A massive container ship that has been burning in international waters off Canada’s east coast since Jan. 3 now appears headed for the Bahamas instead of Halifax, its original destination. Satellite tracking shows the smouldering, 320-metre ship is being slowly towed to the southwest, travelling about 130 kilometres per day. No one was hurt after […]
Two Saudi sisters bound themselves together with duct tape then went into a river in a tragic double suicide, medical experts say. Rotana Farea, 23, and Tala Farea, 16, had reportedly said they would rather harm or kill themselves than return to Saudi Arabia. The sisters, who had been living in the US for two […]
TRENTON — [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Every weekday, from the time when the sun starts to sink over the bridge that reads “Trenton Makes The World Takes” until long after the bustling downtown of New Jersey’s capital city has grown dark and empty, […]
CHICAGO (REUTERS) – US Army pilot Shaun Perez spent 10 hours flying an Apache helicopter over Afghanistan, providing gun cover for Special Forces soldiers on the ground as they hunted for high-value targets, guns and weapons. Returning to his base at dawn, he donned a fresh uniform before shutting himself into a small room to […]
TORONTO (REUTERS) – The US Justice Department said on Tuesday (Jan 22) it will pursue the extradition of Huawei Technologies’s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, arrested in Canada in December on allegations she participated in a conspiracy to defraud banks. Meng, 46, is due to re-appear in a Vancouver court on Feb 6 to set […]
The White House had asked the Supreme Court to intervene after lower courts blocked the Trump administration implementing the controversial restrictions. His administration has said there is “too great a risk to military effectiveness and lethality” to allow transgender people to serve openly, after Barack Obama allowed them to. The court’s five conservatives backed the […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Nest urged owners of its security cameras on Tuesday (Jan 22) to use enhanced authentication to thwart hackers, after one terrified a family with a hoax nuclear missile attack. A couple living in a California town near San Francisco told local media they experienced “sheer terror” over the weekend when a […]
A project to redevelop Phillips Square will begin next year and is slated to last until 2021. The $50-million project also includes upgrades to Place Frère André, south of Phillips Square. Wider sidewalks, more trees, more seating and a 35 per cent increase in overall size is planned for the iconic park. “One of the […]
An overdose prevention site could be in the works for Vernon. Interior Health said at least two dozen people in the city died of an overdose last year, but some businesses are worried that the health-care provider might be eyeing a downtown location. “If there’s one more thing that goes downtown, that will totally kill […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] The government shutdown continues to put extraordinary pressure on the nation’s air-travel system, with as many as one of every 10 transportation security officers failing to show up for work and reserve workers having to be flown in to […]