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The deal includes a player option for the 2024/25 season, meaning James will be able to opt out of the final year of the contract if he no longer wants to stay at the club. CNN reached out to the Lakers to confirm the new contract. The new deal quashes any notion that James, who is already officially a billionaire, will become a free agent next year with the four-time NBA champion and MVP focused on making more history with the Lakers....

The supermodel stars on the cover of British Vogue’s September issue, her first since announcing she was “permanently disfigured” following a treatment known as CoolSculpting. Although she initially thought the drug was a “magic potion”, it led her to undergo liposuction after complications left things “sticking out of me”. In the Vogue interview, she said, “These CoolSculpting ads kept coming up, on CNN, MSNBC, over and over again, asking, ‘Do you like what you see in the mirror?...

The 62-year-old father of two did not contract the coronavirus. He died on 9 October 2020 after being repeatedly refused a face-to-face doctor’s appointment during the pandemic – only to be told that an emergency operation to remove his gallbladder had been delayed due to spiraling NHS waiting lists. His sudden death, in excruciating pain, was completely avoidable. As Mrs. King told me at the time: “To the decision makers, it’s just ‘collateral damage,’ but to me, it’s the love of my life....

Videos released by Los Angeles police show dozens of people, many not bothering to hide their faces, grabbing various items as they swarmed the chain store shortly after midnight Monday in the city’s Harbor Gateway section. Some of the footage even shows the rowdy bunch going behind the counter that had apparently been vacated by 7-Eleven employees and throwing items at a pack of people on the other side. The suspects in the flash-mob robbery managed to elude the police....

The ships were among hundreds sunk along the Danube by Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet in 1944 as they retreated from advancing Soviet forces and still block river traffic at low water levels. However, this year’s drought – seen by scientists as a consequence of global warming – has exposed more than 20 vessels in a stretch of the Danube near Prahovo in eastern Serbia, many of which still contain tons of ammunition and explosives and are risk to shipping....

Emmanuel Macron a dénoncé vendredi “l’attaque brutale” de la Russie contre l’Ukraine et a appelé les Français à “accepter de payer le prix de la liberté” au vu des conséquences en Europe. “Je pense à notre peuple, qui aura besoin de force d’âme pour affronter les temps à venir, pour résister aux incertitudes, parfois à la facilité et à l’adversité et, unis, accepter de payer le prix de notre liberté et de nos valeurs....

Die ZAMG hat für Freitag eine Regenwarnung für Westösterreich herausgegeben. Aufgrund des Genua-Tiefs wird für Vorarlberg bis Samstag mit Starkregen gerechnet. Die Feuerwehr- und Rettungsleitstelle hat seit Donnerstagnachmittag elf Einsätze durchgeführt, die meisten davon wegen überfluteter Keller im Raum Bregenz. 19.08.2022 10.22 Elektronik ab heute, 10.22 Uhr. (Aktualisierung: 11.31 Uhr) In den betroffenen Gebieten werden 50 bis 80 mm Regen erwartet, in einigen Gebieten könnten aber auch bis zu 150 mm zu sehen sein....

Several strikes have taken place in recent months as part of a long-running dispute over wages, jobs and working conditions. From Thursday, Network Rail, train companies, the London Underground and the capital’s buses will be hit by strikes, causing disruption to workers, passengers and fans heading to events including a cricket Test match at Lords. The industrial action will affect services until the end of the weekend. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT), Transport Allied Staffs Association (TSSA) and Unite will join after ongoing talks failed to break the deadlock....

Le scénario du drame s’annonce “Les premières constatations et investigations orientent l’enquête vers un féminicide suivi du suicide de l’auteur, une position également suggérée par le mari dans un écrit qu’il a laissé sur place dans lequel il explique son geste”, a-t-on indiqué. . La sous-procureure générale Muriel Masson, dans un communiqué. Les pompiers sont intervenus ce mercredi 17 août en fin d’après-midi au domicile du couple de 86 ans, leur résidence secondaire à Plédran dans les Côtes-d’Armor....

Encore un témoignage dévastateur. Au lendemain de la version de la première victime présumée de Benjamin Mendy, une deuxième plaignante a raconté, ce jeudi, devant le tribunal du procès de l’international français, les viols dont le joueur aurait été victime en octobre 2020 à son domicile . Dans un enregistrement, la jeune femme, âgée de 20 ans, expliquait pour la première fois avoir rencontré Benjamin Mendy et ses amis lors d’une soirée dans un bar....

• À lire aussi : Déclin du français : François Legault trouve la situation “préoccupante”, mais pas Anglade • À lire aussi : Les Montréalais divisés sur le déclin du français • A lire aussi : 24 déclarations d’amour pour la langue française La situation est particulièrement alarmante dans le reste du Canada, notamment en Ontario et au Nouveau-Brunswick (voir autre texte). “C’est assez dévastateur” pour ces deux provinces, commente Stéphanie Chouinard, professeure au Collège militaire royal du Canada....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Russia has no moral right to join the Group of 20 nations while it continues its invasion of Ukraine, a British Foreign Office spokesman said on Friday. “Russia has no moral right to participate in the G20 while its aggression in Ukraine continues,” the spokesman said. “We welcome Indonesia’s efforts to ensure that the effects of Russia’s war are taken into account at G20 meetings, as well as indications that Ukraine may be represented by President (Volodymyr) Zelenskiy at the G20 Leaders’ Summit....

The Justice Department has objected to the release of the affidavit containing the evidence, which gave investigators probable cause to believe crimes were committed at Trump’s Palm Beach home. The search at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort was part of a federal investigation into whether Trump removed illegal documents when he left office in January 2021 after losing the presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters....

However, the students came down with a thump after the government’s attempt to curb grade inflation. This year’s grades have fallen sharply from the peak in 2021, although they are not as low as those from the last comparable exam year, 2019. But what else did we learn from this year’s results? 1 Beware of the gap To reverse the cliché, a falling tide lowers all boats. This year’s exam results were down compared to 2021, regardless of the type of school a student attended, but all did better than in 2019....

Former President Donald Trump bombarded his supporters with more than 100 emails asking for money based on the FBI’s investigation of the Mar-a-Lago Club for classified material last week. They paid for it. Contributions to Trump’s political action committee topped $1 million at least two days after the Aug. 8 search of his Palm Beach, Fla., property, according to two people familiar with the figures. Daily returns jumped from the $200,000 to $300,000 level that had been typical in recent months, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss non-public information....

Une enquête pour “meurtre sur mineur de moins de 15 ans” a été ouverte par le parquet de Montargi, après la mort suspecte d’un nourrisson d’un mois, dont l’autopsie a révélé des traces de violence et “d’asphyxie”. Le corps de l’enfant, un garçon né en juillet, a été découvert lundi 15 août par les pompiers et le Samu de Bray-Saint-Aignan (Loire), selon le parquet de Montargis. Les secours avaient reçu un appel de la grand-mère qui disait “qu’il a été retrouvé mort dans son lit”, a indiqué vendredi le procureur de Montargis, Loïc Abrial, dans un communiqué....

„Grundsätzlich ist ein solcher Blitzeinschlag ungefährlich, da alle Flugzeuge Faraday-Käfige sind – der Strom wird also am Rumpf entlang geleitet, die Passagiere sind nicht gefährdet“, sagte Karin Montani aus der Schweiz gegenüber 20 Minuten. Die Rückkehr zum Flughafen Zürich sei mittlerweile gängige Praxis – die Infrastruktur sei vorhanden, um vom Blitz getroffene Maschinen auf versteckte Schäden zu überprüfen, sagt die Sprecherin. Laut Swiss verlief die Landung nach Plan und das Flugzeug ist seit heute Morgen nach der Überprüfung des Triebwerks wieder im Einsatz....

“I remember not wanting to react because the girls were in the room,” she testified, her voice rising with emotion. “I said, ‘I can’t do this.’ … And I got out of the house and ran to the side of the house so that the girls wouldn’t see me. I wanted to run… down the block and just scream. I can’t escape my body. I can’t escape what I feel....

20.08.2022, 00:29 Uhr Ein Mann in Niedersachsen ist Opfer einer Messerattacke geworden. Obwohl Mitarbeiter der Pizzeria einschreiten und die Polizei schnell zur Stelle ist, stirbt er auf dem Weg ins Krankenhaus. Der mutmaßliche Täter wurde bereits festgenommen. In Niedersachsen ist ein 32-jähriger Mann bei einem Messerangriff getötet worden. Nach einem Streit vor einer Pizzeria im niedersächsischen Neustadt am Rübenberge sticht der Angreifer mit einem Messer auf das Opfer ein. Eine 44-jährige Frau sei bei dem abendlichen Angriff verletzt und in ein Krankenhaus gebracht worden, sagte ein Sprecher der Polizeidirektion Hannover....

Built in 1982, the pier was designed to accommodate not only two chemical import terminals but also one for liquefied natural gas (LNG), shipped by tanker from the US. With cheap Russian gas beating LNG on price, those tankers never arrived. Two neighboring plots of land, reclaimed from the North Sea to make room for industry, instead attracted rare terns and bitterns. But as Russia’s war in Ukraine upends decades of German energy policy, getting LNG tankers to dock at the Hooksiel wharf is suddenly a matter of national priority....