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The 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class will arrive later this year, as a new nameplate with a look that’s entirely different than that of its predecessor. And behind it, there seems to be an indelible backstory. It has the looks, tech and driver appeal and will definitely go some way into stealing sales from BMW and Audi. The engine range is lacking …

With a horde of Freakers chasing you down, you’ll need to use both the environment and your wits if you’re to survive. You’d be forgiven for thinking that Days Gone was a traditional zombie game, given the giant monstrous horde that rushes the protagonist in the trailer. But according to senior animator Emmanuel Roth, these “freakers” are infected – but …

Victoria mom’s poignant plea on dangers of not vaccinating goes viral as concern grows over shocking number of B.C. children not vaccinated. Annie Mae Braiden took to Facebook this week to beg other parents to get their children vaccinated after her 10-week-old daughter, Isabelle, was hospitalized with whooping cough. “So I wasn’t going to do this,” she wrote in her …

One of Pakistan’s most famous Sufi singers has been shot dead in what police called an “act of terror”. Amjad Sabri, 45, was driving through Karachi when he was killed by two gunmen on a motorcycle, local police chief Allah Dino Khawaja told Reuters. Sabri died on the way to hospital, according to police and a relative traveling with him …

The man accused of the terror-related murder of Labour MP Jo Cox will go on trial in the autumn. The Batley and Spen MP, aged 41, was shot and stabbed outside her constituency surgery, in Birstall, West Yorkshire, last Thursday. Thomas Mair, 52, is charged with murder, grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable …

Kevin Hardcastle’s short-story collection Debris, a gritty, often violent debut that drew parallels to the work of Elmore Leonard and David Adams Richards when it was published last September, has won the 2016 Trillium Book Award. The winner for the Trillium Book Award in French-language is: Véronique-Marie Kaye, Marjorie Chalifoux (Éditions Prise de parole)

A research involving 1 536 children from rural South Africa and published in the peer-reviewed open journal PLOS Medicine has found a significant link between breastfeeding exclusively up to the age of six months and a reduction in both cognitive and emotional behavioural disorders. The study was conducted by a team including local academics and led by Dr Ruth M …

If something goes wrong in your home, Roost wants you to know about it wherever you are. Place the Roost Water and Freeze Detector in vulnerable spots in your house, and you’ll get a push notification if it senses water, or if the temperature goes below a warning threshold. Building upon the success of its award-winning Roost Smart Battery and …

More than 79 people have been reportedly killed and numerous others were injured in Bihar as heavy to extremely heavy Monsoon rainfall along with lightning strikes lashed the entire region. The victims were mainly farm labourers but also included shepherds watching their sheep. Scores of cattle also died after being struck by lightning.

Version 9.0 of Unicode has been released, bringing with it over 72 new emojis including “shrug”, “facepalm”, “fingers crossed”, and “selfie”. According to emoji reference website Emojipedia, the update includes new emoji faces, hand gestures, gender pairings, animals, food, drinks and sports.

Ford Motor Company, the American auto giant has initiated a new experiment, called Driver Behavior Project, to map driver skills and driving patterns in real world conditions. The Ford-led Driver Behaviour Project explores providing drivers with a personal score, based on various driver inputs, and accessed via a prototype smartphone app. This type of research could lead to cheaper car-hire …