BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron will lock horns in Brussels on Tuesday as European Union leaders meet to begin bargaining over who will take the bloc’s top jobs for the next five years. An EU-wide election last week returned a European Parliament with a splintered center and gains […]

For years, residents in some of Canada’s largest industrial cities have wondered whether toxins from petrochemical plants and other manufacturers are making them sick. A new peer-reviewed McGill University study has found “strikingly high” rates of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in Canadian border towns, including Sarnia, Ont., a city whose manufacturing sector is referred to […]

The disturbing photo was taken on the Hillary Step on May 23. Mountaineers can be seen trekking above the body, in a haunting picture which reveals the dangers of scaling the world’s tallest peak. Canadian filmmaker Elia Saikaly, who has now climbed Everest three times, posted the image on Instagram. “I have a lot to […]

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Substance over style. It is what many New Zealanders hope to see when Jacinda Ardern’s government unveils the nation’s first ‘wellbeing’ budget this week. For Ardern, who created a buzz at the World Economic Forum at Davos in January by pitching her approach to budgeting as “doing things differently,” the challenge will […]

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Substance over style. It is what many New Zealanders hope to see when Jacinda Ardern’s government unveils the nation’s first ‘wellbeing’ budget this week. For Ardern, who created a buzz at the World Economic Forum at Davos in January by pitching her approach to budgeting as “doing things differently,” the challenge will […]

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Releasing what it said were key details of Thursday’s budget, New Zealand’s main opposition party slammed the government for “all spin and no substance” in its highly-anticipated wellbeing budget. Finance Minister Grant Robertson said some details released by National Party leader Simon Bridges on Tuesday were incorrect. Bridges said the government’s budget […]

Israel’s parliament on Monday passed a preliminary motion to dissolve itself. The move further pushed the country toward an unprecedented political impasse, less than two months after elections seemed to promise Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a new mandate. If the bill receives final passage in a vote scheduled Wednesday, Israel would be forced to hold […]

One schoolgirl has been killed in a mass stabbing by a knife-wielding man at a bus stop near Tokyo, Japanese authorities have said. At least 19 people have been wounded, including 12 schoolgirls, and one adult has also died, a city official has said. The suspect, believed to be in his 40s to 50s, allegedly […]

As military council objects to protesters’ demands, opposition vows to escalate matters until the deadlock is broken. Sudan’s opposition leaders are threatening to launch a nationwide civil disobedience movement after accusing the military council of delaying the transfer of power to civilians. Both sides have disagreed on several key terms. The military leaders are warning […]

A 75-year-old woman who was attacked in her Lethbridge home earlier this month is back in hospital, according to family members. The victim’s family revealed the development as the man charged in connection with the attack made a brief, in-person appearance at the Lethbridge Courthouse on Monday. Adam Hobkirk-Onate is still working to hire a […]