U.S. President Joe Biden’s public approval rating this month fell to its lowest level in almost two years, tying the lowest reading of his presidency in a warning sign for his reelection effort, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed. The four-day poll, which closed on Monday, showed just 36 per cent of Americans approve of … Read more
CAIRO – The United Nations says it has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity. It also said no aid trucks entered in the past two days via a floating pier set up by the U.S. for sea deliveries. The UN has not … Read more
The organizers of a month-long boycott of Loblaw-owned stores say they’ve decided to extend the boycott past May. After a Reddit group created to vent and talk about high grocery prices attracted tens of thousands of members, plans formed for a boycott of Canada’s largest grocer. In a press release sent by … Read more
Amal Clooney is one of the legal experts who recommended that the chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of the militant Hamas group. The human rights lawyer and wife of actor George Clooney wrote of her participation in a … Read more
ROME – The Vatican made another big overture to China on Tuesday, reaffirming the Catholic Church poses no threat to Beijing’s sovereignty and admitting that western missionaries had made “errors” in past centuries in their zeal to convert the Chinese faithful. The Vatican hosted the head of China’s bishops conference for an unprecedented, … Read more
CANNES, France – Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, “pure fiction” and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. But director Ali Abbasi is offering to privately screen the film for Trump. Following its premiere Monday in Cannes, … Read more
LONDON – Prince Harry can’t expand his privacy lawsuit against The Sun tabloid publisher to include allegations that Rupert Murdoch and some other executives were part of an effort to conceal and destroy evidence of unlawful information gathering, a London judge ruled Tuesday. The decision by Judge Timothy Fancourt’s in the High Court … Read more
Anything is possible today, as far as Canada’s weather is concerned, with forecasts ranging from scorching heat in some parts of the country to rain and snow in others. Humidity and high temperatures are expected across the Great Lakes region today, with parts of southwestern Ontario expected to reach daytime highs near 31 … Read more
NEW YORK – A defence witness in Donald Trump’s hush money case whom the judge threatened to remove from the trial over his behaviour will return to the stand Tuesday as the trial nears its end. Trump’s lawyers are hoping Robert Costello’s testimony will help undermine the credibility of a key prosecution witness, … Read more
The Nova Scotia government is funding a new fisheries simulator for the NSCC Shelburne Campus which will allow students to practise operating fishing vessels while on land. The simulator features navigation systems for both fishing and aquaculture, making it the first of its kind in Canada. The grant comes from the province’s … Read more
