The proposed budget features a 2.2 per cent property tax increase and more than $1 billion funding increases for the TTC and Toronto police. Read more
The numbers of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon are dwindling at an accelerated pace due to lack of funding and cost cuts Read Full Article at RT.com
Current negotiations between Tehran and Washington are an opportunity – but a narrow one, surrounded by sharp edges Read Full Article at RT.com
Iraq is set to receive thousands of suspected Islamic State detainees from Syria under a US-led relocation plan Read Full Article at RT.com
Stagnant wage growth condemns British families to flatlining living standards amid the cost-of-living crisis, a think tank has found Read Full Article at RT.com
South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party has booted a regional official who had called for “importing” foreign women to fix demographic decline Read Full Article at RT.com
Captain Marie-Philip Poulin has been ruled out of Canada's women's hockey preliminary-round game against the United States at the Milano-Cortina Olympics with a lower-body injury.
People in Norman Wells, N.W.T., are still making sense of what Imperial Oil's closure this summer will mean to them and their community. Local contractor and businessman David Hodgson says he plans to make the most of the coming years and is waiting to see what the cleanup might involve, but he's also planning an exit strategy.
Alberta is reviewing a health coverage change that left some temporary foreign workers without provincial care earlier this year. Workers and advocates say confusion remains about whether coverage will be restored or who is currently eligible.
Canadian pairs team Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps will get their chance at Olympic glory after all. The pair will leave Montreal on Wednesday and arrive in Milan on Thursday after Stellato-Dudek was cleared to compete, Skate Canada announced Tuesday.
Un jeune homme de 23 ans est porté disparu depuis lundi soir alors qu’il pratiquait la chasse sous-marine dans la passe de Toahotu, à l’est de l’île de Tahaa. Malgré un important dispositif de secours et une mobilisation massive des habitants, les recherches n’ont pour l’heure pas permis de le retrouver.
The panel headed by Congress MP Kirti Azad recorded its concern that buyer identification under the DBT in fertiliser subsidy scheme is established only through Aadhaar authentication on a ‘no denial basis,’ without a well-defined mechanism to ascertain the actual beneficiary. It said this highlights the need for further scrutiny to identify genuine beneficiaries.
A gym owner in Kotdwara, Uttarakhand, has seen his business plummet from over 150 members to just a dozen after confronting Bajrang Dal activists. The dispute began when activists protested a shop's name, leading to clashes involving the gym owner, who identified himself as 'Mohammad Deepak'. Security has been increased amid threats of further action.
The one-bed, mid-terraced home in Brighton is barely 7ft wide but has hit the market for £295,000.
It is understood that the star, in his 50s, was interviewed at a police station in north London this afternoon.
Warwick Crown Court heard Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, laughed and photographed the child yards from an old people's complex in Nuneaton last July.
The attack unfolded at Kingsbury High School on Bacon Lane in Brent at around 12.40pm today.
Leo Ross was by himself in a park in the Hall Green area of Birmingham when he was ambushed by the teenager, who had been on a violent rampage for the past three days.
From golden roses to wine workshops, the Love All Members Fest is turning February into a season of daily surprises
Arion Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed an agreement involving a loan of ISK 15 billion to Arion Bank, which will be used to finance environmentally friendly and sustainable projects in the seafood industry in Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.
Planned energy production and drilling in the Eldvörp area do not affect seismic activity and neither increase the likelihood of volcanic eruptions nor magma movement.
“This is incredible to witness. The forces of nature have completely reshaped the beach, so the place is now entirely different from what it was,” says tour guide Snorri Steinn Sigurðsson.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will not begin the Union Budget debate today. He cited concerns over potential disruptions from the treasury benches. Gandhi is now expected to speak on Wednesday. The decision follows a notice by opposition parties to remove the Lok Sabha Speaker. Shashi Tharoor initiated the debate. Several opposition members have been suspended this session.
In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, the Election Commission said the decision was taken in compliance with the Supreme Court’s February 9 order. Earlier, the final voters’ list was scheduled to be published on February 14, with elections to follow after completion of the exercise.
