Oliver Smith 
Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia. Prigozhin’s Aug. 23 death put an exclamation point on what had already been … Read more
The Qatar-based chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, on Wednesday travelled to Egypt Hopes rose Wednesday that Israel and Hamas may be inching toward another truce and hostage release deal in the Gaza war, following secret talks and as the head of the Palestinian Hamas group visited Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Tuesday told … Read more
Kremlin says Ukraine pulled out of 2022 peace talks ‘at Britain’s insistence’ The Kremlin has said there is no current basis for talks between Russia and Ukraine as none of the prerequisites are in place, Reuters reports. The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said Ukraine withdrew from the negotiation process in 2022 “at Britain’s insistence” and … Read more
A British businessman and former UK honorary consul has been released four days after being kidnapped in Ecuador, police said. Colin Armstrong, 78, was kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday alongside a Colombian woman identified as his partner, Katherine Paola Santos, from his home in the town of Baba, according to a police report … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links Ontario A collision north of Stratford left one boy dead and another injured Author of the article: Brian Williams • Local Journalism Initiative reporter Published Dec 19, 2023 • Last updated 17 hours ago • 3 minute read Three horse-drawn buggies, on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, pass the scene of a fatal collision … Read more
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters More than a year after single-stock exchange-traded funds hit the U.S. market, risk-seeking investors continue to dive in. Single-stock ETFs were first introduced in Europe in 2018. There are now nearly four dozen single-stock ETFs in the U.S., many of … Read more
A man has died in hospital days after being critically injured when he was struck by a car on a New South Wales highway. The 64-year-old pedestrian was hit by a Toyota Yaris on the Old Hume Hwy, Mittagong about 10am Monday. Police said bystanders rushed to his aid and performed CPR and he managed … Read more
(NEXSTAR) – Small towns have a reputation for tight-knit communities, charm and safety. At least one in every state lives up to the last part of the stereotype, an updated analysis finds. MoneyGeek, a personal finance site, had researchers analyze last year’s FBI crime data of smaller towns and cities where the population is between … Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday the military had proposed mobilising 450,000-500,000 more Ukrainians into the armed forces in what would mark a dramatic step up of Kyiv’s effort to beat back Russia. The Ukrainian leader told his end-of-year news conference it was a “highly sensitive” issue that the military and government would discuss … Read more
Israeli soldiers shot and killed three Israeli hostages in northern Gaza who had been misidentified as a threat, the Israel Defence Forces said. “During combat in Shejaiya, the IDF mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat. As a result, the troops fired toward them and they were killed,” IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said in … Read more
