Court says under Dutch guidelines, sperm donors are allowed to produce a maximum of 25 children with 12 mothers.A Dutch court has banned a man from donating any more of his sperm after he fathered at least 550 children in the Netherlands and other countries and misled prospective parents about the number of offspring he helped to conceive. A judge at The Hague District Court ordered the halt in an injunction on Friday brought by the mother of a child conceived with the donor’s sperm and a foundation representing other parents. The mother, identified by the foundation only as Eva,…
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Syrians living in Sudan had thought the sound of air strikes, missiles and gunfire was behind them. They escaped the war in their country to move to Sudan, a fellow Arab country that welcomed them. The recent outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has shattered the illusion of safety, however. Once again, about 30,000 Syrian refugees who built new lives in Sudan face the threat of war – and the devastation that comes with it. Syrian civilians have already died in Sudan, some of the more than 500 people killed in the 15 days…
Plenty of big-name sprinters make their return in an excellent renewal of the Ripon Silver Sprint Trophy, live on Sky Sports Racing. 4.10 Ripon – Ten runners contest Silver SprintThe feature Ripon Silver Sprint Trophy Handicap (4:10) is back for it’s second-ever running and looks to be an excellent field who have made it up to the Yorkshire venue. Richard Fahey runs Vintage Clarets who was second on seasonal reappearance and could well go one better with Oisin Orr back in the saddle.The old boy Copper Knight also could go well having had a run already this campaign for Tim…
The suspension of non-critical air operations is effective immediately as pilots must undergo training, Army says.The United States Army’s chief of staff has grounded all pilots not involved in critical missions until they complete required training after four helicopters crashed in a matter of weeks with multiple deaths. The suspension of air operations was effective immediately on Friday, with units grounded until they complete the training, said Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Kelley, a US Army spokesperson. For active-duty units, the training is to take place between May 1 and 5. Army National Guard and Reserve units will have until May 31 to…
Melbourne, Australia – Saade Melki started using heroin the same week his father passed away. He was 24. Over the next 20 years, the Lebanese-Australian struggled with addiction. He also struggled with holding down jobs and grew distant from friends and family. He would get clean and had multiple relapses as he tried to kick his addiction. That life, he now says, “I didn’t want it anymore”. In early 2020, a chance encounter set his life in a positive direction when he started attending Melbourne’s first-ever Medically Supervised Injecting Room at the North Richmond Community Health Centre – a space…
The Philadelphia Eagles took Canadian safety Sydney Brown 66th overall in the third round of the NFL Draft on Friday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The native of London, Ont. was the second Canadian selected after offensive lineman Matthew Bergeron of Victoriaville, Que. (Syracuse University) was taken 38th overall by the Atlanta Falcons. Brown starred at Illinois alongside his twin brother Chase Brown, a running back also expected to be drafted. The twins made the move to Florida in high school, staying with a host family, in order to further develop their football skills and get noticed by…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has given a speech denouncing the rise of authoritarianism around the world and calling on democracies to live up to their ideals through trade and foreign policy. “If we don’t step up, other forces will step in. As like-minded democracies, as major economies, we need to work together to meet this moment,” Trudeau said in remarks on Friday to the Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank based in the United States city of New York. His speech took swipes at countries like Russia and China, while encouraging Canada and its allies to strengthen their…
It has become common fare in United States political campaigns: advertisements that make sweeping claims of dystopia if the opposing candidate wins. Manipulated, underexposed images and cherry-picked headlines combine to build a crescendo of doom. But in the wake of Tuesday’s announcement that Democratic President Joe Biden will run for reelection, an official Republican Party video has stood out for one specific reason: It was generated completely using artificial intelligence (AI) images. The Republican National Committee’s embrace of the “transformative technology of our time” is not surprising given the rapid advancement and availability of AI products, said Darrell West, a…
George Springer will hit lead-off and start in right field for the Toronto Blue Jays Friday in the series-opener against the Seattle Mariners. Springer was lifted from Wednesday’s game against the Chicago White Sox with a contusion in his right hand after being hit by a pitch, but x-rays came back negative. Now, after an off-day to rest, he will return to his normal spot in the lineup. “He’s feeling better,” manager John Schneider said Friday on Blair and Barker. “We’re just going to kind of see how he is today and make a decision, you know, for his availability.…
Los Angeles, California, US – In early March, dairy farmer Tom Barcellos watched as the Tule River burst its banks, flooding the area around his farm in Tulare County, a centre of agricultural production in the California’s San Joaquin Valley. “The river broke out in a number of places. My farm didn’t get flooded, but a lot of neighbours did,” Barcellos, a lifelong farmer, told Al Jazeera on a recent phone call. “We were on river watch, keeping debris and trees from plugging up the diversion structures.” At the time, the state was weathering the last storms in a series…