Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro arrested after 30 years on the run
Matteo Messina Denaro was nabbed at a medical clinic in Palermo where he had apparently gone for treatment.
Matteo Messina Denaro was nabbed at a medical clinic in Palermo where he had apparently gone for treatment.
OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee says the pandemic-era practice of allowing federal elected officials to vote virtually should be allowed to stay. Members of Parliament on the committee for procedure and House affairs studied the issue of the hybrid Parliament last year and their report was tabled today. It contains a series of recommendations, including that MPs continue to be allowed to appear in the House and at committees by video teleconference — but that ministers appear in person. Th
A mother of two has a message for students in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T.: you can achieve any goal you set your mind to. It's a lesson Kristen Lucas has learned herself. At 33, Lucas has just completed Grade 12 and is looking forward to officially claiming her high school diploma. "Young mothers, you guys can do this!" Lucas said. "I'm super proud of myself ... I want to say thank you to all the teachers who supported me and pushed me to finish. And I want to say to all the younger students: you can do
Testifying at the House of Commons’ Industry Committee on Monday about federal contracts awarded to a firm with ties to the Chinese government, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said that “at no time” was Canada’s national security under threat. Mendicino said that the company, Sinclair Technologies, did not have access to the RCMP’s radio frequencies, which are protected with end-to-end encryption.
TOKYO (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg sharply criticized China on Tuesday for “bullying its neighbors and threatening Taiwan” and stressed the need for Japan and other democracies to work together with the alliance to defend the international order. Calling it a “critical moment for NATO and for Japan,” Stoltenberg, who is visiting Tokyo, said China and Russia are "leading an authoritarian pushback against international rules-based order.” He said trans-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific s
Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner opened up to Global News about the push to convince him to run for the leader of the Ontario Liberals. Colin D’Mello reports.
Former U.S. Senator David Durenberger, a Minnesota Republican who espoused a progressive brand of politics and criticized the GOP after his political career, died Tuesday at age 88. Durenberger’s health had declined in recent months, his longtime spokesperson Tom Horner said. Horner told The Associated Press that Durenberger died Tuesday morning of natural causes. He was at his St. Paul home surrounded by family. Durenberger, an attorney and former captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, won a U.S. Se
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to ease tensions following a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. View on euronews
Mounties are asking for any information the public can provide after a young girl reported being sexually assaulting in a rink dressing room in western Saskatchewan. On Sunday, RCMP received a report of a sexual assault at the Lashburn Sportsplex, a hockey rink in Lashburn, Sask., a town near the Saskatchewan-Alberta border about 225 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon. A girl younger than 10 told her parents about being sexually assaulted, then the parents called police, RCMP say. Officers respon
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday stressed the importance of NATO's working closely with partners in the Indo-Pacific, saying Europe could not ignore what happens in East Asia because the global security is interconnected. "Working with partners around the world, especially in the Indo-Pacific, is part of the answer to a more dangerous and unpredictable world," Stoltenberg said at an event hosted by Keio University.
The Kremlin on Wednesday welcomed a Russian company's offer of "bounty payments" for soldiers who destroy Western-made tanks on the battlefield in Ukraine, saying it would spur Russian forces to victory. The Russian company Fores this week offered 5 million roubles ($72,000) in cash to the first soldiers who destroy or capture U.S.-made Abrams or German Leopard 2 tanks in Ukraine. On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian troops would "burn" any Western tanks that were delivered to Ukraine, adding the bounties were extra encouragement for Russian soldiers.
Quebec provincial police are investigating the death of a six-year-old girl following an accident at the Val Saint-Côme ski hill Sunday morning in the Lanaudière region, north of Montreal. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) confirmed Monday morning that the incident occurred while the girl was using a T-bar lift to ascend the hill around 9:30 a.m. She was taken to hospital in critical condition, where she was later pronounced dead. "We don't know exactly if she falls, if the T-bar was broken or something
WINNIPEG — Premier Heather Stefanson has shuffled her cabinet. The move was prompted by recent announcements by five Manitoba cabinet ministers who are resigning soon or staying on but not running again in the election scheduled for Oct. 3. Here is the list of cabinet ministers following Monday's changes: — Heather Stefanson, premier, intergovernmental affairs — Cliff Cullen, deputy premier, finance, responsible for Manitoba Hydro — Kelvin Goertzen, justice, attorney general, responsible for Man
PARIS (AP) — France and Australia announced Monday plans to jointly produce and send several thousand 155-millimeter artillery shells to Ukraine, starting in the coming weeks. The multimillion-dollar plan is the latest offer of support for Ukraine by both countries, and comes amid growing appeals from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for heavy weaponry and long-term supplies from Western allies nearly a year into Russia's war on Ukraine. The joint announcement, made by Australian Defense
Fifty years ago, the conviction of Gordon Liddy and James McCord Jr, both helping hands of President Richard Nixon, started the media Tsunami that went down in history as the "Watergate scandal".View on euronews
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework. The new AI Text Classifier launched Tuesday by OpenAI follows a weeks-long discussion at schools and colleges over fears that ChatGPT’s ability to write just about anything on command could fuel academic dishonesty and hinder learning. OpenAI cautions that its new tool – like others
From cracks in their homes' foundations to rat infestations and sleepless nights, Orléans residents say living next to Ottawa's light rail transit construction has come with unwelcome consequences for more than two years. "It's just been absolutely torturous," said Amanda Wilkinson. "It's like having a bad neighbour," said Sharon Peeler. "It's the stress of, you know, not having control over your life." Several residents told CBC they've faced issues from rodents on their properties, to househol
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to attend the funeral of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after he was beaten by Memphis police officers just minutes from his home, the White House said Tuesday. Harris was invited to attend the funeral services Wednesday by Nichols’ mother and stepfather, RowVaughn Wells and Rodney Wells, according to Harris's press secretary, Kirsten Allen. Harris spoke by phone with the Wells family on Tuesday, expressing her condolences and offering
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As California regulators explore new rules to put self-driving semitrucks on the road, labor unions are rushing to the state Legislature to ask for a new law they say will protect their jobs — the start of a debate that could shape the future of the nation's nearly $900 billion trucking industry. California already has rules governing self-driving cars and delivery trucks that weigh less than 10,001 pounds (4,536 kilograms). Now, the California Department of Motor Vehic