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Bank of Nova Scotia beat analysts’ estimates on higher revenue from its Canadian retail banking and international units even as it continues to set aside more money for possibly bad loans.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have had a promising start to 2024, having just completed a royal tour of Colombia. During the tour, Meghan shared that their daughter, Princess Lilibet, has started expressing herself more. However, despite these positive developments, some critics are beginning to raise concerns about the couple's long-term prospects. Questions have been raised about their motives, and there are suggestions that the future may hold challenges for the Sussexes, as per the reports of Yahoo entertainment.

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Banijay Asia, part of content powerhouse Banijay Entertainment, has inked a deal with Sony Pictures Television, the global television production and distribution company, acquiring format rights to produce Indian remakes of five of its popular international scripted series. The five shows include Drop Dead Diva, La Prepago, Men At Work, Mob Doctor, and Rosario Tijeras. Drop Dead Diva is a blend of comedy and drama that follows the story of a fashion model who dies in a sudden car accident and reincarnates into the body of a brilliant, plus-sized lawyer.

Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr FC will play Al-Raed in the Saudi Pro League opening match of the season on Thursday. The new season of the 18-team league is starting on August 22 and will culminate in May, 2025. Portuguese soccer star Ronaldo's Al Nassr FC vs Al-Raed soccer match is scheduled to kick off at 2 pm (ET). The football game between Al Nassr FC vs Al-Raed will be live telecast on Fubo which offers free trial. Cristiano Ronaldo is lining up for another Saudi Pro League season with the main aim of helping Al-Nassr end the dominance of Riyadh rival Al-Hilal. Ronaldo signed for Al-Nassr in December 2022 and has yet to win a domestic trophy with the club. In a social media post this week, he wrote: New season, same goal.

Lionel Messi's injury has raised concerns among soccer fans as Inter Miami footballer has been out of action since Argentina's Copa America 2024 triumph on the US soil in mid-July. Now injured Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been left out of the squad announced by the Argentine FA for September's South American World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Colombia. The 37-year-old Messi was not included in the 28-man squad following an ankle injury sustained during last month's Copa America final in the United States. The Inter Miami player is currently recovering from a right ankle injury at his club. Neither Messi nor the Inter Miami club management has divulged details about his return for the competitive game.

Prince Harry urged caution over artificial intelligence and talked of social media as divisive during a panel in Colombia's capital Bogota alongside his wife Meghan and the Andean country's Vice President Francia Marquez. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who stepped away from official royal duties in January 2020 and now live in California, arrived in Colombia on Thursday at the invitation of Marquez and will tour the country. During a panel discussion at Bogota's EAN university on Thursday evening, Harry raised his concerns over the future of AI.

Sofía Vergara has revealed key details about the "Modern Family" and possibility of a movie based on the show. 52-year-old Vergara talked about «Modern Family» which was telecast from 2009 to 2020. Colombian actress received four Emmy nominations for the popular TV show. When asked about her return to «Modern Family», Vergara said that a «TV movie» may be the way for her to make a comeback, as per a Variety report.

Brides and florists are having sticker shock at the inflated prices of floral arrangements for weddings.

United Nations court on Wednesday to join South Africa's genocide lawsuit against Israel, a Turkish official said. The declaration of intervention will be submitted at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the official said on condition of anonymity in accordance with regulations. Turkiye, one of the fiercest critics of Israel's actions in Gaza, will become the latest nation to seek to participate in the case. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has frequently compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler, accused his country of genocide, called for it to be punished in international courts and criticised Western nations for backing Israel.

Netflix has renewed the Colombian series Eva Lasting (La Primera Vez) for a third and final season. The announcement confirms that the romantic coming-of-age period drama will conclude with season 3.

interest rates this week as a long-awaited, but potentially short-lived, divergence in monetary policies deepens. The Bank of Japan kicked off the action on Wednesday by unexpectedly hiking before the Federal Reserve decided to stay on hold while signaling a potential cut in September. On Thursday, the Bank of England lowered borrowing costs for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Data out Friday showed US hiring slowed markedly in July and the unemployment rate rose to an almost three-year high, raising recession concerns and putting the Fed solidly on a path to cutting interest rates in September. It also spurred a deep selloff in the stock market.

BMX riders, and she can quickly recount some of her career totals: 18 world championships, two Olympic gold medals in racing (in 2012 and 2016) and one silver, in Tokyo in 2021. But Pajón, a Colombian, can also rattle off the much more painful totals of the cost of so much riding: 25 fractures, 12 screws, eight surgeries and countless tears of ligaments and tendons. The medical hardware in her left arm and knee included so much metal that she used to travel with her X-rays. Opening a door or serving a glass of water hurts. “My joints are of an 80-plus-year-old,” Pajón said with a laugh. She is 32. Pajón, who has been racing competitively since she was 4, wasn’t lamenting her injuries during a recent conversation. They are simply a fact of life for an athlete. Wear and tear naturally degrades human bodies, even the most talented ones. But performing at the elite level, especially in high-impact Olympic sports such as wrestling, rugby or gymnastics, inherently has more risks. Shoulders give out. Ligaments tear. And, for some, metal screws and titanium plates become just more hardware in the lifelong pursuit of gold, silver and bronze.

YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy staged a protest against rising violence in Andhra Pradesh, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday tabled a white paper on law and order and ganja in the Assembly on Friday.

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday compared his rival Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as he slammed him over the the state of law and order and the alleged drug menace during the previous YSRCP regime. Releasing a white paper on law and order and the ganja (marijuana) prevalence in the state, Naidu claimed that he never saw such a situation like how it was when Reddy, the YSRCP chief, ruled during the past five years.

Amazon customer, Sofia Serrano, discovered a live lizard inside her package after ordering an air fryer. Serrano posted about the incident on X (formerly Twitter), raising concerns over safety and responsibility. Amazon responded by inquiring about the purchase details. This incident follows a similar case in India where a woman found a snake in her Amazon delivery.

Meta's newsroom, the AI chatbot is now accessible in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Cameroon. Additionally, the chatbot's multilingual functionality has been upgraded to include French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, with plans to incorporate more languages in the future.Enhanced Image Generation and Editing FeaturesThe latest update also brings advanced image generation and editing features to the AI chatbot.

Meta AI is now available in seven new languages, including Hindi, according to the social media giant. The move, which extends capabilities of Meta's AI assistant in the multilingual domain, essentially means users will be able to also interact with Meta AI across WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Facebook in these new languages.

Copa America 2024 finals against Colombia.

President Javier Milei's office said Friday it had sent a senior official to the French embassy to explain that Victoria Villarruel's angry statement on social media was made in her personal capacity. FIFA has announced an investigation into the chants sung by Argentina players, including Chelsea and Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez, 23, after they won the Copa America.

This idea of privatization in sports clubs of Argentina seeks to impose corporate investment in clubs, but also has the potential of irking dedicated fans who may stand against the decision. Currently, Argentine teams like River Plate and Boca Juniors, are co-owned jointly by their 'members.'