Ed Razek, who was discussing diversity in an interview with Vogue magazine, has since said his remarks were “insensitive”. The US lingerie brand’s 2018 showcase took place in New York on 8 November, and featured models including Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner. Mr Razek, who was part of the casting team, told Vogue he had […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Former minister Jo Johnson said some colleagues were “reflecting hard” on whether to quit over Theresa May’s Brexit plan after his dramatic resignation threw the British prime minister’s deal into jeopardy. The junior transport minister – and younger brother of former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson – issued a searing critique of May’s […]

An Australian man who set fire to a truck laden with gas cylinders in the center of Melbourne and stabbed one person to death was inspired by Islamic State but did not have direct links with the group, police said on Saturday. Police identified the man responsible for Friday’s attack as Somali-born Hassan Khalif Shire […]

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Facebook has rejected a Singapore government request to remove a post of an online article that the government said was “false and malicious”, prompting its Law Ministry to say the case illustrated the need to introduce legislation to stop fake news. Singapore’s central bank said on Friday it had filed a police […]

(This story corrects name of website in paragraph 11.) By Jack Kim and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Facebook has rejected a Singapore government request to remove a post of an online article that the government said was “false and malicious”, prompting its Law Ministry to say the case illustrated the need to introduce legislation […]

CAIRO (Reuters) – The Saudi-Led coalition in Yemen said on Saturday that it had asked the United Sates to halt refueling its aircraft engaged in the war in Yemen. The statement, released by the Saudi Press agency, said that Saudi Arabia and its allies were able to “increase their capacity” of refueling their aircrafts, and […]

Peel regional police say a woman has been transported to a trauma centre following what is believed to be a hit-and-run in Mississauga. Authorities said they received a call for reports of a woman lying in the road in the area of Meadowpine and Meadowvale boulevards around 8 p.m. When they arrived on scene, officers […]

Calgary police have charged a woman with attempted murder after another woman was pushed onto CTrain tracks Thursday. Police said at around 2:30 p.m. a man and a woman were waiting on the east side of the Victoria Park/Stampede CTrain platform. “As a train was arriving at the station, the suspect allegedly approached the woman […]

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved parliament on Friday night and called a general election for Jan. 5 in a move that will likely deepen the country’s political crisis. The dissolution, which is expected to be challenged in court, was revealed in an official gazette notification signed by Sirisena which also set […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May has suffered 14 resignations from her government in the last year and a day, six of which have been related to her approach to Brexit. Here is the list: 1) Michael Fallon Resigned as defense minister in November 2017 after a journalist accused him of sexual harassment. 2) […]