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TORONTO – A 29-year-old woman who was stabbed at a Toronto law office has died in hospital and a 33-year-old man in custody now stands accused of her murder, police say. Just before 2 p.m. on Thursday, police said two males entered 238 King Street East, the offices of Hicks Adams LLP, a law firm specializing in criminal defence. A woman, now identified as Julia Ferguson, suffered a critical stab wound and was rushed to a hospital trauma centre without vital signs. A GoFundMe set up by Ferguson’s friends says she worked as a receptionist at Hicks Adams and “was attacked and stabbed in the chest.” “The stab wound to her chest resulted in a puncture wound to her heart leaving her without vital signs upon paramedics arrival, some friends wrote on the GoFundMe page. "Due to Julia’s strength the paramedics were able to resuscitate her and she was rushed to the hospital.” They said Ferguson suffered oxygen loss due to her attack, which made recovery unlikely. On Sunday, Ferguson ...

A man receives an order from a Grab delivery shipper in HCM City on July 7, 2021. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — HCM City People’s Committee late Wednesday issued a new decision on COVID-19 prevention and control measures as the city continues to stay under the restrictive Directive 16 with outbreaks still not properly controlled yet. After two months of complete shutdowns to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks, restaurants and other food and drink services can now resume delivery of takeaway orders, between 6am-6pm every day. The southern city, currently the COVID-19 epicentre of the country, will allow postal service providers, telecommunications, IT devices and equipment and office stationery vendors to reopen, also within the same time frame and also only for delivery orders. The decision is made as millions of students in the city are starting the new school year via online learning. All places must have household business/business licences issued by relevant authorities, must register wi...

It’s 4:02pm and I’m running late for an interview with the owner of Spize. In the totally unfamiliar territory that is Temasek Club at Rifle Range road, I struggle to make my way to that very institution that fed so many drunk/half-drunk/hungry young adults after hours grinding on the dancefloor. Well to be fair, that outlet was located in River Valley – the place where brothers Anil and Haresh Sabnani built a name for themselves. It was also the outlet where a mass poisoning incident occurred in November 2018, which killed a man and made more than 60 people sick. The home-grown restaurant and its events arm – Spize Events – were convicted of 14 offences, including possession of food unfit for human consumption, and fined S$32,000. A civil suit is still ongoing. And that’s one of the reasons why, according to Haresh Sabnani, that his older brother, Anil, initially didn’t want to do this interview. But the younger brother wanted to face it head-on and “put it behind us”. So her...

Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication nad Digital Economy (1) NITDA Act: American Business Council Debunks Online Report, Lauds Pantami’s Strides The American Business Council (ABC) says it had no discussion with the public or any section of the media on the NITDA Act . It stated this while repudiating the stories on some online media, titled, “Parameters Not Defined: American Business Council Raises Council Over Isa Pantami’s ICT-Killer Bill’ . The Council also clarified the ‘authorized action by these media’ in a letter forwarded to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami . The letter, dated 18 August 2021, which is sighted by PRNigeria , was signed by the Council’s Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Margaret Olele . “The reports by these media platforms do not conform with tenets of the American Business Council nor did we interact with them on this matter,” the letter partly reads . Recalled that some online...

Empty shelves, food shortages and supply issues are not usual traits in the globalised, technologically interconnected 21st century. Yet food shortages across the United Kingdom have dominated headlines in recent weeks. Supermarket shelves have been sparse and restaurant menus have been modified. Nando’s, the popular grilled chicken restaurant chain, recently closed some of its units after running out of chicken, and various other big-brand outlets including the Greggs bakery and McDonald’s have faced similar supply issues. Steve Wilson, a disappointed Greggs customer in Brighton, told Al Jazeera: “I have two nearby, but both had menu items missing.” He had wanted to order a fried chicken baguette on Just Eat, a food delivery app, but found “they only had one type” on offer. He then called the branch to find out more. “They said it’s due to chicken shortages so had to stop offering certain items.” In London, Ziad Elhassan visited the Mile End branch of Nando’s and was frustrated...

Jobs, jobs, everywhere. That’s what the latest snapshot of the United States labour market is telling us. The world’s largest economy had a record 10.9 million job openings on the last day of July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said on Wednesday. That marked an increase of 749,000 job openings from the previous month – which was also a record. In a sign of how confident people feel about their employment prospects, some four million Americans quit their jobs in July – roughly level pegging with the previous month. While that may be awesome news for workers pounding the pavements in search of gainful employment, it is not necessarily great for the economy as a whole. Why? Because jobs are only created when someone is actually hired. And robust jobs creation is the hallmark of a robust economic recovery. In August, the US economy added 235,000 jobs – a bitter disappointment that marked the slowest pace of monthly non-farm payrolls added since January. The economy is still 5...

Bamboo Airways has so far completed all important preparations to get ready to operate regular commercial flights connecting Việt Nam and the US from late 2021 or early 2022. — Photo courtesy of the airline HÀ NỘI — Bamboo Airways will operate its first two-way demonstration flight on the Việt Nam-US direct route on September 23. Under a certificate granted by the US’ Transportation Security Administration to the airline, Bamboo Airways will conduct 12 two-way flights on the route between September and November this year. The flights will take off and land in different airports of Việt Nam (Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội and Đà Nẵng International Airport in Đà Nẵng) and the US (San Francisco and Los Angeles airports in California, and Seattle-Tacoma airport in Washington). The operation of the first demonstration flight is the first of a series of activities of Bamboo Airways in the US, including the signing of MoUs with San Francisco Internat...