Mombasa, Kenya is one of many places in Africa where anti-gay protests are calling for the arrest and even death of LGBTQ+ people. Astraeus O'Levin says the attitude stems from the idea that LGBTQ+ identities are a western concept, while Ibrahim Muntanga argues economic hardship has made minorities an easy target for frustrated people. (Nov. 29, 2024)
Canada Post has presented the union representing some 55,000 striking postal workers with a framework to reach negotiated agreements, the corporation said.
For 42 years, Steve's Music has operated in the same location on Rideau Street, steps away from the ByWard Market.But the store will soon be relocating to a new home in the city, after facing years of rising crime rates in the area."We can't stick around and hope for the best, because we've been doing it for the last few years," said store manager Daniel Sauvé, calling it a difficult but necessary decision.Steve's Music isn't moving for just "one reason," said Sauvé, citing instead the challenge
The ashes of a big-eyed, brown and white puppy named Lisa that died last week in a plane crash in New York's Catskill Mountains were being delivered Sunday to the family of the animal rescue pilot who lost his life trying to give the dog a chance at a new one. Leah Kim, the 16-year-old daughter of volunteer pilot Seuk Kim, 49, said the family came up with the idea for the memorial flight as a way to complete her father's mission with the rescue group Pilots n Paws and to ensure Lisa finally had a home. Seuk Kim had taken off Nov. 24 from Maryland on a mission for the rescue organization Pilots n Paws, en route to Albany, New York.
One of America's most wanted men is arrested in rural north Wales following 21 years on the run.
With no end in sight to the Canada Post strike, Canadians are looking for alternatives to order and send their gifts. Local couriers are one option, but a major player with a nationwide distribution system may be primed to enjoy the biggest benefit this holiday season.
"For him to be taken away like this, trust me, it’s very hard," the man's wife said
Sean Wilson’s comeback for a Christmas special 19 years after his official departure from the soap was suddenly axed pending a police inquiry.
The biracial children of Kenyan women and visiting British soldiers have long lived uncomfortable lives in Kenya. Now a local lawyer is taking some of the children to Britain to confront authorities over hundreds of such cases reported over the years. He also wants to find the fathers and seek their support. It is a long shot after years of attempts by human rights groups to hold the British military and its personnel accountable for their actions during training in Kenya — including alleged rapes — and the children they leave behind. (AP video: Desmond Tiro, Production: Jackson Njehia)
Police claim James Toliver Craig tried to get the inmate to kill the detective once in May and June 2023 and again in October 2024
Barring a miracle, a 120-year-old landmark wooden church in Digby County is facing imminent destruction.Église Sainte-Marie in Clare was constructed between 1903 and 1905 by Acadian volunteers. The church was recognized as a provincial heritage property in 2001 and listed on the Canadian register in 2006.But time and the weather took a toll on the building. Repair costs in the millions grew out of reach for a dwindling congregation to handle. The last Mass at the church, which is now deconsecrat
Investigators are trying to determine how a woman got past multiple security checkpoints this week at New York’s JFK International Airport and boarded a plane to Paris, apparently hiding in the aircraft’s bathrooms during the flight.
Jeffrey Dahmer and his brother David Dahmer were separated for much of their childhood following their parents’ divorce
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Eight people are dead and two others are wounded after gunmen pulled up to a roadside stand in north-central Mexico and opened fire on customers and bystanders, authorities reported Sunday.
A smiling James Craig appears in an online video promoting his Colorado dental practice, saying his approach “begins with sincerely listening to the patient and wanting to find out more about where they’re coming from and what they’re looking for and what they want.”
TORONTO — Toronto police say a man has been charged after allegedly posing as a surgeon, then injecting four women with what they believed were Botox, Salmon DNA and Ozempic treatments.
The garage of the family’s California home caught fire on Nov. 30
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s popular Princess Aiko turned 23 on Sunday, as she takes on more official duties even while her future in the imperial family remains in doubt.
A former Israeli defense minister has accused Israel of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, drawing a sharp rebuke from government ranks. Moshe Yaalon, a hawkish former general, told Israeli media that hardliners in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right cabinet were looking to chase Palestinians from northern Gaza and wanted to re-establish Jewish settlements there.
Officers target a vehicle after spotting the makeshift windscreen wiper system in action.
The woman was only 18 when a fisherman found her body at the junction of the Puyallup and White Rivers on Aug. 28, 1988.
