Dozens of tenants in Toronto's Thorncliffe Park area have now been withholding their rent for one year, and it’s unclear when the dispute will end.

The police in South Iceland believe they have a clearer picture of what happened in a summer house where a Lithuanian man died last week.

Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.

Ballakermeen High School and Castle Rushen High School have been ordered by the island's information commissioner to take the surveillance systems down which were installed to reduce class time missed.

Exponential progress in the area of ICT improves access to data and information, which in its turn can lead to greater accessibility, reduced complexity, efficiency and respect of fundamental rights in policy, law making and implementation of law. Drafting and publication of laws need to be reformed from paper based format to modern digital media. Expertise, evidence and data should constitute mandatory elements of policy and law making. Ex-post quantified evaluation of legislation needs to be applied consistently. This study was prepared by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

[DW] President Felix Tshisekedi was in Germany to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He spoke with DW exclusively about the ongoing Congo-Rwanda standoff, his country's first female prime minister and German infrastructure.

Bilateral relations between Seychelles and Pakistan will continue and there will be possibly some agreements signed between the two countries, said the outgoing Pakistani high commissioner on Tuesday. Muhammad Arshad Jan Pathan area, who served as a non-resident high commissioner for two years, paid a farewell call to Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House. He told reporters that the farewell visit was very fruitful. “We have seen the momentum has taken a high peak in Pakistan-Seychelles relations, with the visit of the [Seychelles'] Chief of Defence Forces to Pakistan in November 2022 and then a trade delegation that attended the Pakistan Trade Conference also in November 2022,” he said. The outgoing high commissioner added: “I’ve focused mainly on the political area and we have gained a lot of momentum, this is a testimony of these two visits to Pakistan, particularly in defence and trade so this is the outcome of our political relations.” He said, “We are hopeful that soon we will be signing a few more bilateral agreements and MOUs [memorandums of understanding] in trade, drug trafficking control and health services and trade population.” The outgoing high commissioner also paid a farewell call to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde, at Maison Queau de Quinssy on Monday. During their meeting, the two diplomats discussed agreements that have been signed between the two countries in various areas such as health and combatting financial crimes. They also discussed negotiations to revise the bilateral air service agreement between the two countries, signed in 1979, and possible cooperation in the field of maritime security.

UK sanctions on Russia have failed to “cause real trouble” for the country’s economy, the chair of the Treasury Select Committee has said Read Full Article at RT.com

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received officials from around the world in Riyadh after a special meeting of the World Economic forum ended on Monday. The officials included Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, the Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim, and the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif.

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held talks with his French and Turkish counterparts on Monday. The discussions took place on the sidelines of a ministerial consultative meeting of the six-party Arab Committee to discuss developments in the Gaza war, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Talks with Hakan Fidan of Turkiye and Stephane Sejourne focused on coordinating efforts to advance the two-state solution and acknowledge the Palestinian state, SPA added.  

RIYADH: Saudi authorities warned residents that most parts of the Kingdom will experience severe weather until Friday. The National Center of Meteorology on Monday forecast moderate-to-heavy rain in the Madinah, Makkah, Jeddah, Baha and Najran regions, accompanied by high winds, hail and thunder. Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Civil Defense also issued severe weather warnings accompanied by safety instructions as the country braces for heavy rainfall in coming days.

Las Anod (HOL) - The SSC Khatumo administration has accused the Somaliland administration of fueling conflicts in the areas of the Sanag region following the recent killing of two civilians from SSC areas.

A man with a sword has been arrested after an attack on members of the public and police officers in Hainault, north-east London, police have said.

A spokesman for the couple confirmed that Meghan would not accompany Prince Harry to a service at St Paul's Cathedral to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.

The study, involving more than 350,000 Brits, showed those with a high genetic risk of a shorter life are a fifth more likely to die young than those with a low genetic risk, regardless of their lifestyle.

The State Department announced the findings Monday about five Israeli units, including four determined to have 'remediated' problems. The violations came before the Oct. 7 attack.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Always read the small print. Everybody knows it and nobody ever does - when you're young, you can't be bothered, and when you're old, you can't find your reading glasses.

The parties agreed to continue dialogue and seek Palestinian unity as soon as possible

A solemn ceremony will be held at the Gorky Zelenodolsk shipyard

10 homes and a power transmission line were damaged

The number of graft-related reports dipped in 2023, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CIPB) said on Tuesday (April 30) when it released its annual statistics. It received 215 corruption-related reports in 2023 — down by eight per cent from 234 reported in 2022, and 249 in 2021. Of  these, CPIB registered 81 reports as new cases for investigation in 2023. In 2022, 83 new cases were registered. A report is registered for investigation «if the information received is pursuable», CPIB said. One of the cases involved former transport minister S Iswaran. The 61-year-old is facing a total of 35 charges, including obtaining valuable things as a public servant.

Ottawa is planning to roll out a mandatory buyback program for military-style firearms during the 2025 election year, after the program was delayed by Canada Post's refusal to participate, sources say.

While federal officials say there’s still no sign of a dangerous form of bird flu appearing in Canadian dairy cows, scientists warn limited surveillance means Canada might not be staying ahead of an explosive H5N1 outbreak impacting dairy cattle south of the border.

It was predicted that the all-self-checkout format would eventually become the norm. But, instead, several big box chains in Canada and the U.S. continue to ditch self-checkout machines at a number of their stores. Some experts and retailers say, in many cases, theft is the main culprit.

An updated document assessing the impact of the partnership with the east African country states that Rwanda has agreed to accept 5,700 people.

Amit Shah criticized Congress for spreading fake videos, accused Rahul Gandhi of degrading politics. Kharge criticized BJP for hate speech. Shah questioned Congress's inaction in Karnataka case. He questioned Gandhi's confidence in avoiding traditional seats in Uttar Pradesh. Responding to this, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that the BJP has «expertise» to «make videos and defame people through social media.»

Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, on Tuesday took charge as the 26th Navy chief after R Hari Kumar retired from service. Dinesh K Tripathi, earlier served as the director-general of naval operations and the flag officer commanding-in-chief of the Western Naval Command. An official announcement was made by the government on April 19.