BRASILIA (REUTERS) – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice issued a ruling on Wednesday (Dec 19) that could lead to the release of ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was jailed this year on a corruption conviction. Lula was jailed in April after being sentenced to more than 12 years in prison, and faces six […]
Nova Scotia’s Department of Justice is making changes to the Burnside jail following an internal review into an inmate death. Joshua Aaron Evans of Bridgetown, N.S., was remanded to the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility on Aug. 1. He was found in severe medical stress on Sept. 10 and died the next day in hospital. […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The Trump administration is sanctioning 15 Russian military intelligence operatives over efforts to interfere in the 2016 US election and the attempted assassination of a former double agent in Britain, the Treasury Department announced on Wednesday (Dec 19). The new sanctions also target individuals allegedly involved in a Russian cyberattack of the […]
Central American migrants may have to wait for months for asylum in the US even as it holds talks with Mexico in Washington. Mexico’s new President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has signed an agreement with his Central American counterparts, aimed at tackling the migrant issue at the United States border. Obrador hopes it will stop […]
[Want to get New York Today by email? Here's the sign-up.] It’s Wednesday. Weather: Still chilly but calmer and sunny, with a high of 43. Rain moves in tomorrow night. Alternate-side parking: in effect till Christmas. New Yorkers have a well-earned skepticism toward politicians’ promises. (Remember how long it took to build the Second Avenue […]
In the 1942 Disney movie “Bambi,” the little fawn is wobbling on stick-thin legs as it runs through the forest, urged on ahead of its mother after she hears a gunshot. Eventually, Bambi stops and turns around. “We made it!” Bambi says. But the fawn is alone in the desolate landscape. Its mother has been […]
The Canadian embassy in China says comments were unfairly disabled on its post about Chinese human rights advocate, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo. The statement, which was posted to Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo, does not say Liu’s name or show his picture, but instead talks about his accomplishments, including contributing to Charter 08, […]
A friend of Canadian Michael Spavor has set up a GoFundMe page as his detainment in China stretches just over one week. Spavor, a Calgary-born entrepreneur, and former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig were taken into Chinese custody on Dec. 10 on suspicion of “endangering national security,” according to Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang. Andray Abrahamian, Spavor’s […]
Legislation now goes to the House where it is expected to pass before being signed by President Donald Trump. The Senate passed a sweeping criminal justice bill late on Tuesday that addresses concerns that the nation’s war on drugs had led to the imprisonment of too many Americans for non-violent crimes without adequately preparing them […]
Faced with withering criticism from two separate reviews, the police oversight board in Thunder Bay, Ont., has now accepted findings of racism within both the board and police service itself and said it planned a formal apology. At a board meeting on Tuesday, a newly appointed administrator expressed acceptance of the findings by the Office […]