WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The Trump administration has slashed the number of refugees it will allow to resettle in the United States in the coming year, capping the number at 15,000, a record low in the history of the country’s modern refugee programme. US President Donald Trump finalised his plan in a memo overnight on Wednesday […]
As coronavirus cases are rising across Canada, so too are “excess deaths,” according to new data released by Statistics Canada. Excess mortality reflects data on the number of deaths that exceed what is considered normal during a given period. Throughout the pandemic, some countries have used this as an indicator that the actual death toll […]
Zeta, once again a Category 1 hurricane, was swirling over the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday toward southeastern Louisiana, where it was expected to bring heavy rains and damaging winds to a state that has been repeatedly clobbered by hurricanes this season. Should the forecast hold, Zeta will be the fifth named storm to strike […]
Two Facebook users are seeking damages on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Canadians whose personal data may have been improperly used for political purposes. The proposed class-action lawsuit filed by Calgary residents Saul Benary and Karma Holoboff asks the Federal Court to order the social-media giant to bolster its security practices to better protect […]
If 2020 hasn’t been haunting enough already, Halloween obsessives across America have gone all out to transform their homes with jaw-dropping decorations for this year’s spooky season. Coronavirus may have changed how we live our lives but it hasn’t stopped these Halloween fanatics spending hundreds of dollars to transform their properties from suburban family homes […]
NEWARK — The Ironbound neighborhood, sitting to the east of Newark’s main commuter transit hub, is well known throughout New Jersey for its vibrant restaurant scene and after-hours nightlife. Large Portuguese, Brazilian and Spanish restaurants anchor corner lots along the main commercial drag, and smaller tapas cafes are tucked on side streets, adjacent to neat […]
Blue tarpaulin sheets covering the roofs of thousands of homes flap in the warm Louisiana wind as workmen clear away broken tiles and window frames. Outside the houses, huge piles of sodden carpets, broken electrical appliances, sofas, chairs and beds tumble onto the streets already clogged by fallen telegraph poles and trees. It’s over two […]
Police stopped to help a stranded driver, only to find the foul-smelling corpse of a missing rapper in the vehicle, it is claimed. Robert Deupree Avery Coltrain, 25, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Brian Trotter, 25, whose body was found in Miami, Florida. Highway Patrol towed Coltrain’s car to […]
Police stopped to help a stranded driver, only to find the foul-smelling corpse of a missing rapper in the vehicle, it is claimed. Robert Deupree Avery Coltrain, 25, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Brian Trotter, 25, whose body was found in Miami, Florida. Highway Patrol towed Coltrain’s car to […]
Disgraced ‘self-improvement’ guru Keith Raniere has been sentenced to 120 years in prison for turning girls and young women into sex slaves. Raniere, who followers called ‘Vanguard’, had a secret sorority, Nxivm, where he forced girls and women to have sex with him and branded them with his initials. Women were also pressured into giving […]