Montreal immigration lawyer Meryam Haddad issued a mic-drop rebuttal after she was briefly expelled from the Green party leadership race this week for allegedly endorsing a “rival” provincial party in the British Columbia election. The 32-year-old wrote to the Green party’s leadership contest committee to point out that almost exactly one year ago, former leader […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Sept 24) his decision on whether to approve a potential deal involving US companies taking a greater ownership share of Chinese social media app TikTok will hinge primarily on the issue of safety. “They’re working to see if they can make a deal,” he told […]
It is one of the first states to take on debt to plug a budget hole created by the impact of the coronavirus. By Tracey Tully and Mary Williams Walsh New Jersey officials on Thursday approved a budget that hinges on borrowing $4.5 billion to cover basic operating costs, making the state one of the […]
A man in the US has died after he ate a bag and a half of liquorice every day for several weeks, say doctors. Consuming a large amount of the confectionery caused the 54-year-old construction worker’s heart to stop, according to medics in Massachusetts. They found he had dangerously low potassium levels, which led to […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Annrene Rowe was getting ready to celebrate her 10th wedding anniversary this summer when she noticed a bald spot on her scalp. In the following days, her thick, shoulder-length hair started falling out in clumps, bunching up in the shower drain. “I was crying hysterically,” said Rowe, 67, of Anna Maria, […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – In her bestselling memoir, Mary Trump, President Donald Trump’s niece, told a family story that detailed the ways in which she claims that her relatives – the president among them – tricked, bullied and ultimately cheated her out of an inheritance worth tens of millions of dollars. On Thursday (Sept 24), […]
Summer just ended. The weather is cooling. School is back in session — or trying to be. People are spending more time indoors. And now, after nearly two months of slow but steady decline, new daily U.S. coronavirus cases are rising again, with the seven-day average increasing by 21 percent — from 34,588 to 41,868 […]
In her best-selling memoir, Mary L. Trump, President Trump’s niece, told a family story that detailed the ways in which she claims her relatives — the president among them — tricked, bullied and ultimately cheated her out of an inheritance worth tens of millions of dollars. On Thursday, more than two months after the book […]
The most recent New York Times/Siena College polls of Texas, Iowa and Georgia found no serious evidence that the Supreme Court vacancy has affected the race for the White House. Nor did the polls find much reason to think this would shift the race in the weeks ahead. The surveys were already underway before the […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump’s war on Chinese technology firms has changed the ground rules for global business, underscoring a new political reality that could have negative repercussions for American firms. The White House moves against the popular Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat and the tough sanctions on tech giant Huawei highlight the […]