Cape Canaveral: Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called for American astronauts to return to the lunar surface within five years, a bold and exceedingly difficult challenge that would push NASA to its limits. US Vice President Mike Pence.Credit:Martin H. Simon In a fiery speech in Huntsville, Alabama, Pence said NASA needs to achieve that […]

A former Trump campaign aide central to the early days of the FBI’s Russia probe said the feds wanted him to wear a wire to record conversations with a professor who had told him the Russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton. George Papadopoulos, the first of five Trump aides to plead guilty and agree to […]

Police have made an arrest in connection with significant thefts from hardware stores and construction sites around eastern Ontario. Over the past week, officers with the OPP organized crime enforcement bureau carried out two search warrants at the same property on Queen Street in Montague Township near Smiths Falls. During both of the of the […]

An ongoing police operation targeting Calgary meth dealers has resulted in another $50,000 worth of illegal drugs being seized by officers. Police said the drugs were discovered during a traffic stop earlier this month, in which one man was taken into custody. In total, 327 grams of crack cocaine were seized, along with 187 grams […]

Pope Francis repeatedly pulled his hand away as people tried to kiss his ring at an event to mark the feast of the Annunciation. The head of the Catholic Church appeared to flinch as people tried to kiss the ring as a mark of respect. Footage captured the unusual moment as people lined up to […]

MADELEINE McCann conspiracy theorists claim the missing girl was born as part of a government cloning project, the family's spokesman has revealed. Clarence Mitchell said the "ridiculous" suggestion is among many other absurd theories put to him in over a decade. And thousands of people – including psychics –  have reported seeing Maddie in a […]

ALGIERS (Reuters) – An Algerian protest leader has rejected the army’s attempt to have President Abdelaziz Bouteflika declared unfit, saying the people wanted a national government of consensus, the Huffpost Maghreb said on Tuesday. “The Algerian people don’t accept that the government, or a symbol of power of this system, manages the transition period,” Mustapha […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government had nothing to do with a raid last month at North Korea’s embassy in Madrid, U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said on Tuesday. A Spanish judicial source earlier said a Spanish judge plans to request the extradition from the United States of members of a group he suspects […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, one of the fiercest opponents of Theresa May’s Brexit plan, is now edging towards backing her deal, Telegraph deputy political editor Steven Swinford said on Tuesday. “Boris Johnson edges towards backing the Prime Minister’s deal,” he said on Twitter, quoting Johnson as saying at an event: […]

Former President Barack Obama reminded some freshman House Democrats this week that some of their much-touted liberal ideas have sky-high price tags that will scare taxpayers and can’t be ignored. Obama didn’t name specific policies, but was likely referring to ideas like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal, Medicare for all and free public college […]