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Canada news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days agoTime for a change: British Columbia decides to keep daylight saving time permanently
British Columbia will permanently adopt Pacific Standard Time, ending biannual clock changes and joining Creston's unique time zone status after nearly 70 years of misalignment with neighboring communities.
US politics
fromBoston.com
1 week agoThis weekend's US clock change is a problem, and there's a deep divide on how to fix it
Most Americans dislike daylight saving time, but political efforts to change it fail due to sharply divided opinions on whether to adopt permanent daylight saving or standard time.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoNew Year's Eve live: world prepares to ring in 2026, with Kiribati first to see in the new year
Using UK time, here is a quick rundown of when (some very select) countries will ring in the new year: Kiribati -10:00 GMT New Zealand 11:00 GMT Most of Australia's east coast 13:00 GMT North Korea, South Korea and Japan- 15:00 GMT Taiwan, Hong Kong and China 16:00 GMT Thailand 17:00 GMT India and Sri Lanka 18:30 GMT Russia 21:00 GMT
World news
fromBavarian Football Works
3 months agoThomas Muller praises Bayern Munich's season, but doesn't watch every game
That said, he is still following his old club as well. In an interview with RTL, as captured by @iMiaSanMia, he said: "The team is very well-equipped, and the coaching staff with Vincent Kompany is doing an outstanding job. It's a joy to watch them play. I haven't watched all the games, but I've gotten a good impression. It's been fantastic so far, and I hope things will continue this way."
Soccer (FIFA)
fromBattery Power
4 months agoSo, what are you doing for Halloween?
A-ha, the easiest fill-in question on a Friday ever. Are you just watching Game 6, which could be the final game of the "2025 Championship Season," or is there something more topically relevant also going on? Are you perhaps combining the two, somehow? (If you're towards the East Coast and have kiddos, the candy-gathering is probably done before the game starts;
Parenting
fromThe Local France
3 years agoReader question: How does France have 12 different time zones?
Unlikely but true, France does indeed have 12 different time zones. But there is no need to change your watch if you're travelling from Paris to Toulouse. Question: I read that France has 12 different time zones - how is this possible? It's true, France does have 12 different time zones. In fact (pub quiz fact alert) France has the largest number of time zones of any country in the world, beating the USA and Russia which have 11 each.
France news
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