Over the years, police have seized thousands of fraudulent creations by Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau. Now, a fake print has been pulled from the Police Auctions Canada website pending an investigation. “Police selling a fake print of a fake painting is ironic in a sense,” says the Morrisseau estate's executive director.
Tenants already face plenty of potential snarls in dealing with landlords. But now some landlords are suing their tenants for defamation when disputes go public.
Few cases of racial profiling make it to Quebec's police ethics tribunal. And for those, like Emmanuel Abraham's, that do, critics say the lengthy, complex process discourages complaints from being made in the first place.
BRICS has condemned Western sanctions as jeopardizing global trade and urged their elimination Read Full Article at RT.com
Boeing employees have voted to reject the latest contract offer which included a 35% pay increase but didn’t restore a pension plan Read Full Article at RT.com
Weaponizing the US dollar makes the currency weaker and reduces its credibility, the Russian president said at the BRICS Summit Read Full Article at RT.com
A strong northwesterly wind with snow or sleet is forecast in the northern part of the country today. Driving can be bad on mountain roads to the north and visibility can be very low, according to a meteorologist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office.
A foreign tourist in his 80s died after losing consciousness in the Blue Lagoon yesterday evening.
A frantic search ensued after a 66-year-old woman fell overboard while vacationing on a Taylor Swift-themed Royal Caribbean cruise in the Bahamas.
Labour was last night accused of plotting a series of tax raids on private enterprise to shower the public sector with cash.
Ontario needs more money to properly deliver the national $10-a-day child-care program now and beyond the life of the current agreement, the province's education minister has told the federal minister in a new letter.
An investigation into a climate of fear at a Montreal primary school has reignited a debate about secularism in Quebec's education system, with the provincial government pledging to consider new measures to keep religion out of classrooms.
Russia’s Battlegroup South improved its frontline positions and inflicted more than 785 casualties on enemy troops in its area of responsibility over the past day
Such decisions will be made and implemented, Anton Siluanov noted
According to the report, eight people were evacuated from the basement
The FIFA World Ranking is still topped by Argentina (1,883.5 points), which is followed by France in 2nd place (1,859.85 points) and Spain in 3rd place (1,844.33 points)
«Under your leadership, Venezuela continues the policy of Commander [Hugo] Chavez to strengthen the country's sovereignty, showing impressive rates of development,» the Russian leader noted
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday told leaders of BRICS emerging economies the world was facing «serious challenges» and urged the group to be a «stabilising force». Xi was speaking on the final day of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, a forum Moscow hopes will help forge a united front of nations against the West. Addressing assembled leaders, Xi said the «common march of the global South towards modernity is a major event in world history». «We must be a stabilising force for peace, strengthen global security governance and explore solutions to hotspot issues that address both the symptoms and the root causes,» Xi said. «The world still faces serious challenges to its peaceful development,» he warned. He also called for a ceasefire in Gaza and the prevention of further conflict in Lebanon. «We need to continue to push for a ceasefire in Gaza, relaunch the two-state solution and stop the spread of war in Lebanon,» Xi said. «There should be no more suffering and destruction in Palestine and Lebanon,» he said. © Agence France-Presse
Seychelles and The Bahamas formalised diplomatic relations through the signing of a joint communiqué in Apia, Samoa, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. The agreement was signed by Sylvestre Radegonde, Seychelles' Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, and Frederick A. Mitchell, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Both are in Samoa for meetings leading up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Seychelles and The Bahamas share several common priorities, particularly in addressing climate change, advocating for the unique challenges of small island developing states (SIDS), and strengthening their participation in international organisations such as the Commonwealth and the United Nations, according to the statement. «The establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries paves the way for increased bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest, including people-centered development, environmental protection, and sustainability,» said the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia's elite Danab Commando Force killed 12 al-Shabab militants and wounded another 12 during a planned operation in the central Galgadud region, the federal government announced on Thursday.
Ministers will introduce new laws that force all suppliers in England to get rid of all disposables stock by June 2025.
A miracle newborn was delivered prematurely after her mother had died after plummeting 90ft to her death in Leeds. Weeks prior the mother made a tragic post about her baby.
An elderly woman was found dead in her HDB flat on Wednesday (Oct 23) evening, after neighbours found food left outside her door for two days. The woman, believed to be in her 70s, lived alone in her three-room unit located on the third floor of Block 108, Tampines Street 11, reported Shin Min Daily News on Thursday. According to the Chinese evening daily, the incident occurred at about 6pm, with police finding the elderly woman dead in her home upon their arrival. Based on the foul odour emanating from the unit, it is believed that the woman had been deceased for several days. A neighbour told Shin Min that the last time she saw the deceased was on Sunday, as the latter was taking the lift down from her floor. She had seemed well then. While there was no sign of the elderly woman on Monday, the neighbour saw that there was a bag of food hanging at her door. According to her, the elderly woman would usually have food delivered to her daily by another resident in the estate.
The real number of lost jobs without fracking could be one-tenth of what the former president says repeatedly when he visits Pennsylvania.
The other day, the DPRK's permanent mission to the United Nations dismissed the allegations about the dispatch of Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers to Russia as unfounded rumors
Two UAVs and 21 munitions were launched at six settlements in the Grayvoronovsky district, damaging a private house
Reforming the UN development institutions and global financial structures is long overdue, the Russian president noted
Border guards will take necessary practical measures to implement the decision, including dismantling road signs in the border-crossing area
Ethiopia joined BRICS on January 1, 2024, alongside Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia
A clinic at Beach Road that issued medical certificates (MCs) to patients after «very short» teleconsultations is expected to have their licence revoked by the Ministry of Health (MOH). On Thursday (Oct 24), MOH said that its investigations showed that MaNaDr Clinic is unable to continue providing outpatient medical services in a «clinically and ethically appropriate» manner. The clinic's outpatient telemedicine services have been suspended since Aug 16. MOH's investigations found that a «very large number» of cases involved video call teleconsultations that lasted for a minute or less, and ended with the medicine prescriptions and issuance of MCs. «Such short consultations raise concerns about the safety and quality of clinical care provided to the patients,» the ministry noted. The clinic also issued multiple MCs to the some patients within a short period of time. MOH also said that the clinic had «questionable and poor documentation».
Ethiopian Airlines is planning to increase its flights from Russia, starting with additional routes beyond Moscow Read Full Article at RT.com
Andrey Sadovoy, the mayor of the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv, has verbally attacked pro-Kiev Russians in an interview Read Full Article at RT.com