The United States expects that thousands of North Korean soldiers in Russia will be sent into combat against Ukrainian forces “in the coming days,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. The Biden administration publicly revealed new information it says it has that some 8,000 North Korean troops are now in Russia’s Kursk region…
The Taliban has enacted yet another law further oppressing the freedoms of women and girls, this time issuing a decree that prohibits them from praying aloud or reciting the Qur’an in each other’s presence. The move comes after a series of so-called “virtue” or “morality” laws were implemented in Afghanistan in August, laid out in…
Private hot tubs on two cruise ships have been linked to outbreaks of a bacterial lung infection known as legionnaires’ disease, which is a “serious pneumonia,” the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns. On Oct. 24, the CDC warned that two outbreaks of legionnaires’ disease had been linked to private-use outdoor hot…
Canada’s plan to hit NATO’s defence spending target remains unclear and the current forecast for increasing military spending is based on “erroneous” economic projections, according to the federal fiscal watchdog. The report from the parliamentary budget officer (PBO), Yves Giroux, on Wednesday comes just a week before the U.S. election, the outcome of which could…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two women were reportedly kicked off a British Airways flight earlier this week after a fight broke out over a “Make America Great Again” hat. The fracas went down at London’s Heathrow Airport Monday afternoon as passengers were getting set to board a flight to Austin, Texas,…
At least 63 people have died in eastern Spain after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers and disrupted rail lines and highways in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory. Emergency services in the eastern region of Valencia confirmed a death toll of 62 people on…
The future is unknown for Dhruv Patel. “It’s been a constant battle with (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) in regards to obtaining some type of insight as to where this application is heading or what agents are reviewing,” he said. He has been trying to get his wife to Winnipeg on a spousal sponsorship for…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A teenager accused of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July has been further charged with a terrorism offense and the production of deadly poison ricin, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday. Axel Rudakubana, 18, is accused of killing the three…
Israel’s parliament has passed two laws that could prevent the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, a main provider of aid to Gaza, from being able to continue its work. The laws ban the agency, UNRWA, from operating and cut all ties between the agency and the Israeli government. It’s the culmination of a long-running campaign…
Tens of thousands of Georgians massed outside parliament Monday night, demanding the annulment of the weekend parliamentary election that the president has alleged was rigged with the help of Russia. The rally underlined tensions in the country which lies between Russia and Turkey and where the governing Georgian Dream party has become increasingly authoritarian and…
