By Spencer Van Dyk, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) is “working,” despite the massive increase in migrants using unofficial border crossings last year compared to previous years. Mendicino told CTV’s Question Period host Vassy
Continue ReadingCNN By Tami Luhby, CNN The world’s wealthiest residents have been getting far richer, far faster than everyone else over the past two years. The top 1% have captured nearly twice as much new wealth as the rest of the world during that period, according to Oxfam’s annual inequality report, released Sunday. Their fortune soared
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its doors to clean up methamphetamine contamination. Officials in the Denver suburb of Englewood shut down the city’s library last week after test results showing that the contamination in the library’s
Continue ReadingBy FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Richard Blodgett, a single father, was jailed on a drug charge when a worker from Arizona’s child welfare agency delivered the news: His son was brain dead and on life support — just days after being taken into state custody. Blodgett screamed, cried and screamed some
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press CHENNAI, India (AP) — The former computer professional — now a very specialized type of artist — locked his gaze on the deity before him. On a recent afternoon, 33-year-old S. Goutham was perched on a ladder at the altar of the goddess Durga at the Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mngqosini, CNN Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk has launched a $25M project for Mariupol soldiers and their families, the club announced Monday. The launch of the ‘Heart of Azovstal’ initiative comes after the club sold star player Mykhailo Mudryk to English Premier League side Chelsea. “I am allocating the $25 million (UAH 1
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Russian man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, has sought asylum in Norway. The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration confirmed Monday to The Associated Press that Andrey Medvedev has sought shelter in Norway. Last week, police in Arctic Norway said a person
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has released a video of an Israeli it said was being held captive in the Gaza Strip, rare footage it described as a warning to Israel’s new army chief. On Monday, Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, shared a video purportedly showing Israeli prisoner Avera Mengistu pleading
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Up to 12,000 people have marched to the EU Parliament in the eastern French city of Strasbourg in support of Iran’s anti-government protesters. And the Eiffel Tower lit the night Monday with the slogan “Woman. Life. Freedom,” which embodies the protest movement spilling beyond Iran. The Eiffel Tower display also beamed the
Continue ReadingCNN By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN In what could be the first of many major pieces of hardware for him this award season, Brendan Fraser picked up best actor for his role in film festival darling “The Whale” at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards. Fraser had some mighty competition for the award, including Golden Globe winners Austin
Continue ReadingBy David G. Allan, CNN Spending the night in an igloo sounds cool. And it is, though mainly literally. As my family sat in a restaurant-sized igloo at the base of a ski resort in the Austrian Alps in late December, eating a dinner consisting solely of bread and hot cheese (read: fondue), my 10-year
Continue ReadingBy ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A 19th-century orphanage in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter has reopened its doors as a museum, a hundred years after taking in scores of children whose parents were killed in the Armenian genocide. The Mardigian Museum documents the community’s rich, if pained, history. It showcases Armenian culture and
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN Veteran actor Al Brown, who became famous for his role in the hit TV show “The Wire,” has died at age 83. Brown made his name playing police commander Stanislaus “Stan” Valchek in the blockbuster HBO show about the Baltimore drugs trade. News of Brown’s death was announced on his YouTube
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says he wants the German government to supply a wide range of weapons to Ukraine. He also voiced hope that Germany would soon approve a transfer of battle tanks to strengthen Ukrainian defense against Russian forces. The comments by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Monday come as German
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says he wants the German government to supply a wide range of weapons to Ukraine. He also voiced hope that Germany would soon approve a transfer of battle tanks to strengthen Ukrainian defense against Russian forces. The comments by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Monday come as German
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one of her movies, died in Rome on Monday, her agent said. She was 95. The agent, Paola Comin, didn’t provide
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London police officer has admitted sexually assaulting a dozen women over a 17-year period. Prosecutors described the case as one of the most shocking involving a serving police officer. David Carrick pleaded guilty on Monday to 49 offenses, including 20 counts of rape and charges including
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN When authorities in Newport News, Virginia, announced on January 6 that a 6-year-old boy brought a gun to school and shot his teacher, sending her to the hospital, the country was stunned. The city’s mayor said it was nearly impossible to grapple with what happened. The police chief called the case
Continue ReadingBy Eve Brennan, Alex Hardie and Sana Noor Haq, CNN A serving officer in London’s Metropolitan Police has admitted to 49 offenses, including 24 counts of rape over an 18-year period, reigniting calls for urgent reform in the United Kingdom’s largest police force. David Carrick appeared at Southwark Crown Court in the British capital Monday
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN LeBron James has become the second NBA player in history to pass 38,000 career points, moving closer to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time record. James passed the milestone with a mid-range jumper in the first quarter and went on to score 35 points in Sunday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the
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