Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned Wednesday after a brief, tumultuous tenure that saw the head of the prestigious New York university face heavy scrutiny for her handling of protests and campus divisions over the Israel-Hamas conflict. The Ivy League school in upper Manhattan was roiled this year by student demonstrations, culminating in scenes of…
By Hannah Alberga The Canadian Press Posted August 15, 2024 7:50 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Public Health Agency of Canada says it was only after multiple Listeria cases emerged in Ontario in June that it recognized a broader outbreak that had started back in August 2023….
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a surprise move Wednesday, announced he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, paving the way for Japan to have a new prime minister. Kishida was elected president of his governing Liberal Democratic Party and became prime minister in 2021. His three-year term expires in…
By 2050, cancer cases and deaths among men are projected to rise dramatically, with cases increasing by 84 per cent and deaths by 93 per cent, according to a new study published in the medical journal Cancer. The research published Monday analyzed some 30 cancer types across 185 countries and found that between 2022 and…
Dutch beach volleyball player and convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde has broken his silence about his controversial inclusion in the Olympics in his first media appearances after the Paris Games. He revealed in an interview that he considered quitting the Olympics but didn’t want to “give others the power to bully me away.”…
As the number of mpox cases escalates in Africa and creeps upward in other countries like Canada, the World Health Organization (WHO), on Wednesday, again declared the virus a global public health emergency. The declaration comes more than two years after the WHO first declared a global mpox emergency in 2022, which subsequently subsided in…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2024 12:54 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec says that starting this fall it will authorize early requests for medical assistance in dying from certain patients before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent. The province has been calling…
Canadians are managing to keep up with their mortgage payments in the face of higher interest rates, but a new Statistics Canada analysis suggests there are cracks forming on other kinds of debt. The agency released a report Wednesday tracking how debt levels changed from pre-COVID-19, through the pandemic and into the ensuing economic rebound,…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2024 2:02 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s public security minister says the province is experiencing an “extremely difficult” period of climate-related disasters. François Bonnardel spoke to reporters Wednesday morning from Ste-Julienne, Que., a small community 55 kilometres north of…
French prosecutors opened an investigation into an online harassment complaint made by Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif after a torrent of criticism and false claims about her sex during the Summer Games, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Wednesday. The athlete’s lawyer Nabil Boudi filed a legal complaint with a special unit in the Paris prosecutor’s…
