BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday he had asked for a thorough investigation into a boat accident on the Danube River in central Budapest that killed at least seven South Korean tourists this week. “One is shaken by this … an accident happened where passengers had almost no chance for […]

A look at Papanikolaou’s story, the doctor whose achievements helped save millions of women’s lives. Described by many as one of the most brilliant scientific minds of the 20th century, Georgios Papanikolaou is recognised for developing the life-saving cervical cancer test also known as Pap smear or Pap test.  In his honour, Google is changing […]

Larry Kudlow says both sides to suffer after US administration imposes tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese goods. The White House’s top economic adviser has admitted US businesses will suffer from tariffs on Chinese goods, contradicting US President Donald Trump’s widely denounced claim that it would only be China that pays. “Yes, I don’t […]

At least six improvised explosive devices go off, killing several people and wounding more than a dozen, military says. Several people have been killed and more than a dozen others wounded in a series of blasts that struck the city of Kirkuk, the Iraqi military has said. At least six improvised explosive devices went off […]

OTTAWA (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday called on Canada to do more to engage directly with Cuba over what Pence called the island nation’s “malign influence” on Venezuela’s political crisis. Pence said earlier in his visit to Ottawa that Canada should help “expose” Cuba’s negative impact, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin […]

President Trump has proposed a merit-based immigration plan to move away from the current system which favours applicants with family in the US. The Democrat House Speaker accused the plan of trying to “make America white again”, the Washington Examiner reported. Nancy Pelosi highlighted Melania Trump’s parents are likely to have used the current policy […]

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s king told an emergency Arab summit on Thursday that a decisive stand was needed to stop Iranian escalations in the region following attacks on Gulf oil assets this month. King Salman also told the gathering that the Palestinian cause would remain the Arab world’s top priority until the […]

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis travels on Friday to Romania, giving him another opportunity to preach a message of European integration and political rectitude even as he pays tribute to Christians killed during the communist era. On his second trip to Eastern Europe in under a month, Francis will spend three days in Romania, […]

Four people — three men and a teenage boy — are facing multiple firearms-related charges after police say officers on patrol in Midland noticed a suspicious vehicle and subsequently began an investigation. The accused are Brian Orto, 19, Nicholas Adejumo-Omijeh, 18, and Keneel Grant, 18, all from North York, as well as a 15-year-old Brampton […]

A northern Ontario First Nation has declared a state of emergency and is attempting to evacuate hundreds of residents as smoke from a nearby wildfire blows into the community. Pikangikum First Nation, a remote fly-in reserve that’s about 500 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont., declared the state of emergency overnight, according to provincial and Indigenous officials. […]