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Irish Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Conor McGregor reacts with 4 word message to mystery woman & nude pics scandals
Conor McGregor has broken his silence over apparent images of him kissing a mystery woman on a beach in the USA and allegedly sending unsolicited nude photos of himself to Amercian rapper, Azealia Banks. Images of McGregor, who is engaged to long-term partner, Dee Devlin, that appear to show him kissing a mystery woman on a beach in Florida, emerged on Monday. The photographs appear to show McGregor wearing nothing but luminous green swimming shorts embracing a dark-haired bikini clad woman while sitting on a sun lounger on the beach. A few hours after the images of McGregor on the beach with the woman emerged, news broke that the 37 year-old former UFC had allegedly sent unsolicited completely nude photographs of himself to American rapper, Azealia Banks. Banks, 34, claims McGregor sent her the two images via her X (formerly Twitter) account. Banks, who does not follow McGregor on the social media app then took screenshots of the images and shared them with her 260k followers on X. "'How you gonna send a b**** a some crooked d*** pics then threaten her not to tell,' she wrote alongside the screenshots. '@TheNotoriousMMA n**** do you know who the f*** I am? This is HARAM'," said Banks. She continued: "Like how are you really going to sexually harrass me with the potato farmer d*** then threaten me not to tell???? Honey…… ain't u trying to be the president of Ireland what is it giving fam? Use some f***ing sunscreen damn." Banks also appeared to share a screenshot of a message she received from McGregor where he appears to be telling her not to share the images. "Don't be a rat cos all rats get caught", reads the message. Surprisingly, a few hours later, Banks, posted on X saying she and McGregor have been sending each other unsolicited nudes since 2016. Hours later, McGregor, who turned 37 on Monday, broke his silence on social media with a four word message. "Happy birthday to me!" the Crumlin native posted on X. Conor McGregor with his fiancee Dee Devlin (Image: Getty Images) Conor McGregor and Dee Devlin At the time of publishing this article, McGregor's four word response had been viewed more than 10million times and there was a mixed reaction. "Double champ does what he wants," replied American mixed martial artist and friend of McGregors, Dillon Danis. "In all seriousness you can't be sending random celebrities nudes if you actually want to be president of Ireland. Focus up," said on US follower. Another man said: "Happy Birthday Notorious and May God bless you with many more!" A third person referring to McGregor's fiancée, Dee Devlin, said: "Conor McGregor's partner must've decided that the lifestyle is worth it for the constant public humiliation." Conor McGregor and partner Dee Devlin leave the High Court in Dublin in November 2024. (Image: Brian Lawless/PA) McGregor has been out of action since his loss to Poirier (Image: Getty Images) Last November, a High Court civil jury found McGregor civilly liable for assaulting Nikita Hand. He faced allegations of "brutally raping and battering" Ms Hand at a hotel in south Dublin back in November 2018. McGregor maintained that their sexual interactions at the Beacon Hotel were consensual. The jury sided with her, with €248,603.60 in damages awarded. McGregor has mounted an appeal against the ruling that got underway earlier this month. McGregor has now been absent from the UFC for over four years. His last fight, a second successive defeat to Dustin Poirier in July 2021, saw him break his leg. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: Sign up here.
Daily Mirror
09-07-2025
- Daily Mirror
Teen, 13, beats cancer but dies weeks later in house blaze started by fireworks
Jerilynn Brown and Marc Anthony Young perished following the fire which was is said to have started when the dying embers of fireworks caused the family home to go up in flames A teenage schoolgirl who had just defeated cancer died when old fireworks sparked a fire at her home in the early hours of the morning. Jerilynn Brown, 13, had celebrated winning her battle with bone cancer weeks before the property was set alight. The girl, from Missouri, US, couldn't be saved despite the quick response of the Independence Fire Department, who were alerted to the blaze at 5am. A second person, named locally as 52-year-old Marc Anthony Young Snr, was confirmed dead on Sunday. It is reported that the smoke alarm wasn't working at the time. Two others suffered injuries in the incident, and both remain in hospital. An investigation showed the fire started on the decking outside the property, with the 'embers' of the fireworks said to have started the blaze. Her family have spoken of their devastation following the fire on July 4 that claimed the life off the fearless youngster. "She just rang the bell, and a month later, here we are, and I'm talking about my baby girl," her father Jerry Brown told Amercian station KMBC. "She just got me to church. I quit drinking, 17 months. All that is because of her." Jerilynn had just been discharged from Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, he confirmed. IFD Chief Jimmy Walker told Fox 4: "To see a young girl who just beat cancer to have it end like this. I'm speaking on all of our folks, our heart goes out and we are all very upset about this as well. Hours can elapse while a fire smoulders, this can happen at any time, lightning strikes, we always have to worry about smouldering fires and the fact that they can go undiscovered for a number of hours and eventually become out of hand very quickly." A GoFundMe page has been created to help Jerilynn's family rebuild their home, and cover the costs of her funeral. The page detailed her parent's pain and read: "In the early morning of July 4th, tragedy struck the lives of Jerry Brown and Liz Stephens in the most unimaginable way. "A devastating house fire destroyed their home, taking with it everything they owned—and most heartbreakingly, their 13-year-old daughter, Jerrilynn Brown. Jerrilynn was a bright, brave, and beautiful soul who had just overcome a long battle with cancer only two weeks prior. Her strength and spirit touched everyone who knew her. To have her taken so suddenly after all she had endured is beyond heartbreaking. "In addition to the loss of their beloved daughter and home, Liz is currently in the hospital, fighting for her life due to injuries sustained in the fire. As Jerry stays by her side, they are navigating unbearable grief and overwhelming uncertainty. "We are raising funds to help cover the cost of Jerrilynn's funeral, provide essential support for Liz's ongoing medical care, and assist Jerry and Liz in beginning to rebuild their lives—replacing clothing, personal items, and basic needs that were all lost in the fire. "No amount can heal this pain, but your support—whether through a donation, a share, or a prayer—can help bring a glimmer of hope to this devastated family. Please consider helping in any way you can. Every dollar and every kind word means the world right now. Thank you for your love and support."
Indian Express
30-06-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
After Trump ‘terminates' trade talks, Canada scraps proposed levy: What was the Digital Services Tax, how it would hit US firms
Two days after US President Donald Trump said he was terminating all trade discussions with Canada, Ottawa on Sunday (June 29) said it was scrapping the contentious Digital Services Tax. Trump had called the tax 'a direct and blatant attack on our Country'. It was supposed to come into effect on Monday, June 30. After Canada's walk-back, its finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, spoke to the US trade representative Jamieson Greer on Sunday, signalling that the trade deal talks might be back on track. What is Canada's Digital Services Tax, and why was it such a sticking issue with the US? What will its revocation mean for Prime Minister Mark Carney's government? We explain. The tax aimed to collect a levy of 3% of the revenue a digital services firm made from Canadian users, above $20 million in a calendar year. In one of its more controversial clauses, payments were to be retroactive, beginning 2022. While the law had been passed earlier, payments were due from today. Among those impacted would have been major Amercian technology firms, such as Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon, etc. 'The DST was announced in 2020 to address the fact that many large technology companies operating in Canada may not otherwise pay tax on revenues generated from Canadians… While Canada was working with international partners, including the United States, on a multilateral agreement that would replace national digital services taxes, the DST was enacted to address the aforementioned taxation gap,' Canada's finance ministry said on June 29. If the law had been implemented, American companies would have had to pay roughly $2.7 billion to the Canadian government, a report in The New York Times said. Trump was vehemently opposed to the law. On Friday, he posted on Truth Social, 'We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to TRADE with… has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our Country… Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately. We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period.' Getting a trade deal with the US is important for Canada, which, going by US Census Bureau data, exported $412.7 billion worth of goods to the US last year. At present, Trump has slapped 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and 25% on auto imports, apart from the 10% base tariff he has put on most countries. Along with this, Canada and Mexico face tariffs of 25% apparently to curb fentanyl smuggling to the US. Canada, thus, agreed to scrap the tax to take trade talks forward. 'In our negotiations on a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the United States, Canada's new government will always be guided by the overall contribution of any possible agreement to the best interests of Canadian workers and businesses. Today's announcement will support a resumption of negotiations toward the July 21, 2025, timeline set out at this month's G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis,' PM Carney said on Sunday. Given that Carney had come to power mainly on a platform of standing up to Trump, this fold-up could have been embarrasing for him. However, the tax wasn't too popular within Canada either, as it could have raised the cost of digital services like hailing rides and streaming movies. Robin Guy, a leader of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, had said in July last year, 'The imposition of a retroactive discriminatory digital services tax by the federal government will not only make life more expensive for Canadian families, businesses and workers, but it will significantly harm our relationship with the United States. The government should reverse its unilateral decision that is out of step with our allies, and instead, work with our trading partners on an international solution that would better serve Canadians.' In fact, recently, many had believed that the tax's best purpose could be to use it as a bargaining chip in talks with the US.
West Australian
05-06-2025
- Business
- West Australian
THE ECONOMIST: Streaming giants may be forced to spin off news brands as Trump effect takes hold
A recent Amercian episode of 60 Minutes began with items on medical-research funding, Islamist terrorism and Japan's population crisis. But its biggest story was delivered in the final 60 seconds. 'Our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger,' the correspondent, Scott Pelley, explained to the show's seven million or so viewers. 'The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways.' The on-air allegation of editorial meddling exposes the rift that has opened between the famous news brand and its Hollywood owner. It also exemplifies a broader problem for media firms. As American politics has become polarised and, with Mr Trump's return, vindictive, news organisations that were once seen as crown jewels in their owners' portfolios are increasingly viewed as liabilities. Century-old film and TV company Paramount has struggled in the streaming era and agreed last year to be acquired by Skydance Media, run by tech heir David Ellison in a deal which also includes Network Ten in Australia. That deal has hit a problem in the form of a lawsuit from Mr Trump, who says that the US version of 60 Minutes misleadingly edited an interview last year with his opponent, Kamala Harris. The claim is paper-thin, but many at Paramount believe that unless the company admits fault, the government will block its life-saving merger with Skydance. That fear is all too plausible. The deal requires a nod from the Federal Communications Commission, a formerly easygoing regulator which has grown teeth under the new administration. Its Trump-appointed boss, Brendan Carr, has argued that the agency's power to block mergers on public-interest grounds covers matters as tenuous as a firm's diversity policies. Paramount is negotiating with Mr Carr and, in parallel, with Mr Trump's lawyers over the 60 Minutes case. It is not the only media firm to have become politically entangled by its news output. In Mr Trump's first term, antitrust authorities tried (but failed) to stop AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner, which at the time owned CNN, a persistent critic of the president. Last year Disney's ABC News paid Mr Trump $US15 million ($23m) to settle a defamation claim. Before his re-election Mr Trump argued that Comcast, a cable giant, should be investigated for treason over the 'one-sided and vicious' output of its NBC News and MSNBC channels. Mr Carr has launched a probe into its DEI policies. None of this has encouraged new media companies to add news to their output. Netflix, the all-conquering streamer, has marched into every genre, from live comedy to sport, but drawn the line at news. Apple TV+ ended its deal with a satirist, Jon Stewart, in 2023 after his political material became uncomfortable. Amazon produced an election-night show last year, but the only political content on its slate since then has been a $US40m documentary about the first lady, Melania Trump. What of the older media empires that already have legendary news brands? Some appear to be readying them for sale, as part of a broader separation of their streaming and so-called linear-TV assets. In November Comcast said it would spin off its cable-TV interests, including MSNBC. In December Warner Bros Discovery restructured to separate streaming from its linear assets, including CNN. Disney's boss, Bob Iger, has mused that linear networks like ABC 'may not be core to Disney', though he later rowed back. Rumours swirl that Fox News might be sold, given Rupert Murdoch's failure so far to win control of the family trust from his children. Even if media firms shed their news divisions, it is no guarantee of escape from Mr Trump's attention. The White House recently suggested to Warner Bros that the president's son, Donald Jr, might like a hunting show on the Discovery Channel, according to New York magazine. Mr Ellison, Paramount's would-be acquirer, may wonder what he is getting into.
The Province
13-05-2025
- Health
- The Province
B.C. has recruited over 100 U.S. nurses in just over a month after streamlining credentialing
A total of 1,200 Amercians have expressed interest in working in B.C., including 573 physicians, 413 nurses, 133 nurse practitioners and 39 allied health professionals. 1,200 Amercian health professionals have expressed interest in working in B.C. Photo by gorodenkoff / Getty Images/iStockphoto More than 100 U.S. nurses are headed north to help alleviate B.C.'s shortage of health-care workers, after the province announced a new program last month that takes advantage of the 'chaos' south of the border by streamlining credential checks. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. 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Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Premier David Eby and Health Minister Josie Osborne said Monday that 113 nurses have already received registrations to practice here after the government made changes in April to make it easier for U.S.-trained health-care workers to work in the province. They told reporters in Victoria that a total of 1,200 individuals have expressed interest, including 573 physicians, 413 nurses, 133 nurse practitioners and 39 other health professionals. Of those 413 nurses, 177 formally applied to the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives, with the province no longer requiring applications to be vetted by a third-party assessment agency. The college checks with its U.S. counterparts to review the employment and education history of applicants. There was no information available on how many American-trained physicians have had their credentials accepted, with Eby saying more information on that will be coming soon. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'My message to Americans who are watching this is straightforward,' said Eby. 'In British Columbia, you will be valued, your principles will be respected, and you will have the opportunity to provide care to people not based on how much they earn, but based on the level of care that they need.' The premier said that U.S. President Donald Trump's loss is B.C.'s gain and that he expects even more health-care workers to want to leave the U.S. as the White House continues to attack reproductive rights, vaccines and the ability to get care no matter how little is in a patient's bank account. As for when these nurses can get to work, Eby said the only considerations once they get their registration accepted is to choose where they want to work and figure out how long it will take them to move they and their family. In March, Osborne said the hope was that the credentialing changes would make it so that doctors and nurses can get their applications accepted within four to six weeks instead of the current five to eight months. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. She said on Monday that the process for nurses previously took as long as four months and now takes as little as a few days. Even with the changes, however, nurses still need to apply for and receive a job offer as well as go through a federal immigration process that can take as long as a year. Rachael Smith-Taylor, an American nurse from Belton, Texas, currently going through the registration process, travelled to Nanaimo in late April after resident Tod Maffin invited Americans to visit the city in a TikTok post. Her and her partner, also a nurse, ended up being given a tour of Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and were impressed by the hospitality she received, telling CBC News at the time that they wanted to leave because of the loss of LGBTQ+ rights under Trump. At the same time she said Monday the logistics are 'quite hairy' as they have kids who are still in school. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Have we thought about me moving before the family moves? Absolutely. But we have no timeline per se, right now,' said Smith-Taylor. 'But just since our trip to Nanaimo at the end of April, all of the opportunities just keep falling into our laps. So we have a lot to think about. We're about to be empty nesters, and so the opportunities are endless.' The province also announced Monday that it will be starting an advertising campaign in June targeting health-care workers in Washington, Oregon and some cities in California, where the ministry says it has had the greatest interest in moving to B.C. Osborne said there is no cost attached to the campaign at the moment but that the cost will be shared between the province, hospital and health foundations, unions and local governments. 'Every dollar will be worth it because of the number of physicians and nurses that we're going to be able to attract and bring here to British Columbia,' she said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Tristan Newby, a B.C. Nurses' Union vice-president, said streamlining credential checks for U.S. based nurses is something the union has advocating for a long time. But he said it is a little early for the NDP to be taking a victory lap as B.C. is still 6,000 nurses short and the province needs to be focused on other measures to recruit and retain nurses, such as implementing the minimum nurse-to-patient ratios and making sure nurses are provided proper security. 'We're in a system that you cannot recruit your way out of, we need to be looking at all avenues for retaining nurses, because the official rate that we have now is unsustainable for sure,' said Newby. Read More Vancouver Canucks National Vancouver Canucks News Vancouver Canucks
