GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian condemnation of the U.S. Middle East peace plan came swiftly on Tuesday night, with thousands protesting in Gaza and the militant Islamist group Hamas saying it would confront President Donald Trump’s “aggressive” proposals. Confounding some predictions, the proposals included a two-state solution which would see Israel and a future Palestinian state […]

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealanders will go to polls on September 19 to decide on a second term for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and also to vote in referendums on the divisive issues of legalizing cannabis and euthanasia. Ardern is hugely popular among liberal voters overseas thanks to her compassionate but decisive response to a […]

TORONTO – Pascal Siakam had 24 points and nine rebounds, while Kyle Lowry became Toronto’s all-time leader in assists as the Raptors stretched their win streak to eight games with a 130-114 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday. Serge Ibaka had 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors (33-14), who had six players […]

A foot chase through downtown Peterborough on Monday led to the arrest of a man on theft charges. The Peterborough Police Service says officers were called to a George Street North store around 1 p.m. for reports of a man stealing merchandise and fleeing the store on foot towards Hunter and Park streets. A short […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea will impose a one-month quarantine on all foreigners arriving from China in a bid to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus, the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang said on Tuesday. The North Korea Foreign Ministry’s protocol department provided the notice in a message to the embassy on Tuesday, the Russian […]

Zimbabwe president will skip Davos amid widespread protests, in which rights groups say 12 people have been killed. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has broken off a foreign tour as criticism grew over a brutal crackdown on protests at home, saying he wanted “to get Zimbabwe calm, stable and working again”. “In light of the economic […]

Meeting in Saudi Arabia’s capital comes days after Martin Griffiths held talks with Houthi rebels in Sanaa. The United Nations envoy for Yemen has held talks with the country’s internationally recognised president in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, amid efforts to convince the warring sides to implement a fragile truce in the lifeline port city of Hodeidah. The […]

A Pierrefonds resident says her backyard is infested with rats and that her neighbour is to blame. Tracey Featherstone says she has reached out to the city to help find a solution, but nothing has been done. “Over the last several years, they have been feeding the wildlife excessively,” Featherstone told Global News, speaking of […]

Killing Eve and Peaky Blinders help BBC’s iPlayer enjoy 12 per cent leap in use as new figures show the streaming platform was watched 4.4billion times last year The number of streams and downloads on the site had jumped by 12 per cent  Killing Eve’s second season was most watched series of the year on […]

The announcement of President Donald Trump's Middle East "Deal of the Century" this week basically cedes the West Bank to Israel, allowing the country to seize land that would otherwise have constituted a Palestinian state. Since Palestinian representatives were not invited to the White House for the policy's announcement (Trump told reporters last week that […]