The December solstice happens at the same instant for everyone, everywhere on Earth – and this year the winter solstice occurs today, Friday December 21st 22:23 GMT in the Northern Hemisphere. The winter solstice happens every year…
For Sergey Lagodinsky, the timing could not have been more symbolic. As Germany marked the 80th anniversary of the Kristallnacht Nazi pogrom against the country’s Jews over the weekend, he secured nomination as a Green…
Things sure are changing quickly in Canada’s housing markets. After years of growth, the country will see falling house prices and sales this year, led by Toronto and Vancouver, and only a modest rebound next…
Potholes have killed more Indians in the past five years than terrorist attacks, the Supreme Court has said. Around 10 people a day die because of fatal accidents on the country’s woeful road network. The…
OTTAWA — A Canadian data expert who set off an international uproar over the alleged leak of private Facebook user data lost his job years ago in the office of former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff,…
Influential German news weekly Der Spiegel said Sunday it would file a criminal complaint against a disgraced reporter after it emerged he may have embezzled donations intended for Syrian street children. Claas Relotius, 33, resigned this month…
TORONTO — Ezra Levant’s Rebel Media has teamed up with a wealth management firm to launch a retirement saving fund geared toward Canadians who want to invest in the highly controversial and conservative online news…
The dripping scaffold of industrial piping looked anything but temporary and was barely hidden from the street, but the men in charge were still edgy. As they kept an eye out, tanker lorries queued to…
It was an inauspicious start to a carefully stage-managed event which claims to “be built on a foundation of inclusion and continues to be a celebration of diversity.” Miss USA has been forced to apologise…
Another of BioWare’s old-guard has left the building. This time it’s James Ohlen, lead designer of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2, Neverwinter Nights and Dragon Age: Origins, and…