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By James Wong Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images AS A botanist fascinated by the properties of plants, I am always curious when I uncover new claims about them. So when a colleague lamented to me about having to give up eating tomatoes (her very favourite food) over lunch the other day, fearful they would exacerbate her crippling rheumatoid arthritis, I could barely clear my plate before reaching to dig out the studies. The first thing I discovered was that a link between tomato consumption and this painful, poorly understood degenerative condition wasn’t a new idea at all, just new to me that day. It has been a staple for …

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The program is not about one year, its a five-to-10-year plan, Navdeep Bains said Wednesday, at a virtual event Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) organized to highlight projects from the five consortia of business, academia and non-profits. (The Logic)

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National survey numbers overstate the likelihood of Joe Biden beating President Trump, according to one of the few pollsters to correctly predict Trump’s 2016 victory.

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Johnny Depp just lost his long and arduous libel battle against ‘The Sun.’ Does this mean trouble for Prince Harry & Meghan Markle too?

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Whatever the outcome of the US presidential election, Donald Trump is likely to have a lasting impact on the nation’s health, environmental regulations and space exploration

04/11/2020

By Chelsea Whyte Donald Trump signs an executive order on energy and infrastructure Evan Vucci/AP/Shutterstock AS US President Donald Trump prepares to face the ballot box in the hopes of winning a second term, his handling of the coronavirus pandemic will be at the forefront of voters’ minds. But Trump’s impact on health, space and environment policy during his time in office also warrants examining. In the past four years, Trump has promised to reverse environmental regulations and climate change policy, to repeal and replace his predecessor Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare policy and to revive the fortunes of NASA. Has he succeeded?

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Congressional race will be key on Tuesday, with Democrats needing up to four extra Senate seats

04/11/2020

The eyes of the world will turn to the US this week as one of the most consequential presidential elections in history takes place, yet the race to the White House is not the only issue on the ballot. Millions of Americans will cast their votes in congressional and state elections. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs, and 33 of the Senates 100 seats will be decided. The make-up of the next Congress will shape the political direction of the country from January. If Joe Biden wins the election he will be constrained in his ability to advance his policy priorities if Democrats are not in control of the House and Senate. While Democrats are expected to retain their House majority, the Senate is a more difficult prospect. Republicans control 53 seats, with the resu...

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Man visited tourist attraction despite strict quarantine guidelines

An American man passing through Canada faces a fine of up to C$750,000 (£432,000) or six months in jail after violating quarantine rules. John Pennington, 40, from Kentucky crossed into Canada from Alaska in June, stopping off at the Rimrock Hotel in Banff. He was first fined C$1,200 (£690) on 25 June after hotel staff called the police to report that they suspected he may have broken quarantine. Americans are banned from travelling into Canada for discretionary reasons due to current coronavirus restrictions. They are only allowed to drive through the country to get between Alaska and the other mainland US states if its for an essential purpose such as work or going to a primary residence, providing they take the most direct route and avoid all national parks, leisure sites and tour...

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison takes aim at the Victorian Government’s roadmap out of stage 4 coronavirus restrictions, saying he hopes it is the “worst case scenario” and the state will reopen more quickly than outlined.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has taken aim at the Victorian Government's roadmap out of stage 4 coronavirus restrictions, saying he hopes the state will reopen more quickly than outlined. Key points: Mr Morrison described the plan as "crushing news" for VictoriansVictoria's roadmap out of restrictions was unveiled on SundayThe Prime Minister has taken aim at the state's contact tracing capabilities "The plan that was outlined yesterday, I hope, is a worst-case scenario," he said. "I see it as a starting point in terms of how this issue will be managed in the weeks and months ahead in Victoria." Mr Morrison said the Federal Government would carefully review the plan and was still waiting on the detailed modelling from Victorian health authorities. The Prime Minister made the comments

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Japanese authorities found one lifeboat washed ashore on an island in the country’s south-west, while searching for survivors of a live export ship feared to have sunk.

A lifeboat which washed up on a Japanese island in the country's south-west has been found by authorities searching for survivors of a live export ship feared to have sunk. The crew on the ship made a distress call last Wednesday while in the East China SeaThe region has experience two typhoons in the last week, hampering recovery effortsThree of the 43 crew members have been found, one dead However, the Coast Guard says it found no indication that anyone was on board. The search will resume today for the 40 missing sailors two oh whom are Australians, including a 25-year-old Queensland vet Dr Lukas Orda. It is a search that is becoming increasingly more desperate, with almost a week passing since the Gulf Livestock 1 made a distress call during Typhoon Maysak in the East China Sea. A

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Noah Beck went in her place