In the U.S., the growing role of private equity firms in health care is coming under heightened scrutiny, with senate committee hearings and a public inquiry underway. In Canada, private equity firms have also bought up health-care facilities outside hospitals, and experts point to studies suggesting what's good for the firms’ bottom line may not help patient care.

For the first time, researchers have found evidence the flathead catfish — which is native to the southern U.S. and known for its huge size and monstrous appetite for fish — is spawning in the Thames River in southwestern Ontario.

After months of pointing at big changes to come, the province says legislation to reform Alberta's auto insurance system could be coming this fall.

Families and small businesses in Canada are increasingly turning to crowdfunding for financial support as they struggle to recover from the damage wrought by floods, wildfires and storms, new data shows.

Despite these tense conditions, Al Jazeera has been one of the few channels reporting from Gaza, where, as alleged by the Hamas-run health ministry, at least 34,683 Palestinians have been killed and 78,018 injured since the conflict’s escalation on October 7. Israeli officials maintain that Al Jazeera has maintained close connections with Hamas, an allegation the network strongly refutes.

A St James man was found dead inside a bathroom at a school on Sunday afternoon in a suspected case of suicide.  The deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Andre Nicholson, a shopkeeper from Catherine Hall, Montego Bay.  The police...

The police are advising that the Hordley Crossing section of the Golden Grove main road in St Thomas is impassable due to heavy overnight rainfall. The say two motorists, who were trapped in a vehicle, were rescued by the police who responded to...

An Ontario family says they are 'reeling' in 'profound grief' after losing their three-month-old son and parents visiting from India in a wrong-way crash on Highway 401 in Whitby last Monday.

The Ontario government will require large construction sites in the province to provide menstrual products as part of an omnibus bill set to be introduced Monday.

The owner of three Calgary dogs that got loose and fatally mauled a woman in 2022 will be sentenced Monday.

Canada Post is increasing stamp prices for the third time since 2019, a move the Crown corporation says is a «reality» of its sales-based revenue structure.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Authorities of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) have vowed to intensity their crackdown on the trafficking and distribution of narcotics and other dangerous substances in the country, with a caveat to arrest and ensure the prosecution of any top public officials engaged into the unwholesome act.

[ISS] Realistic reductions in gender inequality could produce a US$259 billion larger economy in 2043 than current path forecasts.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto says each of the 40,000 households displaced by the ongoing floods will receive a Sh10,000 stipend.

Nairobi (HOL) - Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre arrived in Nairobi on Monday for the Kenya-Somalia Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) high-level conference, which has been ongoing from May 3 to 6, 2024.

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Russian troops have driven Kiev’s forces from the villages of Kotlyarovka in Kharkov Region and Solovyovo in Donbass, Moscow says Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK and French ambassadors in Moscow have been summoned by the Russian Foreign Ministry amid rising tensions Read Full Article at RT.com

The inflation at Svartsengi is stable and there are now about twelve million cubic metres of magma in the magma chamber. A slight increase in seismic activity at the magma channel has been seen in the last few days. This is what Minn­ey Sig­ur­ðardótt­ir, a natural hazard expert at the Icelandic Met Office, says to mbl.is.

The 60-year-old man who died in the Whampoa HDB flat blaze in the wee hours of Monday (May 6) had been dishing out nasi lemak at the hawker centre near his home for four decades. Cai Wanyuan (transliteration) ran Hi Leskmi Nasi Lemak at Whampoa Makan Place with his wife, who was rescued from the fire along with his mother.  Cai was found in one of the bedrooms of the sixth-floor unit at Block 76 Lorong Limau, and was pronounced dead at the scene, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) in a Facebook post.  His younger brother, Cai Wancai (transliteration), 58, told Shin Min Daily News that his brother had been selling nasi lemak at the hawker centre for the past 40 years.  The younger Cai, who owns a roast meat stall, recounted the morning of the fire: «I found out at around 2am that my brother's flat was on fire. When I rushed over, I saw my mother sitting downstairs. She was frightened but unharmed. She was later taken to the hospital.» He said his brother lived in the flat with his wife and their mother. Both women were found in the utility room in the kitchen area and evacuated from the burning flat, said the SCDF. 

For over 60 years, Maris Stella High School has always been known as a boys' school. But that's going to change in 2027, when the primary school section will, for the first time, take in girls. In an announcement on May 6, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said that Maris Stella High (Primary) will be going co-educational in 2027. Both the primary and secondary schools at Maris Stella's Mount Vernon campus will also be rebuilt from 2027 to 2029. Speaking to AsiaOne, Ong Chin Kai, father of two, said that the primary school becoming co-ed was a fair decision. «It's only right for the community, with new estates being built around the school, [for the school] to be inclusive...for everyone to get the opportunity to go to a school nearby,» said the 45-year-old.

The US is in talks with a number of Ukrainian politicians as it seeks to replace Vladimir Zelensky, Russian intelligence says    Read Full Article at RT.com

German Ambassador to Russia Alexander Lambsdorff has been recalled to Berlin for consultations over an alleged Russian hack Read Full Article at RT.com

Tomasz Szmydt has asked for political asylum in Belarus, accusing Warsaw of taking an “unfair and dishonest” stance on the Ukraine conflict Read Full Article at RT.com

Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as Russian president will take place at the Kremlin on Tuesday Read Full Article at RT.com

The Israeli army has ordered Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah, warning of “extreme” military action against Hamas in the city Read Full Article at RT.com

The icebreaker of many a barbeque conversation is something like, “What do you do for a crust?” “I teach chemistry at university,” is what we usually reply. Then silence. Our new friend will usually go on to say they either hated or did terribly in...

With the country recording 29 per cent of all visitors who came to Jamaica in 2023 staying at Airbnbs, Norman Dunn, state minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, believes there is room for much improvement in the creation of jobs...

The ‘Improving Rural Livelihoods through Resilient Agrifood Systems’ project has commenced its mission to bolster agricultural sustainability and rural prosperity in Kitson Town, St Catherine, with a focus on empowering local farmers, the project...

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of the Orchard Housing Scheme in Hopewell, Hanover, are calling for the removal of all political paraphernalia in their community. The call has come over two months after the local polls and against the background of the...

With less than two months before the June 30 deadline for public- and private-sector entities to implement sexual harassment policies in workplaces, some interests in St Catherine say they will be challenged to comply. In an address at the formal...

UTM officials yesterday, Sunday stormed Chiradzulu district just hours after the news broke out that the director of Public Prosecutions Masauko Chamkakala was discontinuing a corruption case against Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima. UTM secretary general Patricia Kaliati and other party officials went flat out at a political rally selling Chilima as the UTM presidential […] The post Just after Chilima’s case got discontinued, UTM stormed Chiradzulu wooing voters appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Malawi leader Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera,on Sunday met United States of America (USA) based investors at the the Malawi-Texas Roundtable in order for him to outline investment opportunities Malawi is having poised under Agriculture, Tourism and Mining (ATM). During the meeting the President underlined the urgent need for the country to break free from the […] The post Africa-US Business Summit: Chakwera dines with US investors, woos them to invest in Malawi appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

The Malawi Law Society (MLS) says the delay in tabling the Constitution (Amendment) Bill alongside the Judicial Service Administration Bill both of 2023, is heavily impacting on Malawians seeking justice. MLS President Patrick Mpaka made the remarks today during an engagement meeting between MLS and the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe […] The post Govt delay to table Judicial Service Administration bill worries Malawi Law Society appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.