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  • Associated Press

    Iraq qualifies for Paris Olympics men’s soccer tournament with win over Indonesia at U23 Asian Cup

    Iraq qualified for the men’s soccer tournament at the Paris Olympics with a 2-1 win over Indonesia in the third-place playoff at the Under-23 Asian Cup on Thursday. Ali Jasim's extra-time winner means Iraq takes Asia’s third automatic place at the Olympics. Japan and Uzbekistan, who meet in Friday’s cup final, have both already qualified for the Paris Games.

  • Yahoo Canada Style

    What is Wegovy? Injectable weight loss medication is finally available in Canada. Here's what you should know

    The weekly injectable drug was approved by Health Canada in 2021 — but due to shortages it's just hitting the Canadian market now.

  • Associated Press

    Transgender Tennesseans want state's refusal to amend birth certificates declared unconstitutional

    A federal appeals court heard arguments on Thursday over a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth certificates. The lawsuit was first filed in federal court in Nashville in 2019 by transgender Tennesseans who say Tennessee’s prohibition serves no legitimate government interest while it subjects transgender people to discrimination, harassment and even violence when they have to produce a birth certificate for identification that clashes with their gender identity. Last year, a federal judge dismissed the case, ruling that while there are varying definitions of “sex,” the term has a very narrow and specific meaning for the purpose of birth certificates in Tennessee: “external genitalia at the time of birth.”