This meeting is a landmark one that could bring peace between two nations, divided by decades of war and hostility. The North and South Korean leaders are meeting face-to-face for direct talks – for the first time in more than a decade. Friday’s meeting is a landmark one that could bring peace between two nations, […]

Emperor Akihito will abdicate on Tuesday after ruling since January 7, 1989. The 85-year-old Emperor of Japan is the first to abdicate in more than 200 years, with the last one by a Japanese monarch being in 1817. Akihito started citing concerns about his age and declining health in August 2016, expressing his wish to […]

A graphene composite developed by University of Manchester is being tested by an Israeli drone manufacturer. Activists have voiced anger after state-of-the-art graphene technology developed by a UK university was supplied to an Israeli arms manufacturer. In October last year, engineering firm Versarien announced a collaboration agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to test a […]

Up to 22 dogs were rescued from a slaughterhouse by animal rights activists after three restaurants were found be serving customers dog meat soup. One brazenly offered up dog meat in a window advert while also listing it in different items on its menu. The animals, including a poodle and a French bulldog, are suspected […]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the plight of Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region during a visit to Beijing last week, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday. China has faced growing international condemnation for what it calls re-education and training centers in the remote western region. Activists say they are mass […]

RCMP are investigating an attempted murder in East Pubnico, N.S. Police say they responded to a report of a man found on the ground outside a home with a knife wound to his back just after 8 p.m. on Sunday. The man was transported to hospital by LifeFlight and is “expected to survive,” according to […]

Ivan Maletych was rushed to the intensive care unit at Lviv Burn Centre hospital with fourth-degree burns. Two-year-old Ivan suffered burns to 70 percent of his body. Doctors have not yet spoke on his chances of survival but are doing everything they can for Ivan. Head deputy of the hospital’s emergency department Victor Pyzhevsky said: […]

(This April 28 story has been refiled to fix reference to Podemos in last paragraph to far left, not far right.) MADRID (Reuters) – The head of Spain’s centre-right Ciudadanos (‘Citizens’) said his party would take on the leadership of the country’s opposition, after the Socialist Party of Pedro Sanchez claimed victory in Sunday’s national […]

Lord Roberts residents who are frustrated with a spike in traffic on their streets will finally have their voices heard at a public engagement meeting slated for April 29. The Southwest Rapid Transit Corridor and the construction of several large housing developments in the old Fort Rouge rail yards has created a rise in traffic […]

Leeming — who is reported by the Mail Online to have experience in the British Army before settling in Canada — insists he has done nothing wrong. After police questioned him, he spoke to reporters outside a bar while a forensics team searched his house. “They will find nothing because I did nothing wrong,” he […]