In this January 13, 2018, photo, a newly arrived Rohingya family rests together in a transit camp in the Nayaprar refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Photo : AP London: Facebook should pay reparations to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas forced from their homes in...
Continue reading...September 28, 2022
Ontario stays COVID-19 violation charges against Sloan, Hillier
TORONTO – Ontario is no longer pursuing charges against a former member of parliament and a former member of provincial parliament for attending COVID-19 restriction protests. Derek Sloan and Randy Hillier as well as two other people were charged with violating public health orders in June...
Continue reading...Hurricane Ian pounds Florida as monster Category 4 storm
People in raincoats walk along International Drive in Orlando, Florida, on September 28, 2022, as the first effects of Hurricane Ian are felt in central Florida Photo : AP Florida: Hurricane Ian slammed into the coast of southwest Florida as a monster Category 4 storm on...
Continue reading...Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of killing Robert F. Kennedy, challenges his parole denial
SACRAMENTO — Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, is asking a judge on Wednesday to free him from prison by reversing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s denial of his parole earlier this year. Sirhan shot Kennedy moments after the U.S. senator from New York...
Continue reading...Democrats’ effort to stop lawmakers from stock trading has a potential loophole
Democrats have been working for months to nail down legislation that would make it harder for members of Congress to use information they receive on the job for their own financial gain, following a string of instances over the last few years in which they appear...
Continue reading...Less than one per cent of U of T students requested vax mandate exemption
Less than one per cent of the 8,400 University of Toronto students living on campus have requested an exemption to its triple-COVID-19-shot mandate, the school said Wednesday. The university did not say how many exemption requests have been granted, or how many students have not had...
Continue reading...Pakistan: Asif Ali Zardari hospitalised due to ‘post-Covid health concerns’, says daughter Bakhtawar
File picture: Asif Ali Zardari Photo : AP KEY HIGHLIGHTS Asif Ali Zardari has been admitted to a private hospital in Karachi He was shifted to an intensive care unit at a private hospital in Clifton, Karachi, in October 2020 As per a report, he was...
Continue reading...Judge denies Bill Cosby a new trial in sexual-assault civil lawsuit
Bill Cosby was denied a new trial in a civil lawsuit in which a jury found that he sexually abused Judy Huth when she was a teenager in 1975. In June, she was awarded $500,000 in damages. In his ruling, Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Craig...
Continue reading...Bernie 2024? Without Biden, it may be Dems’ best bet
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has signaled that he’s potentially open to another presidential run. At least, when asked on “CBS Mornings” whether he plans to run for president again, the socialist firebrand didn’t rule it out. “That’s something — you know, I haven’t made that decision,”...
Continue reading...Toronto police searching for suspect in downtown sexual assault investigation
Toronto police are working to identify a man wanted in a sexual assault investigation in the downtown core. The incident happened last Friday, at about 2:40 p.m., in the area of 100 King St. W., which is just west of Bay Street. According to police, a...
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