Former volunteers with Eastern Ontario Cats (EOC) are working to track cats they say are either dead or missing after allegations of abuse, neglect and falsified medical records surfaced in recent months.

Police have confirmed the body of an employee who died at a Walmart in Halifax over the weekend was found in a walk-in oven.

In nominal terms, Poland is the third biggest beneficiary of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), after Italy and Spain. EU support for implementing Poland's amended national recovery and resilience plan (NRRP) – Krajowy Plan Odbudowy – amounts to €59.8 billion, and includes €25.3 billion in grants and €34.5 billion in loans. The amount is €24.5 billion (+69 %) higher than the one initially approved, and takes into account a 2022 update of the maximum financial contribution, additional loans requested by Poland, and the non-repayable allocation for REPowerEU made available in 2023. RRF support per capita for Poland totals €1 584 (up from €935 initially). Poland's NRRP has twice been amended, on 8 December 2023 to add the REPowerEU chapter, and on 16 July 2024 to adjust the timeline and scope of selected measures. The NRRP includes 54 reforms and 57 investments, and is strongly focused on the green transition and changes in energy production and consumption. The biggest components are dedicated to REPowerEU (41 % of the total allocation) and green energy and energy intensity reduction (26 %). Other priority areas include economic competitiveness, healthcare, well-functioning public institutions and the judiciary. On 28 December 2023, Poland received €5 billion in pre-financing for the REPowerEU chapter. After the satisfactory fulfilment of 37 milestones and one target, including the commitments concerning the reforms of the judicial system ('super milestones'), and improvements of the audit and control systems, Poland received the first achievements-based payment on 15 April 2024 (€6.3 billion). On 13 September, Poland submitted payment requests for the second and third instalments, amounting to €9.4 billion and linked to achieving 38 milestones and three targets. The European Parliament participates in interinstitutional forums for cooperation and discussion on RRF implementation, and scrutinises the European Commission's work. This briefing is one in a series covering all EU Member States. Third edition. The 'NGEU delivery' briefings are updated at key stages throughout the lifecycle of the plans. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

(ERGO) – Jinay Ishak Hassan, a 57-year-old widow, is trying to support her 11 children alone on the barren site where the family arrived on 10 June outside Baidoa, after they fled their drought-ruined farm.

MOGADISHU, Somalia- The Somali Defense Ministry said on Monday that the army, backed by local and international partners, carried out military operations against the al-Shabaab militant group, killing over 95 terrorists.

Alcohol smuggler Guled Diriye is exhausted.He has just returned from his trip transporting contraband from the Ethiopian border.

Jaroslaw Rossa, 42, and his two of his sons, Filip Rossa, 15, and Dominic Rossa, seven, were killed when their Toyota was involved in a crash on the M6 near Tebay services in Cumbria.

The jolly romps of Jilly Cooper's bonk-busting Rutshire Chronicles are enjoying a revival at the moment, as her saucy novel Rivals hits our screens, to rapturous applause.

Rosanna Pansino has branded MrBeast's (centre) newly launched Lunchly packs 'disgusting' after she found moldy cheese inside a packet she had just opened.

Diddy - who turns 55 in two weeks - remains incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after two judges denied him bail ahead of his May 5th federal sex-trafficking trial

Pictures from the early days of One Direction have resurfaced as Liam Payne showed off his dance moves on set of one of their first music videos. 

Hockey Canada has identified some of the challenges it faces in reaching its goal of having more than 170,000 girls and women playing hockey in Canada by 2030.

A Halifax Walmart store remains closed for the third consecutive day after the death of a 19-year-old woman on-site. 

After years of following similar trends in the number of frostbite amputation cases, Edmonton and Calgary diverged last winter: Edmonton set a new record, while Calgary saw figures decrease. The reasons may include how the cities approach homeless encampments and frostbite treatment.

[New Times] Rwanda's Marburg virus outbreak has recorded a case fatality rate of 24.2%, notably below the global average of 50%, a result health officials credit to early detection and effective treatment measures. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), case fatality rates have varied from 24% to 88% in past outbreaks.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Attorney General of the Republic, Hélder Pitta Gróz, defended, Monday, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the alignment of Angola with the international criminal policy to combat transnational organized crime and the promotion of environmental sustainability.

[The Conversation Africa] Cameroon's President Paul Biya is 91 years old. He is Africa's oldest head of state and only one has served longer: President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of neighbouring Equatorial Guinea, who is 82 years old.

[The Conversation Africa] Breast cancer is the number one cancer among women: more than 2 million cases were diagnosed worldwide in 2022. It is also particularly challenging to treat. Physiologist Anna-Mart Engelbrecht, who heads the Cancer Research Group at Stellenbosch University, explains why this is so and how precision medicine could help.

Úlfar Lúðvíksson, police chief in Suðurnes, says that everything went well yesterday when public access to the town of Grindavík was opened again. According to his information, a few tourists have already entered the town.

Victoria Taylor, 34, was last seen on September 30 at her home in Malton, North Yorkshire, which she shared with her fiancé and two-year-old daughter.

A man in his late 50s from Kidderminster, was left blind in one eye after Specasavers failed to properly refer him for emergency surgery.

A small town in far eastern Cuba was recovering Tuesday from flooding that killed at least six people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and heavy rain.

According to the media, the damage was slight, probably because the home has windows of reinforced glass

The leaders touched upon the growth of trade turnover, the implementation of joint projects in a number of industries, as well as the development of humanitarian ties

This step by the German government «continues the course toward the creeping revision of the results of World War II and the country’s militarization,» the ministry told the ambassador

The 16th BRICS Summit, which is the key event of Russia’s chairmanship in the association, is being held in Kazan on October 22-24

The price of futures contracts of WTI crude oil for December delivery was up by 2.4% at $71.72 per barrel

The first case of a new mpox variant has been reported in Germany, but authorities say the risk to the wider population is low Read Full Article at RT.com

Mozambican police have clashed with protesters, reportedly firing tear gas and bullets at the crowd and an opposition figure Read Full Article at RT.com

Slovak MEP Lubos Blaha has slammed the EU for freezing Russian assets, saying that the step equates to stealing Read Full Article at RT.com

[GroundUp] Residents in Lugada walk far distances to collect water from a wellpoint

[Africa Check] Nigeria's food and drug control agency denies issuing bread warning

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Two men were shot and killed at the intersection of Orange Street and North Street in downtown, Kingston about an hour ago. 

Garowe (HOL) – The Puntland State administration has summoned federal lawmakers elected from the Puntland constituency for consultations as tensions between Puntland and the Federal Government of Somalia escalate.