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Month: August 2023

Stores risk losing younger shoppers with anti-theft measures targeting self-checkouts: retail expert

By Natasha O’Neill, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Amid a recorded rise in retail theft, companies are taking more measures at self-checkouts to stop people from stealing. Allowing customers to complete their own transactions can make shopping seamless and easy, but a retail strategist says self-checkouts

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How ‘Heartstopper’ became the anti-’Euphoria’ with its tender coming-of-age tone

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Nothing particularly dramatic happens during “Heartstopper,” the British teen drama that returns for its second season this week. And that alone, oddly, makes the show – which the San Francisco Chronicle rightly dubbed “the anti-‘Euphoria’” – feel somehow revolutionary, even more so a year after its US debut.

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Palestinian foreign minister says Biden’s inaction as Middle East violence surges is ‘weak’

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian foreign minister has attacked the Biden administration as weak and uninterested in the Mideast conflict. Violence between Israel and the Palestinians has surged to its highest levels in nearly two decades. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Malki told foreign reporters in Ramallah on Thursday

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What you should know about the latest Covid-19 surge. A doctor explains

By Faye Chiu, CNN (CNN) — Recent data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that a summer surge of Covid-19 could be underway, although not as significant as in past summers. By some measures, the number of coronavirus infections is rising, along with test positivity, emergency department visits and — most alarmingly — hospital admissions.

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Qué son y qué diferencias hay entre burka, niqab, chador e hiyab: cómo distinguir los velos musulmanes

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Burka, niqab, chador, hiyab: en el mundo islámico existe una variedad de velos que se diferencian, entre otras características, porque cubren en distinta medida los cuerpos, cabezas y rostros de las mujeres. Aquí, una guía para saber cómo identificar cada uno. Los talibanes tomaron el poder en Afganistán e,

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