Albert Wagner

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Thousands of people in one of South Carolina’s most conservative counties roared when Donald Trump promised to cut federal funding on “Day 1” for schools pushing what he called “transgender insanity” onto children. “And I can’t even believe I have to say it, but I do have to say it,” … Read more

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are reminding the public to be cautious after a snow machine went through thin ice near the North Bay marina on Friday. No one was injured when the snowmobile fell into 10 feet of water and the driver had returned home prior to contacting police. On Feb. 16 … Read more

The Way 9pm, BBC One In a mega collaboration that nobody predicted, writer James Graham, actor-director Michael Sheen and film-maker Adam Curtis have made this haunting drama about an industrial strike. The daring three-parter takes place in a slightly reimagined world, but is set in Sheen’s Welsh home town of Port Talbot and against the … Read more

A portion of the Rideau Canal Skateway that was opened on Sunday afternoon has closed, only six hours after it was reopened. The National Capital Commission said on social media that crews would close the Skateway beginning at 6 p.m. after snow fell on the capital throughout the day, negatively impacting ice conditions. … Read more

MEXICO CITY – Tens of thousands of demonstrators cloaked in pink marched through cities in Mexico and abroad on Sunday in what they called a “march for democracy” targeting the country’s ruling party in advance of the country’s June 2 elections. The demonstrations called by Mexico’s opposition parties advocated for free and fair … Read more

MELBOURNE, Australia – At least 53 men were massacred in a major escalation of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea, Australian media reported Monday. A tribe, their allies and mercenaries were on their way to attack a neighbouring tribe when they were ambushed Sunday in Enga province in the South Pacific nation’s remote … Read more

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Yemen’s Houthi rebels are suspected in an attack that damaged a Belize-flagged ship travelling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, authorities said early Monday. The attack on the ship came as the U.S. military acknowledged conducting new airstrikes targeting the … Read more

KYIV, Ukraine – Dwindling ammunition threatens Ukraine’s hold on the 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) frontline under withering assault by Russian artillery. Defensive lines are in jeopardy. Ukrainian forces withdrew from the city of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region on Saturday after daily Russian onslaughts from three directions for the last four months. Avdiivka was … Read more

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – Israel on Sunday condemned Brazil’s president for comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust, accusing him of being antisemitic and trivializing the Nazi genocide of European Jews during World War II. The outcry further strained relations between the countries, which have deteriorated since President Luiz Inacio Lula da … Read more

BUDAPEST, Hungary – A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators made an official visit to Hungary’s capital Sunday and called on the nationalist government to immediately approve Sweden’s request to join NATO. Hungary is the only one of NATO’s 31 existing members not to have ratified Sweden’s bid. The Hungarian government faces mounting pressure … Read more