The stakes are high, given that “GoT” was the biggest show in the world during its run from 2011-2019, even as it fell to a widely derided end. While “House of the Dragon” (premiering Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. on HBO) is hardly a masterpiece, it’s an addictively watchable series full of juicy drama, palace intrigue and crowd-pleasing “GoT” nostalgia. Set 172 years before the birth of Daenerys, it gives us Westeros through “Succession....

“This is a black spot in Canadian history,” Dean France said of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to invoke the Emergency Act on Feb. 14, just a day after the deal between the city and the truckers was made public. “History will show that it was a total overreaction.” Since late January, protesters have rallied against the pandemic restrictions and blocked access to the neighborhood and major arteries around Parliament Hill, blocking roads with trucks and other vehicles....

Seul un train sur cinq traversait le pays jeudi 18 août, avec des dizaines de milliers de cheminots appelés à arrêter le travail par plusieurs syndicats. Le métro de Londres était quasiment paralysé vendredi, avec seulement “deux lignes” offrant un “trafic réduit”. , selon un porte-parole de la société de transport public TfL, dont les Tubes transportent généralement jusqu’à cinq millions de passagers. Partout, le mot d’ordre est le même : les ouvriers réclament des augmentations de salaires en ligne avec l’inflation, qui a atteint 10,1% en juillet sur un an et pourrait dépasser 13% en octobre, selon l’agence....

Chelsea could make bid for Real Madrid superstar Sourav Mahathir Casemiro is an absolute Real Madrid legend and often doesn’t get the credit he deserves. He is as important to this team as Luka Modric and Toni Kroos, and together they could well be the greatest midfield trio ever assembled, having been involved in four UEFA Champions League triumphs together. Casemiro may be 30 years old, but he remains a key player for Carlo Ancelotti’s side, despite the recent signings of Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Tchouameni....

The six-foot blue shark was discovered in shallow water in the River Fal on the National Trust’s Trelissick estate between Truro and Falmouth on Wednesday. Blue sharks are one of several shark species known to migrate from the Atlantic to the west coast of Cornwall during the summer months. However, experts warned that the shark should be “given a wide berth” because the animal could be injured and stressed. Dan Jarvis, of the charity British Divers Marine Life Rescue, said his team were monitoring his condition because of fears the shark could become disoriented....

The country’s intelligence service made the claim hours after Moscow accused Ukraine of trying to stage an “accident” there, which may involve a radioactive leak, during a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the ravaged war nation. Located in southeastern Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhia plant was seized by Russia in the early days of the war and has come under repeated fire in recent weeks. Both sides have pointed the finger at each other for the bombing....

Au final, le DG peut-être perdu deux marqueurs de 100 points (Johnny Gaudreau et Matthew Tkachuk) américains, mais il a réussi à (notamment) mettre la main sur deux excellents joueurs canadiens (Jonathan Huberdeau et Nazem Kadri) à long terme et à avoir au moins un an de MacKenzie Weegar. Pour ajouter la plus récente pièce de son casse-tête hier, Treliving a été obligé de larguer du salaire via Sean Monahan et d’y attacher un choix de premier tour pour convaincre le CH....

Before his incarceration, Bulger ran Boston’s notorious Winter Hill gang during the 1970s and ’80s. He went into hiding upon learning of his impending indictment in 1995, ending up on the FBI’s most wanted list. He was finally found and arrested 16 years after he was charged. The gangster’s criminal reign would serve as inspiration for Jack Nicholson’s character in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed. Geas and DeCologero are accused of hitting Bulger, 89, in the head multiple times in October 2018, causing his death, the district attorney’s office said....

Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature We want to hear from school leavers, teachers and parents about their experience of this cohort’s results. Whatever your story and wherever you’re headed next, get in touch here. The education secretary says the “majority” of students will get first-choice university places Speaking on BBC Breakfast, the education secretary said the “majority” of students would get their first place at university and would not be crowded out by a deferred group....

Ces allégations ont été rapportées jeudi par le New York Times, au lendemain du départ de M. Price de son poste de directeur général de Gravity Payments, la société qu’il a fondée il y a 18 ans. « Ma priorité numéro un est que nos employés travaillent pour la meilleure entreprise au monde, mais ma présence ici a été une distraction. J’ai aussi besoin de prendre du recul pour me concentrer à plein temps sur ma défense contre de fausses accusations [circulent à mon sujet]», a déclaré l’homme d’affaires dans un tweet....

More than 18 months after losing to the U.S. in the finals at the 2021 world junior hockey championship, he once again has the chance to help Canada capture the tournament’s top prize. “It’s exciting to be in this moment now. But the hardest work is ahead,” Garand said on Friday after guiding his side to a 5-2 semi-final win over the Czech Republic, the country commonly known as the Czech Republic....

More than 18 months after losing to the U.S. in the finals at the 2021 world junior hockey championship, he once again has the chance to help Canada capture the tournament’s top prize. “It’s exciting to be in this moment now. But the hardest work is ahead,” Garand said on Friday after his side’s 5-2 semi-final win over the Czech Republic. “We have to do the right things here, rest, recover and be ready to go....

The dust has yet to settle, with Taiwan holding exercises this week and Beijing announcing more maneuvers are planned, but experts say much can already be gleaned from what China has and hasn’t done so far. China will also learn lessons about its own military capabilities from the drills, which looked more like what an actual strike would look like on the island claimed by Beijing as its own territory, and from the American and Taiwanese response....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) – A Shanghai court on Friday sentenced Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua, who has not appeared in public since 2017, to 13 years in prison and fined the group 55.03 billion yuan ($8.1 billion) Tomorrow Holdings. China. Xiao and Tomorrow Holdings were charged with illegally withdrawing public deposits, betraying the use of entrusted property, and illegal use of funds and bribery, the Shanghai First Intermediate Court said....

2018 renderings of a warehouse and shopping center under construction in Surrey A massive logistics facility in Surrey officially opened last month, paving the way for more trade between BC and China. Vancouver Logistics Park, which opened on July 28, was originally called the “World Commodity Trade Center” and was billed as a massive $190 million, 470,000-square-foot complex. Today, the large import-export facility is only about 80,000 square feet as only the first of three phases has been completed....

Diplomatie Der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj und sein türkischer Amtskollege Recep Tayyip Erdogan trafen sich in der Ukraine zu Gesprächen. Die beiden trafen sich im Pototski-Palast in Lemberg, berichtete der staatliche türkische Nachrichtensender Anadolu am Donnerstag. Selenskyj traf sich dann mit UN-Generalsekretär Antonio Guterres zu Gesprächen. „Besondere Aufmerksamkeit wurde Russlands nuklearer Erpressung im Kernkraftwerk Saporischschja geschenkt“, heißt es in einer am Donnerstag veröffentlichten Erklärung des Präsidialamts. Die Vereinten Nationen müssen die Sicherheit dieses strategischen Objekts gewährleisten, indem sie die russischen Streitkräfte entmilitarisieren und zurückziehen, sagte er....

Aux États-Unis, la flambée des démissions à partir de 2021 après les premières vagues de l’épidémie de COVID-19, des milliers de travailleurs quittant volontairement leur emploi pour changer d’emploi, chercher un autre emploi ou se retirer du marché du travail, a été qualifiée de “Big Quit”. » (“Grande Quitte”). Mais en France, le niveau des démissions est actuellement “élevé sans être inédit, ni inattendu compte tenu du contexte économique” de la reprise après la crise sanitaire, note la Dares dans cette étude....

A research team led by Jack Cooper, a paleobiologist at Swansea University, set out to use 3D modeling from a rare and exceptionally well-preserved megalodon spine to extrapolate information about the shark’s movement and behavior. Their research was published in Science Advances Wednesday. “We estimate that an adult O. megalodon could travel at faster absolute speeds than any shark species today and fully consume prey the size of modern apex predators,” the researchers wrote....

La Chine et la Russie entretiennent des liens de défense étroits et Pékin a déclaré vouloir porter les relations bilatérales “à un niveau supérieur”, malgré la condamnation internationale de la guerre en Ukraine. Selon un communiqué publié mercredi, la Chine participera aux exercices annuels appelés “Vostok” (“Est” en français) – prévus du 30 août au 5 septembre, selon Moscou – dans le cadre de sa coopération avec la Russie. ....

It also wants to scrap the lower pay categories for workers aged between 18 and 22 so that everyone is paid a higher rate. The minimum wage is set at £9.50 an hour for people aged 23 and over, £9.18 for 21 and 22-year-olds and £6.83 for workers aged between 18 and 20. The proposal to help tackle the cost of living crisis comes after the party announced a £29bn plan to freeze the energy price cap this autumn....