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Johnny Depp is set to take the stand today (Monday 23 May) in his ongoing defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.Depp is suing Heard for $50m (£38.2m). He alleges that Heard implied that he abused her in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed about domestic violence. The article does not mention him by name.Heard is countersuing for $100m (£80.9m), accusing Depp of orchestrating a “smear campaign” against her and describing his lawsuit as a continuation of “abuse and harassment”.Throughout the case, Depp and his legal…

By this time tomorrow, every drop of blood in your body will have passed through your kidneys dozens of times. With each pass, water saturated with waste is removed to form urine, and freshly cleaned blood then returns back into circulation.  We might imagine this vital task as a kind of force-fed filtration driven by the thumping pressures of our heartbeat. But, according to a new study co-authored by Johns Hopkins mechanical engineer Sean Sun, that description isn't quite as accurate as once thought."Everyone hears…

Rebel Wilson has recalled the moment when a male co-star tried to “destroy” her and her career.The Pitch Perfect star opened up about her past experience when discussing her new Netflix film Senior Year, stating that she wanted to “make sure there a lot of respect for everybody” working on the movie.Wilson went on to speak about a moment in her career when she was harassed by a male co-star whom she did not name. “He called me into a room and pulled down his pants,” she told People magazine.According to Wilson, he asked…

The Biden administration is invoking the Defense Production Act to increase production of baby formula and launching a program that would use commercial aircraft to pick up overseas formula that meets U.S. standards, the White House said Wednesday.Under the Korean War-era national security mobilization law, President Biden is requiring suppliers to prioritize giving resources to U.S. formula manufactures. A new program called Operation Fly Formula would also direct the Defense Department to use its contracts with…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Columnists Canada Publishing date: May 18, 2022  •  18 minutes ago  •  3 minute read  •  Join the conversation Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during Question Period, Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in Ottawa. Photo by FRED CHARTRAND /THE CANADIAN PRESS Article content When it comes to how the Trudeau Liberals responded to the trucker convoy that took over downtown Ottawa earlier this year, misinformation might be the best word to describe it. From their…

The Abbott manufacturing facility in Sturgis, Michigan, on May 13, 2022.Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to increase baby formula manufacturing to ease a nationwide shortage caused by the closure of a key plant in Michigan. Biden is requiring suppliers of ingredients used in baby formula to direct those goods to key manufacturers before any other customers. The president has also directed the Health and Human Services Department and Department of…

The Nigerian government has asked Facebook and other social media platforms to stop allowing the pro-Biafra separatist group (IPOB) on their platforms. The government said members of the group use these platforms to incite violence and instigate ethnic hatred in the country. Speaking Tuesday at a meeting with a team from Facebook in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said since IPOB had been proscribed and classified as a terrorist organisation by the…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Canadian Politics Months after the convoy left, Wellington Street in front of Parliament is still closed to most traffic Police patrol Wellington Street in Ottawa prior to the arrival of the "Rolling Thunder" convoy protest on Friday, April 29, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Article content OTTAWA – With another police chief saying they didn’t ask for the federal government’s Emergencies Act, Liberal cabinet ministers are continuing to insist the move was…

Article content Ottawa’s interim police chief says he did not ask the federal government to invoke the Emergencies Act during the “Freedom Convoy” in February. Article content The Liberals have said law enforcement asked for additional powers that could only be granted by declaring a national emergency. Last week, however, Commissioner Brenda Lucki also said the RCMP did not ask the federal government to use the act. Ottawa interim chief Steve Bell spoke to a parliamentary committee today, along with representatives…

Two musicians have accused Ezra Miller of stealing music they worked on and releasing it without giving them credit.The Fantastic Beasts actor has been at the centre of a number of recent controversies. In April, Miller, who uses they/them pronouns, was arrested in Hawaii and charged with second-degree assault after allegedly throwing a chair at a woman. In late March, they were arrested in a karaoke bar in Hilo for disorderly conduct and harassment.Speaking to Rolling Stone, music producer Oliver Ignatius spoke about his…