When it comes time to name the next captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the decision might be easier than we think. While I’ve said in the past that I believe John Tavares would get the “C,” I no longer think that is going to be the case. And that’s not meant to be a […]

ECJ declares UK can revoke Article 50 as parliamentary vote on British PM Theresa May’s Brexit deal approaches. The European Union’s top court has ruled that Britain may unilaterally reverse its decision to leave the bloc.  In a judgment delivered on Monday, the European Court of Justice said the United Kingdom could revoke Article 50 […]

The president who overstayed his mandate by two years does not rule out seeking the top job again after a break. Joseph Kabila, the outgoing president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has said he plans to stay in politics and does not rule out running again for the top job in 2023. […]

As the UN Declaration of Human Rights turns 70, Kumi Naidoo discusses the state of women’s rights. From campaigns to liberalise abortion laws in Ireland, Argentina and Poland, to the #MeToo movement and the controversy over the confirmation of Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the United States, women’s rights issues made headlines around the world in 2018.  […]

Ottawa police have arrested a man after he allegedly shoplifted, pulled a knife once confronted and stole a car on Monday afternoon. Police say that the suspect entered a store at the 3600-block of Strandherd Drive in Barrhaven and went into the sporting section. The man was seen by local security concealing items then exiting […]

The Peel Police Services Board says Chris McCord will take over as the service’s interim chief in January, succeeding Jennifer Evans as she retires. McCord, who was appointed deputy chief in 2012 with responsibility for diversity relations, support services and professional standards, will assume the position on Jan. 12. In a written statement released Thursday […]

Court sentences Ma Jian to life in prison for corruption offences, including accepting bribes and insider trading. A Chinese court has jailed for life a former high-ranking intelligence official for taking bribes, coercive business deals and insider trading.  Ma Jian, previously the vice minister of the state security bureau, is one of the most senior […]

ATHENS (Reuters) – An explosive device wounded a police officer and a civilian when it detonated outside a church in central Athens early on Thursday, shortly before liturgy was due to start and without warning, police and state media said. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack outside the Saint Dionysios church in […]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi political and militia leaders condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday as a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty, and lawmakers said a meeting between Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was canceled due to a disagreement over venue. Sabah al Saadi, the leader […]

An eight-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. custody this week had trekked to the border with his father from a rural northwestern village, Guatemala’s government said on Wednesday, following thousands of others who have made the area a hot spot of migration. Felipe Gomez Alonzo and his father, Agustin, 47, came from the municipality […]