NEW YORK – Former U.S. Rep. George Santos alleged in a lawsuit filed Saturday in New York that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel deceived him into making videos on the Cameo app that were used to ridicule the disgraced lawmaker on the show. The lawsuit filed in U.S. district court for the southern district of New … Read more
LONDON – It’s not just you. A lot people think Google searches are getting worse. And the rise of generative AI chatbots is giving people new and different ways to look up information. While Google has been the one-stop shop for decades — after all, we commonly call searches “googling” — its longtime dominance has … Read more
BANGKOK – Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole early Sunday from a Bangkok hospital where he spent six months serving time for corruption-related offences. Thaksin was seen wearing a neck support inside one of the cars in a convoy leaving the Police General Hospital just before sunrise, and he … Read more
PHILADELPHIA – As he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination, former U.S. president Donald Trump made a highly unusual stop Saturday, hawking new Trump-branded sneakers at “Sneaker Con,” a gathering that bills itself as the “The Greatest Sneaker Show On Earth!” Trump was met with loud boos as well as cheers at … Read more
Ottawa is considering alterations to its proposed clean-electricity regulations after consultations with industry, opening the door to more flexibility for individual power generators. “We can still get to the same aim,” said Oliver Anderson, a spokesman with Environment and Climate Change Canada. The proposed changes, released Friday, would change several provisions that … Read more
From Brampton, Ont., to Surrey, B.C., violent extortion attempts have sent fear shooting through South Asian-Canadian businesses over the last several months. The videos of the violence have been jarring; gunmen film themselves while they open fire on businesses and homes in cities across the country. They then share their video of the … Read more
The standstill in the U.S. Congress preventing a US$95.3-billion aid package from being approved is “having an impact,” but American Ambassador to Canada David Cohen insists the aid will get to Ukraine. “The delay is having an impact, period,” Cohen told CTV’s Question Period host Vassy Kapelos in an interview airing Sunday, echoing … Read more
The head of the main United Nations agency supporting people in Gaza alleged that Israel is intent on “destroying” the organization along with the idea that Palestinians are refugees and have a right to return home one day. Philippe Lazzarini accused Israel in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger of having a … Read more
Have we finally reached the new normal? It was an enduring question during the pandemic, as people grappled with rapidly changing laws and emerging advice about Covid. Now, two years after most of the restrictions were lifted, Britain appears to have found a balance between Working From Home and Returning To Office. Just under half … Read more
Dakar, Senegal – Protestors took the streets in Senegal’s capital Saturday to keep the pressure on President Mack Sall to hold elections quickly. Hundreds of people walked and biked through downtown Dakar chanting “Macky dictator,” while others called for the release of imprisoned opposition figures. Sall issued a decree earlier this month … Read more
