NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is terminating the confidence-and-supply agreement his party made with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government.

In its third consecutive cut since June, the Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate to 4.25 per cent on Wednesday, citing the continued easing of inflation. 

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is terminating the confidence-and-supply agreement his party made with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government.

Emma McQuitty, from North Belfast , visited A&E in February after suffering constant bleeding and aches that even left her unable to walk. But she claims she was dismissed.

Writing in a research letter, experts said germ-covered fingers could introduce bacteria, viruses and fungi to the nose that could travel to the brain and cause an infection.

Fans have had to wait five years to finally know what Smithy, 46, (James Corden) responded to Nessa after she got down on one knee in the 2019 episode.

Fans still have over four months to wait until the highly-anticipated Christmas special.

Robert Jenrick topped the first round of the Tory leader ballot today - as Priti Patel became the first hopeful knocked out.

It was rare for Muna Mohamed’s sons to go out or make friends. That recently changed.

Hargeisa (HOL) — A new study conducted at Mogadishu Somali Turkish Training and Research Hospital has revealed that traditional cervical cauterization, a widely practiced procedure in Somalia, significantly raises the risk of preterm births. According to the study, women who underwent this procedure were more than twice as likely to experience preterm deliveries compared to those who had not.

The two countries are due to sign defence, energy and trade deals and hold the first meeting of a strategic cooperation council

[VOA] Singapore -- Indonesia has looked this week to boost trade ties with African nations during a summit in Bali, although many leaders from the continent stayed away, instead opting to visit China for a high-profile forum in Beijing.

[RFI] According to a new survey of youth in 16 African nations, nearly 60 percent of them want to leave their countries because of unchecked corruption.

[ISS] The people of Hoekwil and Touwsranten recognised their shared desire for safety, and in 2021 they tried something different.

The claimants in a civil suit filed in 2022 which was struck out have been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay the defendant's legal costs before a claim filed last year over the same land dispute can proceed. Master in Chambers Carla...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this morning announced that a by-election will be held for the St Ann North East constituency on September 30. Speaking at today's post-Cabinet press briefing, Holness said nomination day will be September 11. The...

The Area 3 Major Investigation Division has launched a probe into the shooting of three men, two fatally, in Bottom Albion, Manchester last night. Those killed have not yet been identified. The other victim remains in...

The White House is expected to claim, yet again, that the Russian network is a key player in a plot to interfere with the US election Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s Transmashholding won a $6.5 billion deal for design, production, and servicing of electric trains in India  Read Full Article at RT.com

The IMF reportedly wants Ukraine to cover the country’s budget gap in order to continue receiving aid Read Full Article at RT.com

Claims that Belgrade will send MiG-29 fighters to Kiev via Paris are totally false, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been detained in Denmark at a protest against the war in Gaza Read Full Article at RT.com

"If economic activity starts again in Grindavík, some life could be revived there. For now, however, the town can be written off," says Helgi Einarsson, a former captain in that town.

Russia struck the city of Lviv in western Ukraine on Wednesday, killing seven people and damaging historical buildings in a rare attack hundreds of kilometres from the frontline. The strike came as several Ukrainian ministers, including top diplomat Dmytro Kuleba, offered their resignations, part of a major reshuffle President Volodymyr Zelensky said would bring «new energy» to government. Russia has stepped up its aerial attacks on Ukraine since Kyiv launched an unprecedented cross-border offensive into Russia's Kursk region last month. «In total, seven people died in Lviv, including three children. The search and rescue operation is ongoing,» Interior Minister Igor Klymenko wrote on Telegram. The missile attack also wounded 40 people, damaging schools and medical facilities as well as buildings in Lviv's historic centre, according to the office of Ukraine's prosecutor general. The western city near the Polish border is home to a UNESCO world heritage site that covers its old town. It has been largely spared the intense strikes that have rocked cities further east. But at least seven «architectural objects of local importance were damaged» in Wednesday's barrage, regional head Maksym Kozytsky said. The assault on Lviv, which is sheltering thousands displaced by over two years of war, came a day after a Russian strike on the central city of Poltava killed 53 people, one of the deadliest single strikes of the invasion. The overnight attacks triggered renewed appeals from Ukraine for Western air defences, as well as long-range weapons to retaliate by striking targets deep inside Russia. - 'Inhuman screams' - «I heard terrible inhuman screams saying 'Save us,'» said Yelyzaveta, a 27-year-old resident of Lviv who rushed to shelter in her basement. Others like Anastasia Grynko, an internally displaced person from Dnipro, did not have time to reach a shelter. «The rocket hit our house. Everything was blown away. At the time of the explosion, I was somehow miraculously in the corridor, so I was not badly hurt,» she said. Zelensky denounced what he called «Russian terrorist strikes on Ukrainian cities». The attack on Lviv was part of a wider barrage on Ukraine, with 13 missiles and 29 drones launched at the war-torn country, the air force said. The air force said it downed seven missiles and 22 drones. Wreckage of a downed missile fell on the central city of Kryvyi Rig, Ukrainian emergency services said, damaging the Arena hotel and wounding five people. «The hotel is destroyed from the first to the third floor. Thank God, everyone is alive,» the city's head Oleksandr Vilkul said. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal called for more air defence and for long-range weapons to strike Russia in the wake of the attack. The weapons delivered by Ukraine's Western partners since the invasion often come with restrictions prohibiting their use against most targets located inside Russia. The overnight attack took place the day after a Russian strike on a military education institute in Poltava killed 53 people and wounded 271 -- though authorities did not say how many of the victims were military or civilians. - Russia advances - Russia also said it was pressing on with its offensive in the country's east, claiming the capture of the village of Karlivka, the latest in a string of territorial gains. Karlivka is about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Pokrovsk, a major Russian target that lies on a key supply route for the Ukrainian army. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday his army was making rapid advances in the Donbas that covers the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. «We have not had such a pace of offensive in the Donbas for a long time,» he said. Ukraine was also on Wednesday in the midst of a major government reshuffle, as Zelensky seeks to boost confidence in the government two and a half years into Russia's invasion. Ukraine's wartime Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba submitted his resignation on Wednesday, a day after six other officials including cabinet ministers said they were stepping down. «We need new energy. And these steps are related to strengthening our state in various areas,» Zelensky told journalists when asked about the changes. Ukraine's parliament approved some of the resignations in a session Wednesday, with Kuleba's expected to be voted on later in the week. A source close to the presidential office told AFP that Zelensky and Kuleba «will discuss and decide» his future post. In a separate attack on Wednesday, Ukrainian shelling killed three people in occupied east Ukraine, according to the Russian-installed Donetsk region governor Denis Pushilin. © Agence France-Presse

Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted more than two dozen African leaders at a banquet in Beijing on Wednesday, kicking off the city's biggest summit in years with promises of cooperation in infrastructure, energy and education. China, the world's number two economy, is Africa's largest trading partner and has sought to tap the continent's vast troves of natural resources including copper, gold, lithium and rare earth minerals. It has also furnished African countries with billions in loans that have helped build much-needed infrastructure but also sometimes stoked controversy by saddling governments with huge debts. Twenty-five African leaders have arrived in Beijing or confirmed attendance at this week's China-Africa forum, according to an AFP tally, including some whose countries face a rising risk of debt distress. Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan welcomed guests as they arrived for a lavish dinner at the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday evening, live AFP footage showed. There was also a «family» photo of the gathered leaders and Xi will give a speech at an opening ceremony on Thursday morning. Chinese state media has lauded Xi this week as a «true friend of Africa», claiming Beijing's ties were reaching «new heights» under his stewardship. The Chinese leader had held talks with more than a dozen African counterparts in Beijing by Wednesday, a tally of state media reporting showed. Xi called during a meeting on Tuesday with President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria -- one of China's biggest borrowers on the continent -- for great cooperation in the «development of infrastructure, energy and mineral resources», state news agency Xinhua said. He also promised cooperation in «investment, trade, infrastructure, mineral resources» and other areas during talks on the same day with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Xi backed Zimbabwe in its struggle against «illegal sanctions» imposed by the United States in response to corruption and human rights abuses by the country's leadership. - Geopolitical concerns - Analysts say that Beijing's largesse towards Africa is being recalibrated in the face of economic trouble at home and that geopolitical concerns over a growing tussle with the United States may increasingly be driving policy. «Deepening economic engagement with Africa across the board» is one of Beijing's key goals this week, Zainab Usman, director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told AFP. «In specific areas, even where such an expanded engagement may not make economic sense, it will be driven by geopolitical reasons,» she said. One goal may be narrowing the growing trade imbalance between China and Africa through increasing imports of agricultural goods and processed minerals, Usman said. «Meeting these African demands is in China's geopolitical interest to keep them onside in the tussle with the US.» For their part, African leaders are likely to seek backing for big-ticket items, as they have in the past, but also place greater emphasis on debt sustainability, analysts say. Recent deadly protests in Kenya were triggered by the government's need «to service its debt burden to international creditors, including China», said Alex Vines, head of the Africa Programme at London's Chatham House. Vines and other analysts expect African leaders at this week's forum to seek not only more Chinese investment but also more favourable loans in light of such events. © Agence France-Presse

Bhim Sen Kohli (pictured) had been walking dog Rocky on Sunday evening at Franklin Park, Leicester when he was allegedly kicked in the neck and back by a group of children.

Gen Z social media users across the UK are sharing their take on dopamine menus, a tool originally created to help people with ADHD break the cycle of chasing negative sources of dopamine.

Around 70 firefighters were battling the blaze in Catford, south east London after it spread across two floors.

Brian's wife of 23 years Anita Dobson has been a constant support at his side and nursed him at his bedside after he struggled with his health.

The UK's medicines watchdog launched an urgent safety review last July of Wegovy, Ozempic, Saxenda and other similar drugs to probe the possible link.

Este documento se integra en una serie de estudios que, desde una perspectiva de Derecho Comparado, tienen como objeto analizar la libertad de empresa en diferentes ordenamientos jurídicos. Tras una breve introducción histórica, así como la explicación de la normativa y la jurisprudencia de aplicación, se examinan el contenido, los límites y la posible evolución de tal libertad. El presente estudio tiene por objeto el caso de Argentina. La libertad de empresa es reconocida por Constitución Argentina como derecho fundamental, bajo la fórmula de “libertad de industria y comercio” (art.14). La matriz de económica reposa sobre la libertad de empresa como proveedora de bienes y servicios a la sociedad y atribuye al Estado facultades de promoción y gestión (art.75 incisos 18 y 19), de regulación del comercio internacional e interprovincial (art. 75 inc. 13) y de defensa de la competencia de los mercados (art. 42). En el ordenamiento federal argentino la regulación legislativa de la libertad de empresa compete principalmente al Estado nacional mientras a los Estados provinciales corresponde la aplicación y operatividad dentro de su territorio, pudiendo complementar con normas locales que no contravengan las normas federales. Esos concisos parámetros constitucionales permitieron diversas modulaciones económicas a lo largo de los siglos XX y XXI que se ven reflejadas en la voluminosa legislación nacional y provincial. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

An investigation has been launched to find who is responsible for the murder of a senior citizen in her yard in Bog Walk, St Catherine last night. Dead is 65-year-old Patricia Watson, a poultry farmer of Cow Gully. It...

Former national player and Reno FC stalwart Boysie 'Bengeleng' Nicholson, who was battling Parkinson's disease for several years, is dead. The dynamic midfielder, who was renowned for his robust style in the midfield and was...

Hargeisa (HOL) — The Somaliland government has announced that MP Mohamed Abiib Yusuf will face trial on treason charges, alleging that he engaged in activities to destabilize the state.

Ethiopia has been embroiled in a diplomatic row with Somalia after striking a deal with breakaway region Somaliland for access to a port on the Gulf of Aden. A recent post on Facebook claims to share a video clip of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed issuing a “stern warning” to both Somalia and Egypt, which has taken Somalia’s side in the quarrel.