Charlie Schnell killed himself after his parents say the Landon School ignored warning signs and accused him of drawing a racist image. Now they’re suing.

The former president sought to appeal to young people and voters of color, criticizing the Biden administration’s immigration policies while casting himself as a better president for minorities.

A man was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in the Falkland community in Boundbrook, Portland on Thursday afternoon.  The deceased has been identified only as 'Bertie' of a Boundbrook address. 

Police raided rapper Sean Kingston's rented South Florida mansion on Thursday and arrested his mother on fraud and theft charges that an attorney says stems partly from the installation of a massive TV at the home.

A 35-year-old taxi operator has been charged for murdering and burying a security guard in St Catherine earlier this month.  The accused is Paul Drummond, otherwise call 'Chris'. 

Rapper Sean Kingston was arrested in California on fraud charges Thursday, several hours after a police team raided his rented South Florida mansion and carted away a van load of items.

Beijing on Friday said ongoing drills encircling Taiwan were testing the military's ability to seize power over the self-ruled island, days after its new president was sworn in. China's military kicked off the war games Thursday morning, surrounding Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft, while vowing the blood of «independence forces» on the island would flow. The exercises -- codenamed «Joint Sword-2024A» -- come after Lai Ching-te took office as Taiwan's new president this week and made an inauguration speech that China denounced as a «confession of independence». The drills are part of an escalating campaign of intimidation by China that has seen it carry out a series of large-scale military exercises around Taiwan in recent years. The two-day exercises are testing the «capability of joint seizure of power, joint strikes and control of key territories», said Li Xi, spokesman for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command. The United Nations called for all sides to avoid escalation, while the United States -- Taiwan's strongest ally and military backer -- «strongly» urged China to act with restraint. - 'Strong punishment' - Beijing, which split with Taipei at the end of a civil war 75 years ago, regards the island as a renegade province with which it must eventually be reunified. As the drills got under way, Beijing said they would serve as «strong punishment for the separatist acts of 'Taiwan independence' forces». Footage published by China's military showed soldiers streaming out of a building to battle stations and jets taking off to a rousing martial tune. State broadcaster CCTV reported that Chinese sailors had called out to their Taiwanese counterparts at sea, warning them against «resisting reunification by force». President Lai said he would «stand on the front line» to defend Taiwan in a speech on Thursday afternoon, without directly referring to the ongoing drills. China has repeatedly branded Lai a «dangerous separatist» who would bring «war and decline» to the island. Beijing was further incensed with his inauguration speech on Monday, in which he hailed a «glorious» era for Taiwan's democracy. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin on Thursday delivered a warning that included language more commonly used by China's propaganda outlets. «Taiwan independence forces will be left with their heads broken and blood flowing after colliding against the great... trend of China achieving complete unification,» Wang told reporters. And Beijing's Xinhua news agency and ruling party organ the People's Daily both ran editorials hailing the drills on Friday, slamming Lai's «treacherous behaviour» and promising a «severe blow». The drills are taking place in the Taiwan Strait and to the north, south and east of the island, as well as areas around the Taipei-administered islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Wuqiu and Dongyin. Beijing has said the drills will last until Friday, but analysts say it could choose to extend the war games or launch missiles near Taiwan, as it did after a visit to the island by then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2022. Taipei's defence ministry said Thursday that the Chinese military had gotten within 24 nautical miles (44 kilometres) of Taiwan's main island. © Agence France-Presse

UK political leaders kicked off six weeks of campaigning on Thursday, firing the first angry shots in their electoral battle before the country votes for a new government on July 4. Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ended prolonged speculation about the general election in a rain-soaked speech Wednesday outside Downing Street, which some took as an omen for his Conservatives' chances at the ballot box. UK commentators were virtually unanimous in describing his decision to hold a vote six months before he has to as a «gamble». But Sunak hit the airwaves for a round of radio and television interviews Thursday, before a whistlestop tour of the country, and insisted insist he was right to call the vote. «This is what Downing Street is thinking: things are basically not going to get any better for the prime minister,» former finance minister George Osborne said on his Political Currency podcast. «Nothing is shifting the polls,» he added, calling the election a way to «shift the dial» and force the choice on the electorate. - Tall order - The Conservatives have been in power since 2010, first with David Cameron as prime minister, then Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, and increasingly beset by scandal and ideological infighting with hardliners. The right-wingers' tumultuous time in power has been dominated by Brexit and its chaotic aftermath, as well as Covid and a cost-of-living crisis -- all of which has eaten into public support. The gap between them and the main opposition Labour party over the last two years has opened to a likely insurmountable 20 percentage points. «As of now, it looks as if there will be a change of government on July 4,» Tony Travers, from the department of government at the London School of Economics, told AFP. A snap Survation poll of voting intentions after Sunak's announcement put centre-left Labour on 48 points -- its highest since November 2022 and 21 points ahead of the Tories, on 27. Survation said the results were consistent with Labour's polling throughout 2023 and this year. Other surveys have suggested similar results. Anti-immigration fringe party Reform UK is snapping on the heels of the Tories, polling at 11 percent with the potential to split the right-wing vote by fielding candidates in almost every constituency. Brexit champion Nigel Farage announced he will not try to become an MP after seven previous unsuccessful attempts, promising instead to «do (his) bit» for Reform during the campaign. - Change? - The vote -- the first to be held in July since 1945, when Labour under Clement Attlee defeated Winston Churchill's Conservatives -- is Sunak's first national electoral test. He was appointed leader by his own MPs in October 2022. The 44-year-old former financier is presenting himself as the safe choice in an increasingly dangerous world and trumpeting the Tories as the party of economic stability. Inflation has slowed to 2.3 percent, figures showed on Wednesday, a three-year low after highs of more than 11 percent in 2022. «I know there's more work to do... but we have undeniably made progress and stability has returned,» Sunak told BBC television. He repeated his mantra that Labour, trounced in the last vote in 2019, was an unknown quantity, and accused Starmer of ideological flip-flopping on policy to curry favour with voters. But Starmer, who has dragged the party back to the centre since taking over from his hard-left predecessor Jeremy Corbyn four years ago, said voters had a clear choice. «Two countries, two different futures. Decline and chaos continuing under the Tories or rebuilding our country under Labour,» the 61-year-old former human rights lawyer said on a campaign stop. Labour is also promising economic stability, saying the Tories' reputation for sound stewardship of the nation's finances had been stained by Truss's short-lived tenure. Sunak replaced Truss after just 49 days, when her tax cut plans spooked financial markets, sinking the pound and increasing mortgage rates, piling fresh misery on households already hit by higher food and energy prices. On immigration -- another key issue -- Sunak promised that the first of the government's controversial deportation flights of failed asylum seekers will take off for Rwanda, but only after the election. Starmer has called it a «gimmick». © Agence France-Presse

At the same time, the General Staff said that «it can be said with certainty that the crashed helicopter caught fire only after hitting an elevation»

An unspecified commercial facility near the city of Alushta was also hit, but it was empty at the time of the attack

The humanitarian cargo will comprise medicines, clothing and shoes, bed sheets, tinned food and other items, the country’s Council of Ministers said

As part of its anti-Russian sanctions, Tokyo imposed sanctions on two Cyprus-based companies

The Calgary Philharmonic has confirmed its taking action after controversial online comments made by two members of the orchestra.

Un touriste de 20 ans a été grièvement mordu par un requin, jeudi 23 mai, à Rikitea aux Gambier. Le jeune homme doit être évacué vers le CHPF, ses jours ne seraient pas en danger.

SINGAPORE — In-flight meal services will now be suspended when the seat-belt sign lights up on a Singapore Airlines plane as part of efforts to take a more cautious approach to managing turbulence in the air. Cabin crew will also sit down and fasten their seat belts when the seat-belt sign is lit, SIA said on May 23 in response to queries. But unlike in the past — when only hot drinks would be cut off during turbulence — the new measures would require all meal and drink services to stop when the ride gets bumpy. Other existing safety measures that kick in during poor weather conditions will remain in place. These include getting crew members to secure loose items in the cabin, advising passengers to return to their seats and buckle up, and monitoring passengers who may need assistance, such as those in the toilet. A spokesman for the carrier said: «SIA will continue to review our processes as the safety of our passengers and crew is of utmost importance.»

Libreville le 22 mai 2024. A l'occasion de la Journée mondiale de la Biodiversité célébrait hier, 22 mai 2024, le Chapitre national GYBN-Gabon et l'ONG La Liane ont uni leurs efforts en procédant à la dépollution de la zone de Ambowé, dans le grand bras de mer de la Ntsini dans le Grand-Libreville. Au total, 3000 déchets et un congélateur, notamment du plastique, ont été collectés durant l'opération conjointe menée par les deux entités. Célébrée chaque année à la date du 22 mai, la (...) - ENVIRONNEMENT / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Most phases so far have seen lower turnouts than in 2019, though the gap has varied from phase to phase and individual states have witnessed both higher and lower turnouts than five years ago. The comparison is with votes cast via EVMs last time since data for postal votes is not available for 2024 so far.

Organised cybercrime gangs, according to Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) CEO Rajesh Kumar, are operating “corporate style” from hubs in these countries, hiring Indian jobseekers through illegal recruitment agents and then compelling them to defraud fellow citizens in India.

Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar was smothered to death within hours of entering an apartment in Kolkata's New Town on May 13. His body was chopped into pieces in one of the washrooms, packed into bags and transported out, Kolkata Police and Bangladeshi investigators said.

Kremlin dismisses Donald Trump’s claim on jailed US journalist, says Russian President Vladimir Putin is not in contact with the ex-leader Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian embassy in the UK has denounced the parliament giving a warm welcome to the infamous Ukrainian neo-Nazi Azov unit members Read Full Article at RT.com

SINGAPORE – A Malaysian woman who swopped two digits on her motorcycle licence plate to avoid Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges was sentenced to three weeks’ jail on May 10. Over four months in 2019 and 2020, Deivanai Karunanithi, 28, committed 68 ERP-related offences and five illegal parking offences with the altered plate. She failed to fit an in-vehicle unit on her motorcycle, which is compulsory for foreign-registered motorcycles. However, the ERP violations were not picked up as cameras captured the false rear licence plate. Deivanai is the first person to be convicted over the use of a foreign-registered vehicle affixed with false licence plates for purposes of evading detection of unlawful activity.   She pleaded guilty to 14 charges of failing to ensure that the identification mark of a vehicle was correctly exhibited at the back of her vehicle. She received a week’s jail sentence for each charge, with the court ordering three of the sentences to run consecutively.

Two days after a Vatican-mandated investigation found no evidence that Gerald Lacroix committed sexual abuse, the Quebec cardinal released a video statement saying he did nothing wrong.

RIYADH: One of the world’s biggest shipbuilders will work in partnership with Saudi Arabia to strengthen the Kingdom’s maritime sector, with a focus on sustainability and the development of “green shipping.” Fincantieri, an Italian company and Europe’s largest shipbuilding group, highlighted its commitment to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 agenda at a conference under the theme “Where Vision Meets Maritime Excellence” held in Riyadh on Wednesday. Saudi decisionmakers from related sectors in Riyadh joined Italian officials in a range of sessions at the forum.