Russian troops have evacuated a disabled US-supplied Abrams tank to be displayed in Moscow, officials say Read Full Article at RT.com
Federal efforts to bring «open banking» to Canada are being welcomed by players in the industry — but there's also criticism that, after years of waiting, any changes may not come fast enough to encourage innovation or allow smaller financial players compete with larger institutions.
Allegations of improper medication reviews at Shoppers Drug Mart, and corporate pressure to hit billing targets for them as outlined in a recent CBC News investigation, has prompted some to take a closer look at the Ontario government program.
The Financial Times notes that more than half of the European banks’ tax payments correspond to Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International
Troops of the combat group «South» destroyed Ukrainian positions near two settlements
Most of the flooded homes are in the Orenburg, Kurgan and Tyumen regions
[New Times] The Africa Soft Power Summit is set to return to Kigali for its third consecutive year from May 28th-31st. This was announced in a Kigali cocktail mixer event that was organised on Thursday April 25 in Kigali.
RIYADH: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, the first stop in a broader trip to the Middle East to discuss issues including the governance of Gaza once the war with Israel ends. The top US diplomat heads to Israel later this week, where he is expected to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take the concrete and tangible steps US President Joe Biden demanded this month to improve the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Trump allies are running ads saying Biden is paying rent for undocumentd immigrants, but that’s false.
Kiev has taken all the steps the EU has asked of it, and now must fulfill its part, the Ukrainian president has said Read Full Article at RT.com
A former government minister who has had sanctions imposed on him by China has said he was detained and deported by Djibouti as a “direct consequence” of the east African country’s close ties with Beijing.
A search and rescue mission is ongoing after a private boat that was ferrying an unspecified number of people capsized between Madogo and Garissa on Sunday evening.
Nairobi (HOL) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived on Sunday in Nairobi, Kenya, to participate in the African Heads of State and World Bank Summit on Monday, April 29, 2024.
WASHINGTON (CMC): The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, says it is continuing to facilitate removal flights of single adults, family units to Jamaica and Cuba. ICE said the most recent removal flights, which took place...
The Middle Managers Leadership Conference 2024 (MMC 2024) is preparing to host an exceptional Middle Managers’ Pitch Competition. This competition is designed to nurture middle managers’ skills in adaptability, courage, public speaking, and...
Port Antonio, Portland The annual Portland Paradise Weekend of activities has received a major boost following confirmation that the honorary consul of Jamaica in Atlanta, Dr Elaine Grant Bryan, will be the keynote speaker at the “festival in the...
Chairman of the Jamaica Cancer Society St Ann St Mary Chapter, Deana Flinn, says she is proud that Jamaica was at the forefront of the move to relocate abandoned Haitian children affected by the uprising in the troubled, neighbouring nation. Flinn...
Indian High Commissioner to Jamaica Masakui Rungsung says a medical camp held earlier this month at the Mustard Seed Communities’ Jacob’s Ladder in Haddon, St Ann, was the least his office could do to help the plight of Haitian children with...
Invitation to the delegation from Israel is aimed at expediting the process of reaching an agreement between the parties
Yuan ticked up by 0.25 kopecks to 12.7 rubles
Several improvised explosive devices were found at the scene
Among the targets struck were operational infrastructure in the area or Jabal Blat, as well as a number of Hezbollah military structures in the area of Marwahin
The head of the North Korean Defense Ministry’s Department of External Military Affairs slammed the US for pushing for an escalation of the conflict and trying to change the situation in Ukraine at any cost
Indian Coast Guard has seized 86 kg of drugs worth Rs 600 crore from a Pakistani boat and arrested 14 persons on board the vessel off the Gujarat coast, the maritime security agency said on Sunday. In March, the Indian Coast Guard apprehended six Pakistani nationals along with narcotics worth Rs 480 crores off Porbandar coast.
Former AP CM Naidu criticized YSRCP's 'Nava Mosalu' manifesto at a Kurnool meeting, questioning its impact. People faced debt due to Jagan Reddy's promises. The parties are gearing up for the May 13 elections in Andhra Pradesh.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the Congress lacks direction and vision and has been making «wrong decisions that will eventually lead to destruction.» The remarks came after Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned. Lovely's discontentment stems partly from the Congress' decision to form an alliance with the AAP, a move that he claims the Delhi Congress unit opposed.
The Supreme Court on Sunday questioned the West Bengal government's determination to challenge the Calcutta High Court's order for a CBI investigation into claims of land grabbing and sexual assault in Sandeshkhali. It further questioned why the government was interested in safeguarding the guilty and TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh. The matter has been adjourned till July.
The actor, 61, has been spotted up and down the UK in recent months as production for the high-octane and iconic film franchise gets underway.
Work is expected to begin this week on the natural disaster mitigation plans for Seychelles around the main island of Mahe following recommendations from experts from Switzerland on how to prevent rockslides, landslides and other such disasters. A group of experts from several companies in Switzerland, including the Gasse Felstechnik, PNP Geologie & Geotechnik and the ETH Zurich University, made the recommendations after a series of site visits were conducted earlier this week. The group looked at the damages in several areas and is working on ways to ensure it does not happen in the future. This comes after the effects of the December 7, 2023, natural disasters in Seychelles, when heavy rainfall for several days caused flooding, landslides, and rock caused severe damage to numerous houses in the north of the Mahe. Two people lost their lives. The findings from the visits were presented to relevant authorities on Friday, including the Disaster Risk Management Division (DRMD), Seychelles Infrastructure Agency (SIA) and other relevant authorities, in a short meeting at L'Escale Resort, Roche Caiman. «The finding will help the government implement short- and long-term measures. This mission has also benefitted other agencies that have been able to build their capacity,» the DRMD's chief risk management officer, Daniel Cetoupe, told SNA. The areas visited and given priority for the recommended works to be done, include St, Louis Hill, Mont Signal, Le Niole, and Bel Ombre, the seven areas that need the most urgent attention. Plans have been laid out and work will begin soon. A recommendation has also been made to stop the removal of a large boulder at Le Niole. «It Le Niole, following the visit, the experts say that continuing to break off the rock is not viable right now, and there will be other measures put in place, to ensure the safety of the surrounding properties,» explained Cetoupe. The experts will not be doing all the work for Seychelles but will help the island nation through capacity building as well as providing equipment, to ensure that Seychellois contractors can carry out the required works. The delegation from Switzerland left the Seychelles on Saturday with the hope that once the works begin, it can ease some of the uncertainty of people leaving is the areas vulnerable to these natural disasters.
A suspected drunk driver who was allegedly involved in two accidents on the morning of Jan 4 was arrested after he refused to take a breathalyser test. Responding to AsiaOne's queries, the police said they were alerted to a hit-and-run accident involving a car and a 12-year-old girl at the junction of Neil Road and Cantonment Road at 6.20am that day. Four minutes later, they got another report about an accident involving a car along the CTE. As it turns out, it was the same car in both accidents. Dashcam footage of the hit-and-run accident captured by the driver behind the alleged car was posted by Facebook group SG Road Vigilante on Thursday (April 25). It shows a black BMW car making a right turn at the junction and hitting a girl who was crossing the road. The car drives off without stopping. Speaking to Shin Min Daily News, the girl's 47-year-old mother, surnamed Yao, said her daughter was on the way to school. «The driver of the car behind alighted to help, took my daughter to the void deck of a nearby block and notified us,» she recounted.
Two citizens of Ukraine “undergoing medical rehabilitation” in Germany have been killed in a knife attack over the weekend Read Full Article at RT.com
The Iran-Israel clash has served as a catalyst for renewed escalation by Western leaders, and World War III cannot be ruled out Read Full Article at RT.com
Ukrainian army chief Aleksandr Syrsky concedes the loss of three more Donbass villages to Russian forces as Kiev’s troops retreat Read Full Article at RT.com
Georgian opposition has staged mass protests against a bill that would require NGOs to disclose foreign funding Read Full Article at RT.com
