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A thick blanket of toxic smog has engulfed most parts of northern India and readings of air quality in the capital New Delhi hit their highest this year after dense fog overnight. The smog, a toxic blend of smoke and fog, happens each year in winter as cold air traps dust, emissions, and smoke from illegal farm fires in some surrounding states. Visibility on Monday dropped to 100 metres (109 yards) but authorities said flights and trains continued to operate with some delays. India’s pollution control authority said the national capital territory’s 24-hour air quality index (AQI) reading was at 484,…

Play video content TMZSports.com Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz hasn’t tapped out of his career just yet … as the future Hall of Famer tells TMZ Sports he wants to put on the gloves one last time and step back into the UFC Octagon. We caught up with 39-year-old Cruz, who is currently in Mexico City at the UFC Performance Institute, and he said he is in the process of “building myself up” for a bout. “I’ll tell you, I think I got a last dance,” he said. “I want one last dance in me. Just go out there…

U.S. News and World Report released its annual list of the best places to retire in America.It scored 150 US cities on their happiness, affordability, taxes, healthcare, and more.Cities in the South and Midwest dominate, but some pricier metros residents love also made the list.In 2020, as Daniel Mehalek started to think about life after his career in sales for Fortune 500 companies in the Chicago area, he bought a home in Bonita Springs, Florida.Mehalek said that while homeowners’, flood, and car insurance costs are higher in his chosen corner of the Sunshine State — north of Naples on Florida’s…

President Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to strike inside Russia with long-range missiles supplied by the US has sparked a furious response in Russia.”Departing US president Joe Biden… has taken one of the most provocative, uncalculated decisions of his administration, which risks catastrophic consequences,” declared the website of the Russian government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Monday morning.Russian MP Leonid Slutsky, head of the pro-Kremlin Liberal-Democratic Party, predicted that the decision would “inevitably lead to a serious escalation, threatening serious consequences”.Russian senator Vladimir Dzhabarov called it “an unprecedented step towards World War Three”.Anger, yes. But no real surprise.Komsomolskaya Pravda, the pro-Kremlin…

Taylor Swift Emma McIntyre/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Taylor Swift missed Travis Kelce’s Chiefs game against the Buffalo Bills over the weekend. Swift, 34, was a no-show at the event, which took place at Buffalo’s Highmark Stadium on Sunday, November 17. It comes after the singer performed her third Eras Tour concert in Toronto the previous evening, and ahead of further shows in the city this week as her tour winds towards its final night in Vancouver on December 8. The Chiefs were defeated by the Bills 30-21, with Kelce notching up two receptions for eight total yards during…

Thomas Plantenga, CEO of used fashion resale app Vinted, on center stage during Web Summit 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal.Harry Murphy | Sportsfile for Web Summit Getty ImagesLISBON, Portugal — Tech CEOs in Europe are urging region al countries to take bolder action to tackle Big Tech’s dominance and counter reliance on the U.S. for critical technologies like artificial intelligence after Donald Trump’s electoral win.The Republican politician’s victory was a key topic among prominent tech bosses at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Many attendants said they’re unsure of what to expect from the U.S. president-elect, citing this unpredictability as a core challenge at…

Schools go online until further notice because of worsening toxic smog, the latest bid to ease the Indian capital’s health crisis.Authorities in India’s capital have shut schools, halted construction and banned non-essential trucks from entering the city after air pollution shot up to its worst level this season. A thick blanket of toxic smog engulfed most parts of northern India on Monday after dense fog overnight, with the “hazardous” air quality in some areas of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi hitting a new high of 1,081, according to Swiss group IQAir’s live rankings. India’s pollution control authority said…

Josh Brolin’s telling all about his relationship with his mother in his new memoir … touching on her drinking — and, mentioning one scary trick his mother used to pull on him. The actor sat down for an interview with The Times — published Saturday — to talk about his book, “From Under the Truck,” a reference to a night of heavy drinking that ended with his mother’s boyfriend literally passed out underneath a vehicle. In the article, the interviewier mentions a story Brolin relays in the book … about how his mother Jane — a wildlife conservationist — would…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has outlined his “four red lines” to US President Joe Biden.The hot-button issues concern democracy and China’s development.Xi’s comments came two months ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January.It will be another two months before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office, but China is already setting boundaries between the two countries.On Saturday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlined his “four red lines” in US-China ties at a meeting with US President Joe Biden.The four hot-button issues are Taiwan, democracy and human rights, China’s path and system, and the country’s rights to development.”They must not be challenged,”…

TT News Agency/AFPThe new version of Sweden’s pamphlet “If the crisis or war comes” will reach letterboxes from MondayOn Monday, millions of Swedes will start receiving copies of a pamphlet advising the population how to prepare and cope in the event of war or other unexpected crises.“If the crisis or war comes” has been updated from six years ago because of what the government in Stockholm calls the worsening security situation, by which it means Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The booklet is also twice the size.Neighbouring Finland has also just published its own fresh advice online on “preparing for…