The United Kingdom is facing a measles outbreak, while cases have also popped up in a few U.S. states in recent weeks, leading to health authorities on both sides of the pond to issue urgent warnings. The virus, which was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, is a wake-up call for the importance of … Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Two teenage boys who were fatally shot Friday by masked suspects as they and other students were leaving a Chicago high school have been identified by authorities. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims as 17-year-old Monterio Williams and 16-year-old Robert Boston. Both died at a hospital, police said. They … Read more
Montreal police responded to a 911 call about the shooting just before midnight Friday in the Park Extension neighbourhood of the city Montreal police say a man has died after he was shot while inside a taxi in the Park Extension neighbourhood northwest of downtown late Friday night.Photo by Paul Chiasson /The Canadian Press MONTREAL … Read more
Here’s your weekly roundup of local and international climate change news for the week of Jan. 22 to Jan. 28, 2024. File photo of demonstrators pretending to resuscitate the Earth while advocating for the 1.5 degree warming goal to survive at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 16, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.Photo by Peter … Read more
Poor weather conditions have hampered the recovery of three people who died in Monday’s helicopter crash on a mountainside 30 kilometres north of Terrace. Heiner Junior “Heinzl” Oberrauch, the son of the founder of Italian sporting goods chain Sportler, is pictured in this 2016 Facebook photo. Oberrauch was killed in a helicopter crash that took … Read more
It’s part of a nationwide attempt by the religious organization Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at to quell a wave of Islamophobia Umran Bhatti at the Baitur Rahman Mosque in Delta.Photo by Jason Payne /PNG B.C.’s largest mosque is inviting members of the public who have questions about Islam past its gates and inside the building for coffee … Read more
MIAMI (AP) – The world’s largest cruise ship – the size of almost four city blocks – is set to begin its maiden voyage Saturday as it leaves from the Port of Miami. Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas runs nearly 1,200 feet (365 meters) from bow to stern. The ship, which is leaving South … Read more
Queen Camilla visited King Charles three times in 24 hours following his enlarged prostate surgery.AP Queen Camilla is keeping a close eye on her husband. Camilla, 76, was photographed exiting The London Clinic three separate times within 24 hours after King Charles, 75, went under the knife for an enlarged prostate Friday morning. She appeared … Read more
In 2021, the Biden administration blacklisted the NSO Group, an Israeli company infamous for selling controversial commercial surveillance technology across the globe. But now pressure is mounting on the White House to reverse course. NSO Group lobbyists and several European governments claim the firm’s spyware — software for covertly collecting mobile phone data — has become indispensable in Israel’s fight against Hamas. But removing NSO Group’s blacklisted … Read more
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus holds the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after defeating Zheng Qinwen of China in the Australian Open women’s singles final in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday. (Alessandra Tarantino / Associated Press) In the back of her mind, Aryna Sabalenka didn’t want to be, in her words, that player who wins a major title … Read more