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[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two women were reportedly kicked off a British Airways flight earlier this week after a fight broke out over a “Make America Great Again” hat. The fracas went down at London’s Heathrow Airport Monday afternoon as passengers were getting set to board a flight to Austin, … Read more

[ad_1] Canada’s plan to hit NATO’s defence spending target remains unclear and the current forecast for increasing military spending is based on “erroneous” economic projections, according to the federal fiscal watchdog. The report from the parliamentary budget officer (PBO), Yves Giroux, on Wednesday comes just a week before the U.S. election, the outcome of which … Read more

[ad_1] At least 63 people have died in eastern Spain after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers and disrupted rail lines and highways in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory. Emergency services in the eastern region of Valencia confirmed a death toll of 62 people … Read more

[ad_1] The future is unknown for Dhruv Patel. “It’s been a constant battle with (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) in regards to obtaining some type of insight as to where this application is heading or what agents are reviewing,” he said. He has been trying to get his wife to Winnipeg on a spousal sponsorship … Read more

[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size A teenager accused of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July has been further charged with a terrorism offense and the production of deadly poison ricin, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday. Axel Rudakubana, 18, is accused of killing the … Read more

[ad_1] Private hot tubs on two cruise ships have been linked to outbreaks of a bacterial lung infection known as legionnaires’ disease, which is a “serious pneumonia,” the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns. On Oct. 24, the CDC warned that two outbreaks of legionnaires’ disease had been linked to private-use outdoor … Read more

[ad_1] Israel’s parliament has passed two laws that could prevent the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, a main provider of aid to Gaza, from being able to continue its work. The laws ban the agency, UNRWA, from operating and cut all ties between the agency and the Israeli government. It’s the culmination of a long-running … Read more

[ad_1] Tens of thousands of Georgians massed outside parliament Monday night, demanding the annulment of the weekend parliamentary election that the president has alleged was rigged with the help of Russia. The rally underlined tensions in the country which lies between Russia and Turkey and where the governing Georgian Dream party has become increasingly authoritarian … Read more

[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Biden administration said on Monday it is finalizing rules that will limit U.S. investments in artificial intelligence and other technology sectors in China that could threaten U.S. national security. The rules, which were proposed in June by the U.S. Treasury, were directed by an executive … Read more

[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size Britain on Monday imposed sanctions on three Russian agencies and three senior figures at the agencies who it said were trying to use disinformation to “undermine and destabilize Ukraine and its democracy.” Britain’s foreign ministry said the Social Design Agency (SDA) and its partner company Structura had attempted to … Read more