Canada’s Liberal Party won Monday’s national elections with voters giving a new term as prime minister to Mark Carney, according to the national broadcaster CBC/Radio Canada, choosing a seasoned economist and policymaker to guide their country through turbulent times. The full results were likely to be available by Tuesday. But the voters’ decision sealed a…
Canada’s Liberal Party won Monday’s national elections with voters giving a full term as prime minister to Mark Carney, according to the national broadcaster CBC/Radio Canada, choosing a seasoned economist and policymaker to guide their country through turbulent times. The full results should be available later Monday or early Tuesday. But the voters’ decision sealed…
On any ordinary day, the South Vancouver neighborhood bustles with the sounds of life, but Saturday was no ordinary day. It was a celebration of Filipino culture, and music from a live concert echoed through the streets as families lined up at food trucks and children played. On Sunday it was strangely silent. “It gives…
The Trump administration announced a flurry of measures to target PFAS contamination, but it stayed mum on whether it intends to uphold a Biden-era rule requiring utilities to remove the “forever chemicals” from the tap water of hundreds of millions of Americans. “I have long been concerned about PFAS and the efforts to help states…
Canada chooses a leader to take on Trump Canada Election 2025: Follow live updates on news and results. Canadians vote on Monday to determine which political party forms their next government. But President Trump’s tariff assault on Canada and his vow to annex the country and make it the 51st state have turned the federal…
Janet Robertson had few choices after being evicted from her apartment of two decades in Vancouver, Canada’s most expensive city. Even listings in nearby suburbs were out of reach after years of paying 900 Canadian dollars, or $650, monthly for her studio apartment. She kept going until she could find something she could afford and…
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia ordered a three-day unilateral cease-fire in Ukraine next week, the Kremlin said on Monday, after President Trump reiterated his frustration with Russia’s refusal to stop the war. The Kremlin said that Russian forces would stop fighting on May 8 for 72 hours to mark the May 9 celebration of…
Dozens of people were killed on Monday in an attack that hit a migrant facility in an area of northern Yemen controlled by the Houthi militia, according to the group and aid officials. The Houthi militia, which is backed by Iran, said that an American strike hit what the group called a migrant center in…
Valerie disappeared in November 2023, slipping out of her pen and into the bush on Australia’s Kangaroo Island. For the next 529 days, the miniature dachshund eluded capture, despite the occasional spotting by locals and surveillance cameras. Now, her journey is finally over. Valerie has been recaptured “safe and sound,” her rescuers said late last…
The relationship between Israel and the United Nations — already fraught with mutual recrimination —- has nose-dived since the beginning of the war. U.N. officials and institutions have excoriated Israeli policies publicly and repeatedly. Israel has accused the United Nations of bias and claim that UNRWA is infiltrated by Hamas and its allies. UNRWA fired…
