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Your Saskatchewan: May 2019

From living skies to sweeping vistas, incredible images are being captured by photographers across the province. Each day, Global Saskatoon and Global Regina feature a viewer submitted picture for the Your Saskatchewan photo of the day, which is also highlighted on Global News at 5, Global News at 6 and Global News at 10, Please email […]

BREAKING: Julian Assange arrives at London court and raises fist before sentencing

Cops detained the Wikileaks founder earlier this month after Ecuador’s government withdrew his asylum.  They blamed his interference in international affairs and alleged discourtesy to embassy staff. The 47-year-old, from Australia, previously appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court and was found guilty of breaching his bail. He faces sentencing at Southwark Crown Court today after taking […]

Mum finds 25 bite marks on baby daughter after picking her up from nursery

Alice Martin, from Arizona, the US, says her daughter was fussier than usual after a day at Tuscon’s Creative Beginnings Preschool around two months ago.  She went to give her tot a bath and noticed her back was covered in huge red marks.  Alice told foreign media: “It’s stomach-turning. It feels both angry and sad […]

Osama bin Laden escape plot REVEALED by CIA: How al-Qaeda leader ‘planned to FLEE’

Osama bin Laden was the founder of the pan-Islamic militant organisation al-Qaeda, who made his way onto the FBI’s “Most Wanted list” for his involvement in the 1998 US embassy bombings. The extremist devoted his life to undermining the West and is best-known for masterminding 9/11 – a series of four orchestrated terrorist attacks in the US on September 11, […]

Free cash machines VANISHING from high street as soaring numbers become charge only

Notemachine, another major provider, is considering converting up to 4,000 of its 7,000 machines. Which? is calling for Government action following a recent Access to Cash Review, chaired by former Financial Ombudsman boss Natalie Ceeney. ISis It reported the UK’s cash infrastructure was “on the verge of collapse”. The campaign group’s Gareth Shaw said: “Communities […]

Yulia Skripal: 'Assassination attempt turned my life upside down'

Daughter of ex Russian spy Sergei Skripal says their recovery from nerve agent attack has been ‘slow and painful’. Yulia Skripal, the daughter of one of Russia’s most famous spies, has spoken publicly for the first time since she and her father were poisoned in a nerve agent attack in the United Kingdom. In a […]

FAA bans low flights over Venezuela's airspace, citing political instability

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday evening issued an order prohibiting U.S. air operators from flying below 26,000 feet in Venezuela’s airspace until further notice, citing “increasing political instability and tensions”. The FAA notice said any air operators currently in Venezuela, which would include private jets, should depart within 48 […]

Brexit issues: UN envoy condemns 'Growing racism'

While UK laws and politicians make distinctions between illegal immigrants and people in the UK lawfully, it doesn’t follow that the public will see the difference A UN envoy has condemned what she says is a growing culture of racism in the UK since the Brexit vote. Tendayi Achiume has called on London to repeal […]

Indian police accused of killing at least 11 protesters

Demand for investigation after demonstrators shot protesting against copper smelter pollution in southern India. Rights groups and residents demanded an investigation after police in southern India opened fire and killed at least 11 people during a protest over alleged environmental pollution by a UK-owned copper smelter. Tensions were high in the Indian city of Thoothukudi on […]