossiysk. The company attributed the accident to equipment problems and said, in response to the court order, that it was acting within the legal framework of the Russian Federation. He added that he would appeal the decision. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium is the world’s largest international oil transportation project involving Russian and Kazakh companies to transport crude oil from fields in Kazakhstan and Russia to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk via a 1,500 km pipeline....

The pressure facing UK households will only intensify in the coming months as inflation hits incomes. That’s the warning from Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts this morning, as the supermarket chain reports a fall in underlying sales for the latest quarter. Roberts, chief executive of the supermarket group, says “We really understand how difficult it is for millions of households at the moment”, with inflation hitting a 40-year high of 9....