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China forced 2,500 ‘fugitives’ back from overseas during pandemic, report findsMisc World | 73 hits | 6:09 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Methods used in Sky Net program range from family intimidation to state-sanctioned kidnappings, says rights groupSuspected drone attack in Abu Dhabi kills 3, wounds 6
A suspected drone attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeting a key oil facility in Abu Dhabi killed three people and sparked a separate fire at Abu Dhabi's international airport on Monday, police said.
Misc World | 77 hits | 7:15 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
A suspected drone attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeting a key oil facility in Abu Dhabi killed three people and sparked a separate fire at Abu Dhabi's international airport on Monday, police said.Ukraine alleges Russia launched cyberattack as latest tactic in 'hybrid war'
Ukraine said Sunday that Russia was behind a cyberattack that defaced its government websites. Meanwhile, the Canadian government is urging people to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine, in a new advisory citing "Russian aggression."
Misc World | 70 hits | 6:33 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Ukraine said Sunday that Russia was behind a cyberattack that defaced its government websites. Meanwhile, the Canadian government is urging people to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine, in a new advisory citing "Russian aggression." Tsunami advisories issued for parts of B.C. as undersea volcano erupts in PacificMisc World | 97 hits | 9:30 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb
An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground. It has also prompted a tsunami advisory for British Columbia's coast. Russia-Ukraine: US warns of 'false-flag' operationMisc World | 102 hits | 10:01 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Russia is plotting to stage acts of provocation to create a pretext to invade Ukraine, a US official says. Ukrainian government websites hit by hack attackMisc World | 102 hits | 9:49 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Websites of Ukraine's cabinet, seven ministries, the Treasury, the National Emergency Service and the state services website, where Ukrainians' electronic passports and vaccination certificates are stored, were temporarily unavailable Friday after a hacki 'Havana syndrome': US baffled after new cases in EuropeMisc World | 97 hits | 10:42 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says investigations continue after more diplomats fall ill. UK PM Johnson under fire over 'bring your own booze' lockdown partyMisc World | 117 hits | 6:48 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Green Bay ice sheet breaks apart, stranding 34 ice fishermen on large drifting chunk
Groups of rescue operators converge to save them with airboats
Misc World | 108 hits | 6:45 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Groups of rescue operators converge to save them with airboats L.A. police pull pilot from crashed plane moments before train hits wreckageMisc World | 87 hits | 6:35 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Aung San Suu Kyi handed four-year jail term in military ‘courtroom circus’
Critics say series of charges over Covid rules and walkie-talkie possession designed to remove her as political threat
Misc World | 113 hits | 6:14 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Critics say series of charges over Covid rules and walkie-talkie possession designed to remove her as political threat Kazakhstan says 164 killed in week of protests over sharp jump in fuel prices, other grievancesMisc World | 91 hits | 6:01 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Kazakhstan's Health Ministry said Sunday that 164 people have been killed in protests that have rocked the country over the past week.9 children among 19 killed in New York City apartment fire
Nineteen people, including nine children, have been killed in an apartment fire in New York City's Bronx borough, officials say.
Misc World | 105 hits | 8:03 PM on Sunday | posted by Strutz
Nineteen people, including nine children, have been killed in an apartment fire in New York City's Bronx borough, officials say.Sweden’s new Psychological Defense Agency to combat disinformation, fake news
The Swedish agency will work with military and government to fight fake news and misinformation.
Misc World | 112 hits | 7:36 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The Swedish agency will work with military and government to fight fake news and misinformation. Kazakh leader orders use of lethal force in any further demonstrationsMisc World | 101 hits | 6:24 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The President of Kazakhstan said Friday he authorized law enforcement to open fire on "terrorists" and shoot to kill, a move that comes after days of extremely violent protests in the former Soviet nation.Deadly Philadelphia row house fire claims at least 12 lives, including 8 children
Fire tore through a duplex home early Wednesday in Philadelphia, killing 12 people, including eight children, fire officials said.
Misc World | 110 hits | 9:04 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
Fire tore through a duplex home early Wednesday in Philadelphia, killing 12 people, including eight children, fire officials said. Deadly surge in U.S. gun violence brings inequities of the pandemic, police violence and firearms laws into sharp focusMisc World | 104 hits | 8:38 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Another Hong Kong news outlet announces closure amid crackdown on dissent
A Hong Kong online news site said Sunday that it will cease operations in light of deteriorating press freedoms, days after police raided and arrested seven people for sedition at a separate pro-democracy news outlet.
Misc World | 101 hits | 6:53 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
A Hong Kong online news site said Sunday that it will cease operations in light of deteriorating press freedoms, days after police raided and arrested seven people for sedition at a separate pro-democracy news outlet.French car-burning returns for New Years' Eve
Car burning has become an annual event in French suburbs since riots hit several cities in 2005.
Misc World | 120 hits | 7:02 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb
Car burning has become an annual event in French suburbs since riots hit several cities in 2005. 12 dead in crowd surge at popular Hindu shrine in KashmirMisc World | 114 hits | 6:50 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb
A crowd surge at a popular Hindu shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 12 people and injured 15 on New Year's Day, officials said.As prosecutors mull charges in Naples tiger attack, zoo chief says he forgives victim's 'bad mistake'
Authorities are considering charges against a man attacked by a tiger after entering an unauthorized area after hours at a Naples, Florida, zoo, leaving a deputy no choice but to kill the critically endangered cat.
Misc World | 137 hits | 10:34 AM on Friday | posted by Strutz
Authorities are considering charges against a man attacked by a tiger after entering an unauthorized area after hours at a Naples, Florida, zoo, leaving a deputy no choice but to kill the critically endangered cat.Another human rights group ordered closed by Russian court
A court in Moscow on Wednesday granted a request to shut down another prominent human rights organization amid a sweeping crackdown on Russian rights groups, independent media and opposition supporters.
Misc World | 133 hits | 6:41 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
A court in Moscow on Wednesday granted a request to shut down another prominent human rights organization amid a sweeping crackdown on Russian rights groups, independent media and opposition supporters. British police probe video linked to man who wanted to 'assassinate' the QueenMisc World | 137 hits | 5:28 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
British police said Monday they were investigating a video linked to a man armed with a crossbow who was arrested at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day. Taliban dissolve Afghanistan's 2 election commissions, saying there is no need for themMisc World | 132 hits | 5:25 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
The Taliban have dissolved Afghanistan's two election commissions, as well as state ministries for peace and parliamentarian affairs, after deeming them unnecessary for the country's current situation. Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dead at 90Misc World | 138 hits | 10:49 AM on Sunday | posted by DrCaleb
Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday. He was 90. Tough choices ahead for Canada as Ukraine and Russia teeter on brink of warMisc World | 146 hits | 6:52 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Canada's long-standing, stalwart support of Ukraine will be under new and intense pressure early in the new year as the West braces for possible military action by Russia, perhaps as soon as late January. CBC takes a look at the possible scenarios and obs Dozens feared missing after landslide at Myanmar jade mineMisc World | 117 hits | 6:51 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Dozens of people are feared missing after a landslide early on Wednesday at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, according to a civil society group and media reports.Pro-Beijing candidates sweep victories at Hong Kong polls amid record-low turnout
Misc World | 147 hits | 6:05 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Missionaries kidnapped by Haitian gang have been released, police sayMisc World | 158 hits | 11:05 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The remaining Canadian and U.S. members of a missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago in Haiti have been freed, Haitian police and the group said Thursday.24 dead in suspected building arson in Japan
A fire that spread from a fourth-floor mental health clinic in an eight-storey building in downtown Osaka in western Japan on Friday left 24 people dead in what police were investigating as a possible case of arson and murder.
Misc World | 143 hits | 11:03 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
A fire that spread from a fourth-floor mental health clinic in an eight-storey building in downtown Osaka in western Japan on Friday left 24 people dead in what police were investigating as a possible case of arson and murder.5 children die in Australia as wind lifts bouncy castle into air at school
Five children died and four others were in critical condition on Thursday after falling from a bouncy castle that was lifted 10 metres into the air by a gust of wind at a school on Australia's island state of Tasmania.
Misc World | 169 hits | 10:52 AM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
Five children died and four others were in critical condition on Thursday after falling from a bouncy castle that was lifted 10 metres into the air by a gust of wind at a school on Australia's island state of Tasmania. Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They' Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory.Misc World | 227 hits | 5:36 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Peter McIndoe, the 23-year-old creator of the viral Birds Aren’t Real movement, is ready to reveal what the effort is really about.Italian bishop apologizes for telling children Santa doesn't exist
The bishop of Noto in Sicily stunned schoolchildren last week when he told them that Santa Claus does not exist. He has since apologized.
Misc World | 165 hits | 10:39 AM on Saturday | posted by Strutz
The bishop of Noto in Sicily stunned schoolchildren last week when he told them that Santa Claus does not exist. He has since apologized.Survivors recall horror of Mexico truck crash that killed 55 migrants
Survivors of the horrific truck crash in Mexico that killed 55 migrants and injured more than a hundred recounted from their hospital beds how their location inside the truck determined who lived and who died.
Misc World | 165 hits | 9:54 AM on Saturday | posted by Strutz
Survivors of the horrific truck crash in Mexico that killed 55 migrants and injured more than a hundred recounted from their hospital beds how their location inside the truck determined who lived and who died. ‘Risky levels’: Australia is the drunkest country in the world, survey findsMisc World | 168 hits | 5:36 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
While French drank most times a week, Australians got drunk an average of 27 times a year, almost double the global average Rain after volcanic eruption hinders Indonesia's rescue efforts as death toll risesMisc World | 159 hits | 5:46 AM on Sunday | posted by DrCaleb
Rescuers were searching for survivors Sunday on the slopes of the highest volcano on Indonesia's island of Java after it was rocked by an eruption that killed at least 14 people, as smouldering debris and thick mud hampered their efforts. China surveillance of journalists to use 'traffic-light' systemMisc World | 173 hits | 9:17 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Documents detail how one province is making a facial-recognition system to spot "people of concern".At least 31 dead after migrant boat capsizes in English Channel
At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France's interior minister called the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the dangerous crossing to date.
Misc World | 175 hits | 6:16 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France's interior minister called the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the dangerous crossing to date.White father and son are both found GUILTY of murder of Ahmaud Arbery | Daily Mail Online
The jury in the trial of three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery has reached a verdict.
Misc World | 197 hits | 10:50 AM on Wednesday | posted by Zipperfish
The jury in the trial of three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery has reached a verdict. 5 dead, 40 injured after SUV speeds through Wisconsin Christmas parade, police sayMisc World | 178 hits | 6:12 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
A joyous scene of marching bands and children dancing in Santa hats and waving pompoms turned deadly in an instant as an SUV sped through barricades and into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more than 40 Red Cross forced to pay Afghan doctors, nurses with bags of cash in wake of U.S. withdrawalMisc World | 190 hits | 5:21 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb
Afghanistan is facing a looming humanitarian crisis as aid organizations struggle with ways to pay doctors, nurses and others on the ground because there is currently no way to transfer salaries to bank accounts there, the head of the International Commit Kyle Rittenhouse is found NOT GUILTY on all counts | Daily Mail OnlineMisc World | 237 hits | 10:47 AM on Friday | posted by Zipperfish
Kyle Rittenhouse has been found not guilty on all counts. The jury reached a verdict in the Kenosha shooter trial on Friday after four days of deliberation. Modi's reversal: India farm laws to be repealedMisc World | 190 hits | 7:17 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
In a major reversal, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Friday that he would repeal the controversial agriculture laws that sparked yearlong protests from tens of thousands of farmers and posed a significant challenge to his administration. Nato chief warns Russia against ‘further provocation’ amid Ukraine tensionsMisc World | 235 hits | 6:18 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Jens Stoltenberg says large Russian military buildup has been seen near Ukraine borderU.K. counterterrorism police arrest 3 after deadly Liverpool car blast
Counterterrorism officers arrested three people after a vehicle explosion outside the Women's Hospital in Liverpool left one person dead and another injured on Sunday, police said.
Misc World | 200 hits | 6:44 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Counterterrorism officers arrested three people after a vehicle explosion outside the Women's Hospital in Liverpool left one person dead and another injured on Sunday, police said. F.W. de Klerk, South Africa's last apartheid president, dies at 85Misc World | 219 hits | 6:33 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa's last apartheid president oversaw the end of the country's white minority rule, has died at the age of 85. Peruvian family dog turns out to be Andean foxMisc World | 232 hits | 7:44 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
A family who thought they had bought a dog realised their mistake after it attacked other animals.Migrants try to enter Poland, EU readies sanctions against Belarus
Polish authorities said Wednesday that two groups of migrants managed to cross the border from Belarus but that all the people in the groups were detained.
Misc World | 215 hits | 5:48 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Polish authorities said Wednesday that two groups of migrants managed to cross the border from Belarus but that all the people in the groups were detained.Mom says Southwest Airlines thought she was trafficking her biracial daughter
A California woman is accusing Southwest Airlines of racial profiling, saying she was accused of human trafficking while travelling with her biracial daughter.
Misc World | 215 hits | 9:36 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
A California woman is accusing Southwest Airlines of racial profiling, saying she was accused of human trafficking while travelling with her biracial daughter. China increasing nuclear arsenal much faster than was thought, Pentagon saysMisc World | 222 hits | 5:49 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
A US defense department report says Beijing could have 700 warheads within six years and more than 1,000 by 2030Back to Canada News
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