Donald Trump undercut his more hawkish security advisers yesterday when the US president downplayed alleged Iranian attacks on oil tankers as “very minor”, even as the United States ordered 1,000 more troops to the Middle East. While members of his administration have warned they were considering a military response to the Gulf of Oman attacks, […]
A billionaire technology investor has shocked graduating students in Atlanta, Georgia, by telling them he will pay off all of their student loans. Robert F Smith, one of America’s most prominent black philanthropists, was giving an address at Morehouse College, a historically all-male black college. Nearly 400 students will benefit at a cost of tens […]
Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks Norwegian, and several other candidates in the 2020 race also speak a second language. But for presidential contenders, being bilingual is not always a plus. Why are Americans surprised when politicians speak a foreign language? Writer Asne Seierstad was introduced to Pete Buttigieg, a presidential candidate and the mayor of […]
Hundreds of community members are gathering at Barbara Hall Park for the 35th annual Toronto AIDS Candlelight Vigil. People of the LGBTQ2 community met around 9 p.m. Tuesday evening at 519 Church Street to honour the lives of those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses. “The theme is yesterday, today and tomorrow,” said Kerolos Saleib, […]
Warning: This story contains graphic details of sexual assault that readers may find disturbing. Discretion is advised. Destiny Douglas leaves Osgoode Hall holding the hand of her partner, Chris Treasure. They head for coffee after yet another day spent in court. This one should be their last. “Over the last four years it’s been just […]
OTTAWA (NYTIMES) – Canada will move forward with a pipeline project that has set the country’s provinces against one another, opened rifts among its indigenous communities and prompted major protests. The project – which will expand the Trans Mountain pipeline that links Alberta’s oil sands to British Columbia – is a critical component of Prime […]
A London woman is running out of options as her two-and-a-half-year battle to save her heritage home from a $39-million road-widening project returned to city hall. Nan Finlayson has spent roughly three decades living in the heritage-designated home on 100 Stanley Street, but that home currently sits on the land required for the widening project […]
The acting US Defence Secretary has abruptly withdrawn from the nominee process to take on the top role permanently. Reports say President Donald Trump has pulled Patrick Shanahan from the confirmation process and named Army secretary Mark T. Esper as acting secretary in the interim. In a written statement released Monday night the acting defense […]
It wasn’t until he took the photograph on Monday morning that Tom Fox, a longtime photojournalist, realized what he was looking at: A man wearing tactical gear and carrying a military-style rifle was standing outside a federal courthouse in Dallas, looking his way. Moments earlier, Mr. Fox, who works for The Dallas Morning News, had […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration to head the US military, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (June 18), making Shanahan the latest of dozens of senior figures to leave the high-turnover Trump administration. Trump’s White House has had the highest senior-level staff churn rate of the past […]