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WestJet plane mechanics took to the picket line in a surprise move that threatened to disrupt flights for thousands of travellers at the start of the Canada Day long weekend. A WestJet passenger plane parked at a departure gate at Calgary International Airport, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh WestJet plane mechanics took to the picket line Friday evening, a surprise move that could disrupt flights for thousands of travellers at the start of the Canada Day long weekend. In a statement, WestJet said Canadians can expect “significant travel disruptions” if the AMFA strike is not called off.…

Amazon has hired the founders and key employees of Adept AI, a startup known for building AI agents that automate tasks for companies, a move that significantly strengthens Amazon's AI capabilities, which have been lackluster compared to rivals.Adept co-founder and CEO David Luan is leaving the company to lead Amazon's “AGI Autonomy” team. He will report to Rohit Prasad, Amazon's head of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Luan brings with him Adept co-founders Augustus Odena, Maxwell Nye, Erich Elsen, Kelsey Szot, and several other Adept staff members.Below is a copy of the internal memo shared with the team. Hello everyone, We're…

Mukesh and Nita Ambani's youngest son, Anant Ambani, will be marrying Radhika Merchant, daughter of Viren Merchant and Shaila Merchant, on July 12 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai. Ahead of the highly-anticipated event, the Ambani family has organised a number of pre-wedding celebrations for the couple. Images of the invitations shared by ANI reveal that the Indian business family is also planning another event – a mass wedding for the underprivileged in Palghar district of Maharashtra. The image shows the invitation for the mass wedding organised by Mukesh and Nita Ambani as…

If President Biden had plans for the weekend, he should cancel them and do some soul-searching. His dismal performance in Thursday's debate raises legitimate questions about whether he's ready for four more years of the toughest job in the world. It is incumbent on the incumbent president to sit down with his family and aides and decide whether seeking reelection is in the best interest of the country.Former President Donald Trump powerfully demonstrated Thursday why preventing Trump's reelection is his top priority. Biden faces not only a personal decision, but a presidential decision: what is best for the country, regardless…

WestJet said its mechanics carried out a previously threatened strike on Friday evening, something the airline said was “outraged.” The federal government had previously halted the strike by ordering binding arbitration. “The union's only reason for continuing the strike is to cause damage, disrupt the travel plans of thousands of Canadians over the July long weekend and inflict significant harm on our business,” WestJet president Diederick Penn said in a statement Friday night. “Now that arbitration has been ordered, this is purely an act of retaliation by a frustrated union, as a strike cannot have any effect on the outcome…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has notified the Alaska State Health Department that it owes the federal government $11.9 million for overpayments of food stamp benefits last year. In a letter to HHS Secretary Heidi Hedberg on Friday, Acting Secretary of Agriculture Kumar Chandran said the state's mispayment rates have been too high for too long. Chandran said the state could face additional penalties if its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program overpayment rates remain high. “Alaska's proper administration of SNAP is essential to ensure the program is operated efficiently, effectively, and with integrity,” the letter said. State officials say the problem…

Many people love to sleep and love to complain about not getting enough, but researchers say that even regular observations of how well we sleep don't tell us the exact situation.So scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) analyzed 5 million nights of sleep from 33,000 people. They identified five main sleep types and 13 subtypes.”This was a really unique opportunity to be able to look at the sleep of tens of thousands of people going about their normal lives,” says Ben Smaal, a data science professor at UCSD.Smarl was a researcher involved in the study and is…

The job of a firefighter comes with many risks, but cancer is one of the biggest risks, and now Stamford Health is launching a pilot program to help emergency responders make their health a priority. Kyle Hauser has been a firefighter for 18 years, 12 of which were with the Stamford Fire Department. “I'm married and I have a family,” said Kyle Hauser, vice president of the Stamford Association of Professional Firefighters. “I'm starting to think about my health, which I didn't think about before.” Hauser is well aware of the risks to his career. According to the International Federation…

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