A new fear among Republicans: The NRSC won’t be able to fund its part to target direct-mail voters and urge them to the polls in key battleground states, something the party committee has spent tens of millions of dollars on to do during the 2020 cycle. McConnell, meanwhile, has been talking to major donors in recent weeks — going well beyond the traditional call list — in an effort to ensure that his high-spending super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund, is flush with cash as they spend huge sums in TV ads in battleground states during the last two months of the campaign, a senior GOP source said....

A heroic wish list that remains very short on detail Paul Kelso Business Correspondent @pkelso The G7 and EU states have already pledged to reduce or reduce imports of Russian oil and gas. The “price ceiling” announced today by G7 finance ministers is an attempt to further choke Moscow’s fossil fuel revenues by targeting the service companies that provide the logistical and administrative architecture of the oil trade. The G7 says service providers will be barred from “allowing maritime transport” of crude oil and petroleum products if they trade above a yet-to-be-determined ceiling....

A U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Monday that Russia’s move toward North Korea demonstrates that “the Russian military continues to suffer from severe supply shortages in Ukraine, in part due to export controls and sanctions”. US intelligence officials believe the Russians could seek additional North Korean military equipment in the future. The Secret Service’s finding was first reported by the New York Times. The finding comes after the Biden administration recently confirmed that the Russian military received Iranian-made drones for battlefield use in Ukraine in August....

Zelensky warned in his daily video address that Russia was preparing for a “decisive energy blow to all Europeans this winter”. He spoke on Saturday after Moscow shut down a key pipeline supplying Russian gas to the continent. Moscow cited Western sanctions imposed over its invasion of Ukraine and technical issues for the energy outages. European countries that have backed the Kiev government with diplomatic and military support have accused Russia of rigging energy supplies....

A multi-day manhunt for the suspects, 31-year-old Damien Sanderson and his younger brother Myles Sanderson, 30, began Sunday after multiple reports of stabbings on the James Smith Cree Nation — about 200 kilometers northeast of Saskatoon — and in the nearby village of Weldon. On Monday, RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore confirmed they had found the dead body of one of the suspects, Damien, on the James Smith Cree Nation with injuries not believed to be self-inflicted....

Liverpool’s big-money summer signing Darwin Nunes returns today after a three-match ban and manager Jurgen Klopp says he has no qualms about throwing the Uruguayan into the derby cauldron. The eyes of Premier League defenders would have lit up when they saw how easily the 23-year-old was tripped up against Crystal Palace and Everton centre-half James Tarkowski admitted they will try to play with Nunez’s composure. But Klopp says if opposition teams get busy trying to get a reaction out of the striker then his side can benefit....

After the girls left their home in east London in February 2015 and turned up in Syria with Islamic State, authorities were flustered at every turn. The school, the police, security forces monitoring the girls’ communications with IS recruits – every institution charged with protecting him published stories to explain how three working-class girls aged just 15 and 16 had walked out of Britain and crossed multiple national borders into the most dangerous war zone on the planet....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Sept 4 (Reuters) – China’s southern tech hub Shenzhen said it would adopt staggered virus restrictions from Monday, while the southwestern metropolis of Chengdu announced an extension of restrictions as the country grapples with new cases. Shenzhen, which went into weekend lockdown on Saturday, announced a new round of testing for COVID-19 and vowed to “focus all available resources, mobilize all forces and take all possible measures” to eradicate it....

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Swimmers looking forward to enjoying the warm weather and taking a dip in the city-run outdoor pools in St. John’s, were disappointed this week to find the pools drained and the doors locked. A woman who brought her family from Bay Roberts says she was surprised to find the gates locked at Bannerman Park. She kept scrambling to see if she could get her kids, who are too old to swim, into Paul Reynolds for a bath....

TikTok star Tanya Pardazi has died after a skydiving accident, aged 21. The budding beauty queen, who previously competed in Miss Canada, died over the weekend after sustaining fatal injuries following her jump. According to reports, she was performing in her first solo course in Ontario, on August 27. She is thought to have opened her parachute too late during the descent, when tragedy struck. Pardazi was rushed for treatment with critical injuries and was pronounced dead in hospital....

La tempête tropicale Danielle a continué de se renforcer au cours du week-end. Selon le National Hurricane Center (NHC) des États-Unis, il s’est officiellement “transformé” en ouragan de catégorie 1 ce dimanche 4 septembre. Les vents enregistrés à l’intérieur du gouffre dépassent désormais les 119 km/h, condition requise pour qualifier un tel événement d’ouragan. Selon le NHC, à partir de 5 heures du matin lundi, des vents y soufflaient en rafales à 150 km/h....

For decades, the towering pass has been slowly sinking into the forest as trees and shrubs reclaim the abandoned train track that leads to it. Walk towards its mouth and you can feel the temperature drop. The air turns from a woody to an earthy scent and the sounds of the surrounding forest fade away, replaced by the echoes of water dripping into the cave. WATCHES | Go deep into New Brunswick’s abandoned train tunnel...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – The FBI discovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during its Aug. 8 search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, as well as 48 empty folders classified as “classified,” according to with court records. unsealed on Friday. The unsealing by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in West Palm Beach came a day after she heard oral arguments from Trump’s lawyers and the Justice Department’s two top counterintelligence prosecutors on whether she should appoint a special master to conduct a privileged hearing....

But for anyone struggling to lose a dress size, experts claim there are a plethora of quirky hacks that could help. Two of the slightly more unusual ways to lose weight include eating off red plates and sleeping in the dark. NHS GP Zak Waqar-Uddin, based in Lancashire, said there is no “quick fix” when it comes to weight loss – but agrees some of the more unusual techniques could help....

It happened around 2:30 am. on Langstaff Street, just east of Weston Road. Two men were shot inside the 2020 Restaurant and Lounge on the plaza, York Regional Police said. Both were shot and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Surveillance footage from the area shown by CP24 shows dozens of patrons running out of the venue after the shooting, some of them running and stumbling. It is not yet clear what led to the shooting....

The Met Office warning will be in place from 8pm tonight until 4am on Monday, and covers parts of London, the south, southwest, the Midlands, together with Wales and Northern Ireland. Some areas could see deluges of 20mm to 30mm of rainfall in less than an hour, the Met Office warned. UK weather – click here to check your latest local forecast Frequent lightning, hail and strong winds are predicted to accompany stronger thunderstorms, particularly in south-western England and Wales....

Russia’s Gazprom unveiled a major escalation in its energy war with Western Europe on Friday, announcing that the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will remain closed indefinitely, a move that threatens the prospect of blackouts and economic turmoil across the continent. The announcement was immediately condemned in capitals across the continent, but despite the anger, Gazprom’s decision will raise fears that Europe, which has long relied on Russian energy, faces a long, harsh winter with rationing and potentially crippling price increases....

US Open Murray, quand la santé va… HIER Sacré Andy Murray… A 35 ans, miné par des opérations de la hanche et loin de sa gloire d’hier, l’Ecossais reste un combattant hors pair. Au 3e tour de l’US Open, il a donné des maux de tête à Matteo Berretini qui a dû se sortir d’un fameux piège. Un arrêt surprise avant de terminer dans un sprint vers le filet: Murray a de bons restes Pourtant, l’Italien avait réalisé un début de course presque idéal....

Vancouver resident Anne Bruinn found hers in a tiny “Hobbit Hole” her husband built in their backyard in their Dunbar neighborhood, complete with a grass roof and round door, and now she wants to share it. It opens the doors to the Hobbit hole for anyone who needs an hour or two to study, sleep, meditate or even cry. The bright yellow Hobbit hole, which Bruin also calls her “shed,” is eight feet by six feet with a comfortable chair, small fireplace heater, and porthole windows....