LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – This is the land of in-between for the Los Angeles Lakers.Games right now matter, in the sense that only three contests are left to build momentum for the postseason.

And games right now don’t matter, in the sense that the Lakers basically knew five months ago that they would be the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.They lost again Thursday night, with LeBron James getting the night off in a defeat to the Houston Rockets.

The Lakers are 2-3 so far in the bubble, and their offensive numbers are brutal.There are 22 teams here at the NBA restart at Walt Disney World.

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Ottawa police face ‘flood’ of fake 911 calls; city hacked as trucker convoy continues

trucker convoy in Ottawa are spilling over onto new fronts Thursday, with police reporting “a concerted effort to flood” 911 lines, protesters mobilizing at the local airport and hackers taking aim at city council.Earlier in the day, city officials had warned of traffic disruptions at the city’s international airport as the trucker convoy encamped across the city enters its 14th day, and some members appeared to be encircling the airport.That now appears to have ended, but it remains unclear whether the group will move to a different site or return to the airport.Ottawa police had told Global News they are “aware” of the convoy’s presence at the airport and shortly after, issued a tweet warning of attempts to target emergency lines.“We are aware of a concerted effort to flood our 911 and non-emergency policing reporting line. This endangers lives and is completely unacceptable,” the police service said.“It is a crime to unnecessarily call 911 or our non-emergency number (613-236-1222).

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Canada tourism official, Ontario doctors encourage dropping of arrival testing, PCR at ‘bare minimum’

Beth Potter, president of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, Dr. Dominik Mertz, division director of infectious diseases at McMaster University, and Dr.

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Important changes to covid rules on holidays coming into effect in Scotland tomorrow

New rules on international travel in Scotland will come into effect from tomorrow as the country continues to emerge from the worst of the Omicron Covid wave.

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Queen Elizabeth Met With Prince Charles Before His COVID Diagnosis, Now Being Monitored

Queen Elizabeth II met with Prince Charles before he tested positive for COVID-19 and is now being closely monitored, a royal source tells ET. On Thursday, Clarence House announced that Charles — who is vaccinated and boosted — tested positive for COVID-19 that morning and is now self-isolating. Our source tells ET that 95-year-old Elizabeth and 73-year-old Charles met on Tuesday after she returned from Sandringham.

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South Africa steps up hygiene in health facilities to protect against COVID-19

Good hygiene practices such as hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment and cleaning and disinfection of medical equipment and environment – just some of the elements of infection prevention and control (IPC) – are at the forefront of COVID-19 responses worldwide. They protect both patients and health workers from infection.

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As the NBA playoffs begin, here are 10 things to know

The NBA playoff pool is deeper than ever this season.Playoff teams will split a record $23,287,266 for making the NBA postseason, a figure that's up about $1.6 million from last year.And the Milwaukee Bucks stand to grab the biggest share of a pool ever, if they win the NBA title. The Bucks would split $6,827,848 if they won the NBA championship, based on the formula worked out by the NBA.The Bucks have already secured $1,606,897 from the pool by having the best record in the NBA, the best record in the Eastern Conference and making the first round.

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Herman rallies to win Wyndham, qualify for FedEx playoffs

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Jim Herman's got a plan to keep his PGA Tour career thriving — play more rounds with President Donald Trump. Whenever Herman plays golf with the president, soon after he hoists a trophy.

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Lindblom joins Flyers for playoffs after cancer treatment

Philadelphia Flyers teammates tapping the ice with their sticks as he returned to practice and knew — after months of fear and fight in his battle with bone cancer — he was home.Lindblom turned 24 on Saturday and a day later he received a rousing applause from the Flyers hours before they prepared for their playoff game against Montreal.“Now I’m here and I’m happier than ever,” Lindblom said Sunday.A native of Gavle, Sweden, Lindblom was off to a career season when he diagnosed in December with Ewing’s sarcoma, a tumor that grows in the bones or in the tissue around bones.

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Beyoncé had to revise ‘Black Is King’ because of the coronavirus pandemic

Beyoncé had to revise her plans for Black Is King because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been revealed.The star released the visual album last month (July 31), with it serving as a companion to ‘The Gift’, the album she made to tie-in with the remake of Disney’s The Lion King last year.However, the film’s directors have now explained they were planning to go deeper into the story, but had their plans scuppered by the coronavirus pandemic. Travel restrictions stopped them travelling to South Africa to shoot additional footage, forcing them to work with that they’d already got.“We were planning to add more to the story,” Kwasi Fordjour told The Fader.

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Blazers make playoffs, oust Grizzlies with 126-122 victory

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – A fourth consecutive down-to-the-wire finish, a fourth consecutive win for the Portland Trail Blazers.They needed all that just to get into the playoffs.Damian Lillard scored 31 points, CJ McCollum had 14 of his 29 in the fourth quarter — including a pair of big jumpers over Ja Morant late — and the Blazers clinched the NBA’s final playoff spot by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 126-122 on Saturday.Portland’s reward: a matchup with the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers, starting Tuesday.

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Alberta reports another death linked to COVID-19 along with 84 new cases Friday

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The Calgary zone currently has 305 active cases, the North zone has 103, the Central zone has 81 and the South zone has 45. There are five active cases that have not yet been linked to a particular zone.The new COVID-19 cases reported on Friday saw the province surpass the 12,000 mark for total confirmed cases since the pandemic began.

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How will COVID-19 affect the coming flu season? Scientists struggle for clues

Kelly ServickScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.In March, as the Southern Hemisphere braced for winter flu season while fighting COVID-19, epidemiologist Cheryl Cohen and colleagues at South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) set up a plan to learn from the double whammy. They hoped to study interactions between seasonal respiratory viruses and SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

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U.S. recruits scientists abroad to test COVID-19 vaccine candidates, pledges access to doses

Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine project is recruiting scientists in South Africa and Latin America to help test possible vaccines in U.S.- backed clinical trials, pledging to ease their countries’ access to any successful products, Reuters has learned.Moncef Slaoui, a former pharmaceutical executive who heads Operation Warp Speed, a multi-billion dollar U.S. collaboration between the federal government and drugmakers, made the commitment to international scientists late last month, two people familiar with the matter said.

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US hiring scientists abroad for covid vaccine trials

WASHINGTON : The Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine project is recruiting scientists in South Africa and Latin America to help test possible vaccines in U.S.- backed clinical trials, pledging to ease their countries’ access to any successful products, Reuters has learned.Moncef Slaoui, a former pharmaceutical executive who heads Operation Warp Speed, a multi-billion dollar U.S. collaboration between the federal government and drugmakers, made the commitment to international scientists late last month, two people familiar with the matter said.Researchers in South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Argentina are in discussions to join U.S.

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World’s oldest camp bedding found in South African cave

Cathleen O’GradyBorder Cave is a deep gash in a cliff face, high in the Lebombo Mountains of South Africa. Sheltered from the elements, the spot has yielded bones, tools, and preserved plant material that paint a detailed picture of the lives of human inhabitants for more than 200,000 years.

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Peterborough landlord takes unusual approach, erects sign, following unpaid rent

Jessica Nyznik has the answer.

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tweeted today. “I’ll do anything to prove that theatres can re-open safely.”The “Cats” composer apparently was referring to the vaccine being developed by Oxford University and the drug company AstraZeneca.

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NHL pushes game back a day after Lightning, Blue Jackets go into 5th OT

league to postpone Game 1 between the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes until Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET.

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The pandemic appears to have spared Africa so far. Scientists are struggling to explain why

Linda NordlingScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.Although Africa reported its millionth official COVID-19 case last week, it seems to have weathered the pandemic relatively well so far, with fewer than one confirmed case for every thousand people and just 23,000 deaths so far. Yet several antibody surveys suggest far more Africans have been infected with the coronavirus—a discrepancy that is puzzling scientists around the continent.

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Kuzma's 3-pointer lifts Lakers to 124-121 win over Nuggets

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Kyle Kuzma hit a 3-pointer with .4 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 124-121 Monday night to snap a three-game losing streak.LeBron James threw an inbounds pass to Anthony Davis, who flipped it to Kuzma on the right wing for the game-winner as the clock ran down.The Lakers, outplayed down the stretch by Denver’s bench, got 29 points and 12 assists from James, who hit two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. Anthony Davis had 27 points and Kuzma 25.P.J.

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Rolling lockdowns to slow coronavirus hurt India’s economic recovery

virus outbreak. The nation, which is adding more than 50,000 cases daily, is seeing some of its most-industrialized states reimposing lockdowns to stop the spread of Covid-19.India’s exit from the lockdown is not calibrated, said Soumya Kanti Ghosh, an economist with the State Bank of India.

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Warren scores 39, Pacers surge past Lakers late, 116-111

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – T.J. Warren scored 39 points, including seven straight to put Indiana ahead in the final two minutes, and the Pacers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 116-111 on Saturday.LeBron James had 31 points, eight rebounds and seven assists after sitting out the first game since the Lakers clinched the top seed in the Western Conference.

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Coronavirus: Africa now over 3M cases, but millions still untested

coronavirus cases have surpassed one million, but global health experts say the true toll is likely several times higher, reflecting the gaping lack of testing for the continent’s 1.3 billion people.While experts say infection tolls in richer nations can be significant undercounts, large numbers of undetected cases are a greater danger for Africa, with many of the world’s weakest health systems. Coronavirus cases in South Africa top 500,000 but president says he’s hopeful The World Health Organization calls the milestone a “pivotal point” for Africa as infections in several countries are surging.

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COMMENTARY: Kinder, gentler approach to COVID put to the test in B.C.

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]It’s an approach she reinforced recently when drivers of cars with out-of-province licence plates started to experience harassment.Any vehicle displaying foreign plates — especially American ones — are also likely to display a home-made sign urging people not to insult them or damage their vehicles.Cars with Washington state plates routinely display signs like “Here legally” or “I live in Vancouver, please do not harass, attack or damage.”When B.C. Premier John Horgan was asked about the harassment, he had blunt advice for targeted motorists.“I would suggest public transit,” he said.

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Bajaj Allianz General announces premium instalment options for health cover

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance said in a statement.Customers having a net premium of ₹12,000 or more would be able to opt for the monthly instalment option, it said.Similarly, customers with the net premium of ₹6,000 or more can opt for the quarterly & half-yearly instalment options, it said, adding, annual instalment option will also be available for long-term policies.If a customer wants to opt for the premium instalment facility, the customer has to register an e-mandate with his or her banker, so that instalment would be debited from the customer's account, it said."We have been witnessing a rapid rise in healthcare costs year on year, and it has become imperative for citizens of our country to have a health insurance cover."Providing

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CP3 leads Thunder's rout of cold-shooting Lakers, 105-86

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Chris Paul had 21 points, seven rebounds and six assists in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 105-86 victory over the poor-shooting Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.Danilo Gallinari scored 19 points and Steven Adams had 18 for the Thunder (42-25), who never trailed in their first win over the Lakers in four meetings this season. Oklahoma City pulled even with Houston for the fifth seed in the Western Conference playoff picture with five games left.LeBron James had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers (51-16), who had another possibly concerning offensive performance while dropping to 2-2 in the bubble.

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Many Canadians taking ‘wait-and-see’ approach to future vaccine: poll

As the federal government commits to acquiring millions of doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine, an Angus Reid poll reveals many Canadians are feeling hesitant about a possible cure. Albert Delitala reports.

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Global COVID-19 deaths top 700,000; WHO team heads to South Africa

In the latest global COVID-19 developments, the fatality count passed the 700,000 mark as the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the deployment of a surge team to South Africa, the continent's hardest-hit country, and Australian health officials took more steps to limit spread from its hot spot in Victoria state.

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Pandemic Exacts Toll on Sony's Music Operations With Double-Digit Revenue Drop

Fine Line, Future's High Off Life, Doja Cat's Hot Pink, Travis Scott's Astroworld, Polo G's The Goat, Khalid's Free Spirit, Pwofu's Death Bed, and a pair of Luke Combs releases, What You See Is What You Get and This One's For You. From Japan it cited Ju Ju's Your Story, and Milet's Eyes, among other releases.But there is no escaping that the pandemic impacted music sales, merchandising and the company's live concert operations on the recorded music side; and in synchronization and performance royalties in music publishing.

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Peace Motorcade rolling through Philly neighborhoods in wake of violence

PHILADELPHIA - A peace motorcade rolled through South Philly. Bilal Qayyum gives the orders as to where they'll go and what they'll do when they get there.

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Ontario communities see downed trees, heavy rain as storm rolls through

The communities of Kinmount, Kemptville and Winchester, Ont., saw downed trees and heavy rain on Sunday as a storm rolled through parts of eastern Ontario.

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Two new 'rapid' 90-minute coronavirus tests to be rolled out before winter

Two new rapid coronavirus tests will be rolled out in hospitals and care homes ahead of winter.The swab and DNA tests will be able to detect both COVID-19 and other winter viruses such as flu in just 90 minutes.They will enable clinicians and NHS Test and Trace to determine whether an infected person needs to self-isolate immediately with coronavirus or whether they are suffering from seasonal flu.Almost half a million new LamPORE swab tests will be available from next week across adult care settings and laboratories.Millions more of the tests, supplied by Oxford Nanopore, are set to be rolled out later in the year.Thousands of DNA test machines, which can analyse nose swabs and have been used in eight London hospitals, will be rolled out

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‘Typical Florida:’ Paradise Beach visitors unfazed by Tropical Storm Isaias’ approach

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Melbourne resident Don Marrufo hopped out of bed at 5 a.m. Sunday to prep his home for Isaias, which had been forecast to potentially strike Cape Canaveral as a Category 1 landfalling hurricane.Instead, Isaias weakened to a tropical storm overnight — and slowed to a crawl off the South Florida coastline."Made breakfast — cinnamon rolls — instead.

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Data and demographics: Is the COVID-19 death rate lower in the developing world?

COVID-19 in some of Mumbai’s slums.It estimated that around 57 per cent of people in three of the poorest areas of the city had been exposed to the virus, compared to just 16 per cent of Mumbai residents in non-slum areas.More than half of Mumbai’s 12 million people live in crowded slums, which suggests a staggeringly high infection rate in the city, despite the number of deaths not appearing to match.But like many COVID-19 statistics, it comes with caveats.“The details matter,” said Canadian-Indian epidemiologist Prof. Prabhat Jha.

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Coronavirus cases in South Africa top 500,000 but president says he’s hopeful

South Africa has surpassed 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, but President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday he sees “promising signs” that the rapid growth of cases has stabilized and that the country’s strained health system is managing to cope.Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize announced 10,107 new cases Saturday night, bringing the country’s cumulative total to 503,290, including 8,153 deaths. South Africa has now tallied more than 50 per cent of all reported coronavirus infections in Africa’s 54 countries.

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Summertime sadness: Resurgent coronavirus dims economic recovery hopes

SINGAPORE : The virus is the summer house guest from hell.Any remaining hope that the coronavirus that’s pushed the US, Europe and much of Asia into historic economic downturns would take a holiday has been all but crushed. The virus continues to rampage through parts of the US and engulf nations across the developing world, particularly India, Brazil and South Africa.

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Coronavirus: India reports 55,000 cases as Florida braces for tropical storm

India reported nearly 55,000 new coronavirus cases on Sunday and Japan recorded more than 1,500 for a second day while Florida braced for a tropical storm that threatened to hamper anti-disease efforts.A curfew was imposed on Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, following a spike in infections.The United States, India and South Africa are struggling to rein in their first wave of infections while South Korea and other countries where the disease abated try to avert a second wave as curbs on travel and trade ease. How close are we to a coronavirus vaccine? India’s 54,735 new cases were down from the previous day’s record 57,118 but raised the country’s total to 1.75 million.

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Curfew imposed in Melbourne as coronavirus cases rise

Australia's second-largest city has imposed an overnight curfew to halt the spread of coronavirus cases, as South Africa's infection count topped more than half a million.

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economic downturns would take a holiday was all but crushed this week. The virus continues to rampage through parts of the U.S.

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Lowry scores 33 to lead Raptors to 11th straight over Lakers

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Kyle Lowry had 33 points and 14 rebounds and the defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors restarted their season by beating the slow-starting Los Angeles Lakers for the 11th straight time, 107-92 on Saturday night.OG Anunoby scored 23 points for the Raptors, the second-place team in the Eastern Conference, who haven’t lost to Los Angeles since the 2014-2015 season.Lowry had a strong second half to help turn back a surge by the Lakers, the Western Conference leaders who are 1-1 in the restart.

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Manfred confident MLB can get through playoffs despite virus

NEW YORK – Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he's confident his sport can get through the regular season and postseason without being stopped by the coronavirus, though not every team might play all 60 games and winning percentage could be used to determine playoff teams.During an interview Saturday with The Associated Press, Manfred said Major League Baseball knows which player introduced COVID-19 into the clubhouse of the Marlins Marlins.

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Soccer returning in Africa with troubles and bio-bubbles

CAPE TOWN – More than 50 players and staff members at soccer clubs in Zambia's top flight have tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak that the national association says was caused by teams failing to properly implement measures to stop its spread, leading to the season being cut short just two weeks after it had restarted.The development, announced Friday by the Football Association of Zambia, puts the restart of other African leagues under scrutiny.

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Rick Zamperin: Predicting the most unpredictable NHL playoffs ever

National Hockey League pressed the pause button on their season due to the coronavirus pandemic, the quest for the Stanley Cup will begin on Saturday.Welcome to Stage 4 of the NHL’s return to play protocol — the playoffs.The non-traditional 24-team tournament features a dozen teams in the bubble cities of Toronto and Edmonton and while the top four teams in each conference (Boston, Tampa Bay, Washington, Philadelphia in the East, and St.

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James' layup late lifts Lakers past Clippers, 103-101

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers showed some rust.They knocked it off with time to spare.Anthony Davis scored 34 points, James had the go-ahead basket with 12.8 seconds left and the Lakers moved closer to clinching the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs by topping the Los Angeles Clippers 103-101 on Thursday night in the second game of the NBA’s re-opening doubleheader.James had 16 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists to help the Lakers move 6 1/2 games ahead of the Clippers in the West with seven games remaining.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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