NEW YORK – Donald Trump is seizing on his party’s frustration with the recent surge of illegal crossings at the southern U.S. border to churn up fears around another top GOP concern — voter fraud. In the final stretch before Iowa’s caucuses next Monday, the former Republican president has repeatedly suggested that Democrats … Read more
A live broadcast by Ecuadorean television station TC was interrupted on Tuesday by hooded and armed people, who obliged staff to lie on the floor, as shots and yelling were heard. Some of the hooded people were later seen on the feed leaving a sound stage with some staff. The incident comes amid … Read more
OTTAWA – Sweden’s prime minister says his country plans to join a Canadian-led NATO brigade force in Latvia. In a speech Monday to a national security conference, Ulf Kristersson said his government intends to contribute a reduced battalion. Battalion forces are typically up to a thousand soldiers, while brigades are usually between … Read more
Face masks will be mandatory in hospitals and health centres in Spain from Wednesday as the country experiences a surge in cases of flu, Covid and other respiratory illnesses. The government decision, which comes six months after the use of masks ceased to be obligatory in health facilities and pharmacies, has been met with opposition … Read more
The 2023 Emmy Awards are arriving in 2024. Hollywood’s two strikes meant a four-month delay for television’s annual celebration of itself. But both have now been resolved and the show will go on. Here’s a look at the telecast, the ceremony, and the series and stars up for awards. WHEN ARE THE EMMY AWARDS? The … Read more
HALIFAX – The RCMP have failed to meet a self-imposed deadline to detail how they plan to implement recommendations from the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting. When the Mass Casualty Commission last March released its final report into the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history, complete with 130 recommendations, … Read more
The global economy is set to slow for a third successive year in 2024 and is now on course for its weakest half-decade of growth since the early 1990s, the World Bank has warned. The Washington-based organisation said poor countries were being especially hard hit by a series of setbacks since the arrival of the … Read more
MOSCOW – Russia’s national elections commission on Tuesday registered the Communist Party’s candidate to compete with President Vladimir Putin in the March election that Putin is all but certain to win. Nikolai Kharitonov joins two other candidates who were approved for the ballot last week. Kharitonov, a member of the lower house of … Read more
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Debt-ridden Sri Lanka ‘s navy is preparing to join a U.S.-led operation to protect merchant vessels sailing in the Red Sea against attacks by Houthi rebels, a Sri Lankan navy spokesman said on Tuesday. The attacks by Houthi rebels have targeted commercial shipping vessels transiting through the critical Bab … Read more
ANKARA, Turkiye – The former president of a top-division soccer team in Turkiye told a court on Tuesday that he regretted attacking a referee at the end of a league game but denied threatening to kill him. Faruk Koca, who resigned as president of MKE Ankaragucu after punching referee Halil Umut Meler, has … Read more
