Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump while he was playing golf. Musk, who has nearly … Read more
A Simcoe, Ont., woman charged with assault with a weapon after accidentally spraying her neighbour with a water gun says GoFundMe has now pulled the plug on her online fundraiser. Wendy Washik was playing with kids at a backyard barbecue on Sept. 1. The 58-year-old educational assistant was chasing one of them with a water gun … Read more
NEW YORK – A New York woman is challenging the longstanding rules of Miss America and Miss World that disqualify mothers from their beauty pageants. Danielle Hazel said Monday that she’s always dreamed of entering the competitions but was devastated to learn that she’s no longer eligible because she had a son when … Read more
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced Monday that it has banned Russian state media broadcaster RT and other Kremlin-controlled networks, alleging the outlets have engaged in deceptive influence operations and attempted to evade detection. “After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets. Rossiya Segodnya, RT … Read more
The Emmys telecast on ABC reached nearly seven million U.S. viewers, a jump of more than 50 per cent from the record low of the last ceremony in January and the biggest audience since 2021, according to numbers released Monday by the network. Sunday night’s 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, in which “Shogun,” “Hacks” … Read more
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Last year had the worst decline in credible elections and parliamentary oversight in almost a half-century, driven by government intimidation, foreign interference, disinformation and the misuse of artificial intelligence in campaigns, an organization promoting democracy said Tuesday. The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, or International IDEA, said election … Read more
PENALVA DO CASTELO, Portugal – At least two people died as wildfires raged in central and northern Portugal on Monday, forcing authorities to evacuate villages, close motorways and ask the European Union to send more water-bombing aircraft. The situation was most dangerous in the northwestern Aveiro district where one forest blaze reached the … Read more
Picture a clock ticking so steadily that it doesn’t lose a second, even after running for 1 billion years. Scientists are now closer than ever to realizing that level of timekeeping precision, new research has revealed. Such a device would greatly surpass the capabilities of atomic clocks, which define the span of a second through … Read more
LONDON – Canadian writer Anne Michaels is among six finalists shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction this year. Organizers said Monday that Michaels is shortlisted for her novel “Held,” a story of memory, love and time that starts on a battlefield in France in 1917. Five of the six authors … Read more
MPs will hold an emergency debate in the House of Commons tonight on the recent deaths of First Nations peoples during interactions with Canadian police forces. Six First Nations peoples have died in the last two weeks at the hands of police officers, which NDP MP Lori Idlout characterizes as a “disturbing pattern.” … Read more
