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Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsCanadian PoliticsCanadaIn 2021, the federal NDP got 16.8 per cent of the vote in the riding. But during Monday’s byelection, the party garnered only 10.9 per cent of the votePublished Jun 27, 2024  •  Last updated 49 minutes ago  •  4 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if…

Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea have addressed an online United Nations symposium. They called on the international community to work together to resolve the issue. Thursday's event was organized by Japan, the United States, Australia, South Korea and the European Union. Participants…

BERLIN: Germany has urged its citizens to leave Lebanon as soon as possible due to the risk of escalating violence between Hezbollah and Israel. Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon, have traded near-daily cross-border fire since October. Tensions have been increasing in recent days with increasing exchanges of fire. On Wednesday German…

David Warner’s 15-year international career came to an anti-climactic end on Tuesday as Australia were dumped out of the T20 World Cup in excruciating fashion.Australia and Warner could only watch on powerless as Afghanistan instead reached the semi-finals by beating Bangladesh by a nail-biting eight runs.Australia’s fate had hung in…

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas in the Atlantic for possible tropical development in the days ahead — including a system currently over the open Atlantic Ocean that’s primed to intensify and could strengthen into the season’s second named tropical storm this weekend as it drifts toward the Caribbean.Forecasters estimate 70…

With the UK counting down to the general election on July 4, a question many voters may be asking is whether the economic policies of Labour and Conservative governments tend to deliver different economic outcomes. The two ideologically divided dominant parties have always promoted alternative approaches to managing the nation’s economy,…

Influential voices within academia and the tech sector are urging the Chinese government to reconsider its stringent ban on crypto mining. This call for reassessment comes amid global shifts in the crypto mining ecosystem and potential geopolitical changes that could impact economic strategies.Journalist Colin Wu recently highlighted a…

Tensions soared Thursday between supporters of Emmanuel Macron and the French far right after its longtime leader Marine Le Pen cast doubt on the president's ability to act as head of the armed forces as snap legislative elections loom.The far-right National Rally (RN) is tipped to win the election, potentially giving Le Pen's party the post of…

He didn’t have any documents.Or money.Or even a phone.He was wrapped in bandages and 2,500 miles from his village in the Himalayas.But as he lay in a Russian military hospital, wounded in battle and surrounded by people speaking an alien language, Krishna Bahadur Shahi, an out-of-work engineer from Nepal who had committed the mistake of joining…

A decommissioned Russian satellite fractured in space on Wednesday, creating a cloud of debris in low Earth orbit that prompted astronauts aboard the International Space Station to take protective measures.The satellite, which was orbiting about 220 miles above the ground, broke apart into more than 100 shards, according to an announcement on…