The mercury will nosedive with easterly winds and chilly downpours pushing temperatures around 10C below those seen over the past week. High-pressure responsible for the blazing sunshine and blue skies will weaken allowing unsettled conditions to move in, experts say. A huge storm threatening to batter Europe at the end of this week will in […]

The BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) is firing back at the provincial government over its assertion employers aren’t seeking concessions from teachers in contract talks. The two parties are currently negotiating a new contract, with the teachers current agreement expiring on June 30. On Tuesday, Finance Minister Carole James told Global News that “no one around […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign office has adapted its London staffing relating to Iran, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokeswoman said on Thursday, after the United States stepped up forces in the Middle East to counter “clear indications” of threats from Iran. The spokeswoman said the staffing change was due to “a period of increased focus” […]

London police are asking for the public’s help finding a 58-year-old London man. Wayne Leroy Williams is described as white, about five-foot-nine, 185 pounds, with a bald or shaved head and is said to have a currently clean-shaven face. He was last seen in the area of of Third Street and Parkhurst Avenue around 4 […]

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has been put under investigation over possible misuse of state flights while campaigning for European elections at the head of his far-right League party, the Rome audit court said on Thursday. Prosecutors opened the probe after newspaper la Repubblica said Salvini flew around 20 times for […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration made it easier for oil refineries to get waivers from the nation’s biofuel law at least four months before a 2017 court decision it often cites to justify the move to the corn lobby, and the move was motivated by a desire to save the oil industry money, […]

Anger in Alabama after the state passes the United States’ toughest abortion law. The governor of the US state of Alabama, Kay Ivey, has signed into law a controversial abortion bill that outlaws the procedure in almost all cases. The only exception being when a woman’s health is at serious risk. Al Jazeera’s Andy Gallacher […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australians have a choice between tax cuts and greater public spending when they vote in a general election on Saturday, the starkest distinction in economic policy in years from the two main political parties. Whoever prevails will face an economy likely growing at its slowest pace in a decade while the jobless […]

GENEVA (Reuters) – Growing U.S. pressure on Iran has weakened pragmatic President Hassan Rouhani and made his hardline rivals more assertive at home and abroad, recent developments show. When he succeeded firebrand leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2013, Rouhani was seen as an establishment figure who would do little to end Iran’s long standoff with the […]

BEIJING (AFP) – Huawei on Thursday (May 16) said “unreasonable restrictions” by the United States infringed on its rights after President Donald Trump barred US companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms deemed to pose a national security risk – a move that appeared aimed at the Chinese firm. “Restricting Huawei from doing business […]