More than two dozen additional unmarked graves may have been discovered on the grounds of a defunct boys reform school in the Florida Panhandle that was notorious for beatings, abuse, forced labor and neglect, according to a letter sent by the state’s governor this week. The discovery at the former Arthur G. Dozier School for […]
A five-year-old boy has been seriously injured after he was thrown from a balcony in a US shopping centre. The horror incident happened at a centre in Minneapolis. A horrified witness hold WCCO that a woman was screaming that someone had thrown her child from the third floor. Brian Johnson, who was nearby, said: “She […]
LOS ANGELES — I keep coming back to Nipsey Hussle’s vigil — the thousands of candles, flowers and handwritten notes — left where the rapper and activist was shot and killed outside his clothing store in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood on March 31. Every time I come back, I’m surrounded by a sea of […]
NEW YORK (GZERO MEDIA) – Puppet Regime is GZERO Media’s satirical segment, which exposes the humour in today’s politics. In this video, Captain Donald Trump and his crew need help to get home after crash landing in a strange country. This video is made available to The Straits Times under a partnership with GZERO Media, a subsidiary of […]
While ridesharing companies in Saskatoon are up and running, many people in Regina are still left wondering when they’ll be able to order an Uber or a Lyft. It’s been a month and half since Regina passed its ridesharing bylaw on February 25, and the city says it hasn’t received any applications from companies. Uber […]
BRASILIA (REUTERS) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday (April 12) the country could open a vast reserve in the Amazon rainforest to mining, a move that his predecessor attempted before backtracking due to an international outcry by environmentalists. The National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca) occupies roughly 46,100 sq km, an area […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A man in a wheelchair-type electric scooter lit his jacket on fire outside the White House fence on Friday (April 12) and was hospitalised with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries, the US Secret Service said. Secret Service officers responded to the incident on the north side of the executive mansion, […]
The Bloc Québécois is taking its defence of the provincial government’s secularism bill to English Canada with a billboard along an Ottawa highway. The message in English reads, “Quebec knows what’s right for Quebec. Thank you.” Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet said the move is in anticipation of what he expects will be federal involvement […]
The Peel District School Board (PDSB) says it’s investigating after a sign posted in the hallway of a Mississauga high school appears to suggest Israel is conducting pharmacological testing on Palestinians. A picture of the large sign at Stephen Lewis Secondary School was posted on the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) Facebook page […]
OTTAWA — Canadians have wildly diverging views on banning handguns and assault-style firearms, says a newly released summary of federal consultations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Crime Reduction Minister Bill Blair to study the possibility of such a ban shortly after a shooting spree in Toronto last July. The federal report released Thursday says opinions expressed […]