Theresa May’s de-facto deputy David Lidington and Irish foreign affairs Minister Simon Coveney signed the agreement in London yesterday. Mr Lidington said: “Our message to Irish citizens in the UK is that your rights will not change. You will still be able to move freely between Ireland, the UK and the islands. “You will still […]

An expert panel looking into money laundering in B.C.’s real estate market has found an estimated $5 billion in “dirty money” was laundered through the province’s housing market in 2018. The panel found that illegal activity contributed to increasing the cost of buying a home in the province by five per cent. “Our housing market […]

(Reuters) – Alabama’s state Senate on Thursday delayed until next week a vote on the strictest abortion bill in the United States after disagreement arose on the Senate floor about whether to allow women impregnated by rape and incest to have a legal abortion. The Alabama debate follows passage of anti-abortion laws in states that […]

WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, who met with Russians in June 2016 after being promised political dirt about Hillary Clinton, according to people familiar with the committee’s decision. The younger Mr. Trump is the first of President Trump’s children to be subpoenaed in the continuing […]

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Finance Minister Donna Harpauer will be travelling to Ontario May 9 and 10 to meet with Ontario Premier Doug Ford and investment bankers. In the provincial meeting, Moe and Harpauer will be discussing economic competitiveness and opportunities to remove regulatory hurdles with their Ontario counterparts. This would be in line […]

(Reuters) – A U.S. House committee on Wednesday was moving to hold U.S. Attorney General William Barr in “contempt of Congress.” What does that mean? Congress has significant, if time-consuming, powers to demand witnesses and documents. One of these is the contempt citation. Democrats in the House of Representatives are threatening to use it on […]

SINGAPORE -The proposed law against fake news was passed on Wednesday (May 8) after a marathon two-day debate in Parliament. At the end of Wednesday’s session which stretched past 10pm, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill was passed with 72 Members saying “yes”, all nine Members from the opposition Workers’ Party (WP) saying […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House panel was poised to vote on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena that demanded the full, unredacted report by special counsel Robert Mueller. “We have no choice,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler told CNN in an interview on Wednesday. Nadler […]

The Memorandum of Understanding between Dublin and London will also ensure ongoing access to social security, health and education, with the continuation of a Common Travel Area (CTA) scheme. The CTA, which has been in place since the 1920s, consists of numerous pieces of legislation and bilateral administrative agreements. The two Governments have agreed to continue existing […]

The UK's human rights watchdog has sent a delegation to the UN in Geneva to raise concerns about the country's record on torture. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has criticised the UK and Welsh government's records on preventing inhuman and degrading treatment. They have highlighted concerns about immigration detention, healthcare and youth custody as part […]