United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting in September. The Security Council voted 14-1 Wednesday in favor of a Gaza cease-fire resolution, but it was not adopted because of the U.S. veto. (Seth Wenig / Associated Press) The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in … Read more
Donald Trump’s lawyers are demanding that the Manhattan judge in his hush money case “immediately” toss his conviction — claiming that it’s unconstitutional to prosecute a president-elect. “Immediate dismissal of this case is mandated by the federal Constitution, the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, and the interests of justice, in order to facilitate the orderly … Read more
Attorney General-designate Matt Gaetz returned to his former stomping ground Wednesday to schmooze Republican senators alongside Vice President-elect JD Vance, as a House panel prepared to debate whether to release a potentially explosive report about the Republican ex-Florida congressman’s alleged drug abuse and sexual misconduct. Gaetz, 42, smiled at photographers as he entered the Capitol … Read more
Montreal was one of the few municipalities in Quebec charging a special tax to shelters and transitional housing. The city’s 2025 budget ends the practice. “We can now breathe a little easier on the financial front,” James Hughes, president and CEO of Old Brewery Mission, said upon learning of the cancelation of the special tax. … Read more
‘We could not support an unconditional ceasefire that failed to release the hostages,’ Robert Wood, the deputy U.S. ambassador to the UN, told the council U.S. Alternate Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Middle East on Nov. 20, 2024, at … Read more
The average single-family home in the city, now valued at roughly $720,000, would see a tax rise of about $135. Montreal received $40 million more from the so-called welcome tax — the amount charged on real-estate transactions.Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette After two years of steep increases totalling nearly 10 per cent, Montreal residential … Read more
Jose Ibarra, the illegal immigrant and Tren de Aragua gang member accused of viciously murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, was found guilty of all charges in an Athens, Georgia courtroom Wednesday. Judge Patrick Haggard handed down the guilty verdicts on a range of charges, returning to the bench just 19 minutes after the prosecution … Read more
The Association des optométristes du Québec plans to challenge the government’s ministerial order. According to the Association des optométristes du Québec, about 55 per cent of optometrists’ patients are covered by the public plan. Photo by Derek Baldwin A day before the majority of Quebec optometrists were to withdraw from the province’s public health plan, … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams will reinstate the next two NYPD classes — adding 1,600 cops to the ranks by next fall — after they were axed by painful budget cuts to cover the migrant crisis, The Post has learned. The long-awaited infusion of rookie cops to the nation’s largest police force will add officers to its … Read more
Owners of single-family homes will see their bills increase more than the average. Mayor Valérie Plante presented the 2025 budget Nov. 20, 2024.Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette It will be less of a sticker shock for Montrealers when they receive their tax bills, compared with last year. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante tabled the last … Read more
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