SINGAPORE – Air pollution is the largest environmental health risk, causing between six million and seven million premature deaths and an estimated US$5 trillion (S$6.78 trillion) in welfare losses each year, the United Nations said on Wednesday (March 13) in a landmark 700-page report on the state of the planet. The sixth Global Environment Outlook […]

UNITED NATIONS/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – China prevented a United Nations Security Council committee on Wednesday from blacklisting the head of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), which said it attacked an Indian paramilitary convoy in disputed Kashmir. India said it was disappointed at the block, which sparked calls for boycotts of Chinese products on domestic social […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States aims to test a ground-launched cruise missile with a range of about 1,000 km (620 miles) in August, a Pentagon official said on Wednesday, after Washington announced last month it plans to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Last month, the United States said it would withdraw from […]

Two brothers have been charged in relation to the death of a man found shot in northwest Calgary in January. According to Calgary police, 34-year-old Jordan Moore was found in an alleyway behind the 100 block of 15 Street N.W. at about 12:10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, after reports a man was suffering from a […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Wednesday slammed human rights violations in China, saying the sort of abuses it had inflicted on its Muslim minorities had not been seen “since the 1930s.” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo highlighted abuses in Iran, South Sudan, Nicaragua and China in the department’s annual “Country Reports […]

KABUL (Reuters) – At least five Afghan soldiers were killed and 10 injured in air strikes conducted by U.S. forces in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan on Wednesday, Afghan officials said, in an apparent case of friendly fire. The Defence Ministry said in a statement giving the casualty numbers the Afghan soldiers had been […]

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s government scrambled on Wednesday to return power to western Venezuela following heavy looting in the second largest city, while China offered to help the South American nation end its worst blackout on record. Power had returned to many parts of Venezuela after a nationwide outage last week that Maduro’s […]

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Southwest Airlines pilots union said on Wednesday that it remained confident in Boeing Co’s 737 MAX even after Canada became the latest country to ground the jet. Southwest has the largest 737 MAX fleet in the world with 34 aircraft. Source: Read Full Article

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co, the world’s largest operator of the Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 with 34 jets, said on Wednesday it is waiving any fare-difference charges for customers who wish to switch to another aircraft. The low-cost airline already does not charge a fee for changing tickets, and following customer concern about […]

Victoria police have recovered tens of thousands of dollars from alleged online scammers, and are looking to locate more victims in the case. The investigation began in spring 2018, when a Victoria woman reported being the victim of an online scam pretending to clean her computer of viruses. The scammers got away with $1,400, police […]