Category: World News

The US military attack comes as the US surges military presence in the Caribbean, risking an escalation with Venezuela. Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from…

Retired UFC star Jon Jones exonerated after New Mexico prosecutors drop charges in traffic case

UFC star Jon Jones has cleared a major legal hurdle stemming from a traffic incident in New Mexico. Jones was facing charges in connection with accusations that he fled the…

Asylum protests putting police under chronic pressure, chief says

Chief Constable Gavin Stephens says police have dealt with over 3,000 summer protests and warns against an “increase in tension and polarity”. BBC News

Average child care wait 17 months in Manitoba: surveyIris Dyck

Childcare is also increasingly affecting parental employment, with 37 per cent turning down a job and 52 per cent delaying returning to work due to trouble finding child care. …

Trump, Leavitt pile on ‘nasty’ CBS News host Margaret Brennan as ‘stupid,’ ‘so bad’

President Donald Trump and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took turns knocking CBS News’ “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan on Friday, calling her “stupid” and “so bad.” Speaking…

Taylor Swift joins the party as Brittany Mahomes turns 30 with cowgirl-themed weekend in Nashville

Brittany Mahomes and Taylor Swift’s bond never goes out of style. Swift, 35, was by Mahomes’ side to celebrate her 30th birthday weekend extravaganza in Nashville, Tenn. Brittany celebrated the…

Government unable to calculate Afghan data breach cost, watchdog says

The National Audit Office says it has not been given enough information to have “confidence” a relocation scheme cost £850m. BBC News

Google avoids break-up but must share data with rivals

A case over the US tech giant’s dominance in search allows it to hang on to its Chrome web browser. BBC News

US filmmaker in legal battle over ‘Downton Shabby’

Hopwood DePree takes Rochdale council to the High Court over control of his ancestral stately home. BBC News

Alberta polio survivors fear ‘horrifying’ virus could returnQuinn Ohler

Polio has been eradicated in Canada for over 30 years, but doctors warn if vaccine rates continue to decline, it could open the door to a return of the devastating…

Trump’s Justice Department moves to block blue state from giving financial aid to illegals

President Donald Trump’s United States Attorney General Pam Bondi is moving to block a controversial Illinois law recently signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker extending student financial aid, including in-state…

A scheme helped prevent sex offenders committing more crimes – then it closed. Why?

The case raises difficult questions about how best to protect potential victims. BBC News

Don’t pay a fake parking fine – four ways to protect yourself from scams

Four simple tips to make sure you don’t fall victim to fake texts or payment demands from BBC expert Nick Stapleton. BBC News

Hullo Ferries workers vote 91% in favour of job actionSimon Little

Ninety-one per cent of unionized workers with the passenger ferry service have approved job action, the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union said on Tuesday.

Evacuation order for Cariboo wildfire covers more than 86,000 hectaresAmy Judd

Anyone in the area must leave immediately and are being asked to proceed to Highway 20 and then east to Williams Lake, where an emergency centre has been set up.…

Thames Water bidders ready to clear-out top managers

Sources close to the deal accept that the government needs to be seen to be tough with the company. BBC News

Watch: Captain Scott’s famous polar shipwreck as never seen before

The Terra Nova carried Captain Scott and his men on their doomed expedition to the South Pole. BBC News

Florida Democrat predicts doom for his party in the state for another 70 years