A fourth infant has died of hypothermia in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by nearly 15 months of war are huddled in tents along the rainy, windswept coast as winter arrives. Jomaa al-Batran, 20 days old, was found with his head as “cold as ice” when his parents woke up…
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter passed away Sunday at the age of 100, a statement from The Carter Center confirmed. Carter, who was the longest-living American president, died Dec. 29, more than a year after entering home hospice care in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, last February following a series of short hospital stays. Born…
Former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was formally inaugurated as president of Georgia on Sunday, cementing the ruling party’s grip in what the opposition calls a blow to the country’s European Union aspirations and a victory for former imperial ruler Russia. Outgoing pro-Western Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said Sunday morning that she would vacate her residence…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, state media reported Sunday, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president. Trump’s return to the White House raises prospects for high-profile diplomacy with North Korea. During his first term, Trump met Kim three times for talks on…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A childhood friend of the Quebec man killed in a Florida boat explosion Monday said one of the victim’s sisters was among the other six passengers injured in the blast. Thi Cam Nhung Lê said 41-year-old Sebastien Gauthier was celebrating the holidays with his family when the…
By Steve Reed The Associated Press Posted December 28, 2024 1:07 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Chuba Hubbard’s season is over. The Panthers placed their leading rusher on injured reserve Saturday with a strained calf. Hubbard was limited in practice on Friday with a knee injury and was…
Independent bookstores are enjoying a new chapter across the country as the market shifts from big box bookstores back to quaint and niche neighbourhood shops. The revival is putting the focus back on the little things that make the book-buying experience so special to avid readers and bookstore lovers. Writer and publisher Michael Hingston noticed…
A pet food company in Oregon sent out a voluntary recall after a house cat died from eating its products, which tested positive for bird flu, and the company says the same contaminated batch was sold in British Columbia. Northwest Naturals in Portland, Oregon, says in a statement that it is recalling one batch of its two-pound Feline…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size CN Rail crews are working to clear the scene after about a dozen rail cars carrying grain derailed near Boston Bar on Sunday morning. Some of the cars crashed down the embankment and landed in the Fraser River. CN Rail told Global News that the derailment involved…
Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform program, was cremated after a state funeral on Saturday as politicians and the public mourned his death. The veteran leader, who was also credited for a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, died late Thursday at age…
