ISLAMABAD – Pakistanis braved cold winter weather and the threat of violence to start voting for a new parliament Thursday even as the death toll from twin bombings a day before claimed at least 30 lives, in the worst election-related violence ahead of the contested elections. Tens of thousands of police and paramilitary … Read more
It’s a sinking question hovering above the growing excitement for this spring’s total solar eclipse: what if April 8 is a cloudy day? A group of local volunteers in Florenceville-Bristol, N.B., has been working over the past several years to ensure a perfect view of the spectacle, regardless of any cloud cover. … Read more
LOS ANGELES – She’s everywhere, and the world is merely her backup band. This is Taylor Swift’s week. It’s hard to remember a star of Swift ‘s stature straddling so many roles, spanning so much of the globe, covering so many corners of the culture and doing so much of it in the … Read more
(NewsNation) — The Department of Justice announced three people convicted of bank fraud in 2023 have been sentenced for illegally obtaining and misusing $3.5 million worth of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans issued under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES). The three are 59-year-old Khadijah X. Chapman of Atlanta, who was sentenced … Read more
SAN SALVADOR – A Salvadoran-Canadian writer who was arrested in El Salvador for reading aloud the constitution inside a voting center on Sunday to protest the participation of President Nayib Bukele has been released from jail, his lawyer confirmed on Wednesday. The arrest of Carlos Bucio, 57, on Sunday over accusations of disorderly conduct … Read more
SAN SALVADOR – As El Salvador’s electoral body begins a vote-by-vote count of last week’s election results, the political opposition warned Wednesday they could ask to nullify results of the legislative elections due to irregularities. No one questions the victory of highly popular President Nayib Bukele, who won re-election with 83 per cent … Read more
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department special counsel investigating President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents has completed his inquiry and a report is expected to be made public soon to Congress and the public, Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers in a letter Wednesday. Garland did not detail the conclusions of the report … Read more
LAS VEGAS – A man who scaled the exterior of the massive Sphere venue in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning was taken into custody, authorities said. Las Vegas police said they began receiving calls about a person climbing the 366-foot-tall (112 metres) spherical structure near the Strip just after 10 a.m. The police … Read more
OTTAWA – Payments Canada says it has named two interim co-CEOs after chief executive Tracey Black decided not to renew her term. The organization that runs Canada’s payments system says Black, who joined in 2018, will complete her term at the end of March. Payments Canada says that until a permanent successor … Read more
A federal judge denied Donald Trump’s motions for a mistrial in the defamation case brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll saying the former president’s arguments had no “merit” and are “entirely pointless.” Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Trump’s motions from the bench during the civil trial and said a written order would follow. In … Read more
