In this file photo taken Sunday, July 5, 2015, Uighurs living in Turkey and Turkish supporters, chant slogans as they hold a Chinese flag before burning it during a protest near China’s consulate in Istanbul. (File image) Photo : AP The UN body said that allegations...
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Fulton County’s DA really, really likes RICO charges. Trump should pay attention.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been playing her cards close to the vest when it comes to her criminal probe into ex-President Donald Trump and his attempt to unlawfully overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Aside from reports and the occasional court filing, we...
Continue reading...Reported sexual assaults increase across U.S. military
WASHINGTON — Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military rose 13% last year, driven by significant increases in such incidents in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues reopened, the Associated Press has learned. Mirroring the...
Continue reading...Judge deals blow to John Eastman’s ploy to retrieve seized phone
A federal judge on Tuesday dealt a blow to John Eastman, a lawyer and central architect of Donald Trump’s failed scheme to overturn the 2020 election, as he seeks to reclaim his cellphone, which was seized in June by federal investigators. Eastman advised Trump and members...
Continue reading...DeSantis has officially turned Florida into a global embarrassment
It’s official: Ron DeSantis has literally turned Florida into an international embarrassment. The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Tuesday issued a report examining discrimination across the globe that name-checked Florida House Bill 1, an oppressive anti-protest law pushed by DeSantis, the...
Continue reading...OPP identify woman and young daughter as those who died in Caledon house fire on Canada Day
A 35-year-old woman and her six-year-old daughter have been identified as the people who perished in a house fire in Caledon on Canada Day. Emergency crews responded to a blaze at a home on Mountainview Road, near Highway 9, at around 6:40 a.m. on July 1....
Continue reading...Deadly bird flu returns to Midwest earlier than expected
MINNEAPOLIS — Bird flu has returned to the Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of several months, with the highly pathogenic disease being detected in two commercial turkey flocks in western Minnesota and a hobby flock in Indiana, officials said Wednesday. The disease was detected...
Continue reading...Report states sports-betting in Ontario produced $162 million in revenues
TORONTO – Sports-betting in Ontario produced $162 million in revenues over the first three months of operation but that’s still much lower than comparable American gaming jurisdictions. According to Dave Briggs, a managing editor with PlayCanada.com, Ontario’s first-quarter revenue converts to roughly US$125 million. That figure...
Continue reading...A 1997 Pizza Hut ad perfectly encapsulates Gorbachev’s legacy
The legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, can be summarized in a recently resurfaced 60-second ad. It’s a television commercial from 1997 that aired six years after the fall of the Soviet Union, in which everyday Russians in a Pizza Hut...
Continue reading...May launches bid to reclaim Green leadership, says party has been in disarray
OTTAWA – Elizabeth May launched her bid to reclaim the leadership of the federal Green Party on Wednesday saying she wanted to rebuild the party and turn it into an influential political force, including on fighting climate change. May, who quit as leader of the Greens...
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