A journalist is facing backlash after she critiqued a tattoo used to commemorate the Manchester bombing. Joan Meiners on Tuesday tweeted a compilation of identical bee tattoos — which many people have had inked on them to remember the 22 people killed in the 2017 terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert. Without noting the […]

Iran’s FM says its planned space vehicles launches and missile tests do not violate a UN Security Council resolution. Iran has rejected a US warning against carrying out space vehicle launches and missile tests, saying on Thursday they did not violate a UN resolution. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued the pre-emptive warning earlier […]

Guzman associate alleges captured fugitive drug lord paid former leader Enrique Pena Nieto $100m. Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman once paid a $100m bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, an ex-Guzman associate testified, adding that he previously let the United States authorities know about it. Alex Cifuentes, who has described […]

Long-running dispute over identity and security reaches decisive moment, as Greek MPs vote on ‘North Macedonia’ name. Athens, Greece – Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) are due to put to rest a 27-year dispute over the latter country’s name. Following months of heated debate, the Greek parliament is scheduled to ratify the […]

Rights group demands the Yemeni government ‘reveal the fate’ of the missing, as 86 prisoners go on hunger strike. Scores of Yemeni women have held a protest outside the home of the country’s interior minister, calling on the government to give them information about their sons reportedly held in an Emirati-run prison. The Association of […]

It’s a show of epic proportions with Albertan roots. The We Will Rock You tour brings the songs of Queen across North America, with a cast and crew made up of people primarily from the Edmonton and Calgary area. The team is currently touring Canada, after completing more than 70 shows across the United States. […]

TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Justin Holl to a three-year contract extension worth US$2 million per season. The 27-year-old from Edina, Minn, has set career-highs for games played (38), assists (10) and points (11) with the Maple Leafs in 2019-20. He has registered three goals and 11 assists for 14 points […]

A woman became trapped between two buildings when she tumbled 15 feet down a roof gap in Noho — and her pals didn’t miss her because they assumed she had just gone home, according to reports Tuesday. The 36-year-old victim was finally rescued after residents near the Mott Street scene between Bleecker and Houston streets […]

A daring 16-year-old Canadian mountain climber was rescued after falling 500 feet on Oregon’s Mount Hood, authorities said. The teen — identified as Gurbaz Singh of Vancouver, British Columbia — was rescued at about 10,500 feet Monday afternoon after falling from an area of the 11,239-foot mountain known as the Pearly Gates to a section […]

A 28-year-old man who was arrested in Halifax earlier this week after an alleged shoplifting incident had been on the run from murder charges for months, according to police. Derek Cameron Whisenand was arrested on Monday in the Bayers Lake Business Park after police received a report of shoplifting from a business on Chain Lake […]