With the recent sentencing of the driver in the Humboldt Broncos tragedy, truck safety is on a lot of minds. Manitoba infrastructure minister Ron Schuler and Crown services minister Collen Mayer will be speaking to media Tuesday morning about mandatory entry-level training for commercial truck drivers. While there is currently no mandatory training in Manitoba, […]

MADRID (Reuters) – Intruders forced their way into North Korea’s embassy in Madrid last month, identified themselves as a human rights campaign group and tried to persuade an official there to defect, a court which specializes in organized crime said on Tuesday. Spain’s Interior Ministry had previously said police were investigating an incident at the […]

King of the road: Charles drives Camilla in 1953 open-top MG to British classic car event in Cuban capital Havana during Royal Caribbean tour Prince of Wales drives Duchess of Cornwall in a black MG TD from 1953 to classic car rally in Havana They arrived at event along with members of the British Classic […]

Theresa May faces ‘up to 20’ ministerial resignations from cabinet Remainers if the PM tries to stop rebel MPs pushing a soft Brexit in indicative votes tomorrow Anne Milton has told the Prime Minister that ministers will quit en masse if they are not given a free vote  Mrs May will address Tory party’s 1922 committee […]

US prosecutors have today dropped all criminal charges against Empire star Jussie Smollett over claims he staged a "racist" attack to raise his profile. Smollett, 36, was arrested on disorderly conduct charges for allegedly staging a "phony" attack and claiming he was the victim of a hate crime.   However, now all charges have been […]

In a stunning move, prosecutors in Chicago dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett on Tuesday, a month after he was hit with felony counts stemming from what police said was a staged street attack on himself in an attempt to get a pay raise. Smollett appeared at an an emergency court hearing in […]

Duke University will pay $112 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit after federal prosecutors said a research technician’s fake data landed millions of dollars in federal grants, the school and the government said Monday. The private university in Durham submitted claims for dozens of research grants that contained falsified or fabricated information that unjustly drained […]

Survivors of priest abuse say Vatican summit fell short A history professor who, as founder of the Vatican women’s magazine, was among the most high-profile females at the Holy See, has quit because of what she described as sexist working conditions. The all-female editorial board of the magazine, called "Women Church World", also quit. The women […]

The two men have been rushed to hospital. Police have introduced additional security measures at the airport terminal while they deal with the incident. Kayseri Erkilet Airport has been evacuated, according to reports. Reports suggest an argument broke out between the officers who then began shooting at one another. Police cordons remain in place. The […]

Science lab technician’s family launch legal action to find out if she was killed at 79 by asbestos from school Bunsen burners Elizabeth Griggs, 79, died six months after getting diagnosed with mesothelioma Cancer is linked to asbestos exposure and her family have launched legal action  She worked at Wells Cathedral School as a lab […]