Don’t be surprised if you’re checked for weapons with a security wand at upcoming Pride Toronto festivities. In a statement posted to Twitter Tuesday late Tuesday afternoon, Sherwin Modeste, the festival’s executive director, said “due to the increase in security risks we have seen over the...
Continue reading...June 21, 2022
What Eric Greitens’s “RINO hunting” ad means for the Missouri Senate race
Repeatedly, Republicans have raced one another to the right in an effort to win their 2022 primaries, contests in which pandering to the activist base is often seen as a strategy for success. Republican Missouri Senate candidate Eric Greitens has taken that to an extreme. On...
Continue reading...Imran Khan fraudulently acquired ‘objectionable videos’, ‘blackmailed’ ex-NAB chief: Maryam Nawaz
File picture: In this July 5, 2017 file photo, Maryam Nawaz, center, the daughter of the former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif waves in Islamabad, Pakistan Photo : AP KEY HIGHLIGHTS According to PTI chairman Imran Khan, the amendments to NAB law would lead to...
Continue reading...Two GTA hospitals say they will not remove Muzzo family name
Two hospitals that have received donations from the family of Marco Muzzo, the drunk driver who killed three children and their grandfather in a 2015 crash, say they will not remove his family’s name from their institutions. This comes as calls mount for the Muzzo name...
Continue reading...Jan. 6 committee outlines how disturbingly far Trump’s bullying campaign went
It’s been remarkable to see how much of former President Donald Trump’s energy in 2020 was spent bullying his fellow Republicans. From his vice president to state-level officials, Trump was fixated on convincing his supposed allies to abandon their principles and deliver him a victory against...
Continue reading...Progressives are beating Republicans on the crime debate
Often, it can feel like Democrats abandon debates about crime under a false assumption that they can’t win them. But a couple of progressive Democrats are showing the rest of the party what it looks like to go toe-to-toe with Republicans on crime and public safety....
Continue reading...Henry Cuellar’s progressive challenger concedes in Texas primary race
Rep. Henry Cuellar, the anti-abortion Texas Democrat seeking a 10th term in Congress, continues his re-election bid after primary challenger Jessica Cisneros conceded the race Tuesday. “The results of the #TX28 runoff are not what we had fought for,” tweeted Cisneros, who was endorsed by major...
Continue reading...‘It always wins’: North Korea may declare COVID-19 victory
SEOUL — It’s been only a month since North Korea acknowledged having a COVID-19 outbreak, after steadfastly denying any cases for more than two years. But already it may be preparing to declare victory. According to state media, North Korea has avoided the mass deaths many...
Continue reading...Biden visits clinic, celebrates COVID shots for kids under 5
WASHINGTON — President Biden visited a vaccination clinic Tuesday to celebrate that virtually all Americans can now get a COVID-19 shot Tuesday after the authorization of vaccines for kids under 5 over the weekend. Biden visited a vaccination clinic in Washington, where some of the first shots...
Continue reading...Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan
Islamabad: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 occurred in parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan in the early hours of Wednesday. Tremors were felt at around 2:24 am. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck about 44 km from the city of Khost in...
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