MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia on Monday joined other Western nations in backing Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president until fresh elections are held President Nicolas Maduro, 56, is confronting an unprecedented challenge to his authority after Guaido declared himself interim president citing a fraudulent election. “Australia recognizes and supports the President […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The Brazilian prosecutor running talks to settle a lawsuit over a 2015 tailings dam rupture at the Samarco mine told Reuters on Saturday that a deadly dam burst on Friday at a mine run by Vale SA (VALE3.SA) could scramble those sensitive negotiations. Federal prosecutor Jose Adercio Sampaio said that […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Sunday threw its support behind Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s leader. “Israel joins the United States, Canada, most of the countries of Latin America and countries in Europe in recognizing the new leadership in Venezuela,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement. Source: Read Full Article

MILAN (Reuters) – Four Germans were killed in a mid-air collision between a helicopter and a light aircraft in the Italian Alps on Friday with the other victims were from Italy, France and Belgium, Italian police said on Sunday. “We can’t reveal the names because some of the families still don’t know,” one official at […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip has written to a woman injured in a crash involving his Land Rover this month to say he was “deeply sorry”. He wished Emma Fairweather a “speedy recovery from a very distressing experience” in the letter, dated Jan. 21 and published by the Sunday Mirror newspaper. […]

KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed on a draft peace pact setting out the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan within 18 months, potentially ending the United States’ longest war. The details of the draft were given to Reuters by Taliban sources at the end of six days of […]

Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) crews were called to La Salle River in St. Norbert, responding to reports that a snowmobile driver had partially broken through the ice around noon on Saturday. With the snowmobile partly submerged, the driver was unable to escape to safety and called 911 from a cell phone. The WFPS Water […]

Long term, lawyers and activists battling to ensure that transgender people can serve openly in the U.S. military are convinced they will prevail. Short term, they are braced for anguishing consequences if the Trump administration proceeds with its plan to sharply restrict such service. The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote Tuesday, gave the […]

Toronto police are investigating an alleged attempted child abduction that happened in Etobicoke on the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 25. Police said a group of children aged 10 to 11 were walking down the street in the area of Park Lawn and Berry roads around 3 p.m. when they were approached from behind by a […]

Ottawa police have issued an arrest warrant for a 55-year-old man after allegations of sexual assault dating from 2016 to 2017. According to police, the sexual assault and child abuse unit began an investigation in early 2018. The charges stem from incidents that allegedly occurred when the man worked as a choir director and music […]