A decorated US Green Beret has been charged with the murder of an Afghan man in 2010 after he confessed to the killing in a TV interview. Army Major Matthew Golsteyn said he shot and…
SEATTLE — Starbucks will eliminate plastic straws from all of its locations within two years, citing the environmental threat to oceans. The company becomes the largest food and beverage company operating to do so, as…
Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, reportedly offered private counselling to Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince, on how “how to weather the storm” after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Three former…
Doug Ford is promising that Ontarians will soon be able to buy a case of beer in their local corner store if Progressive Conservatives win government in June. In an announcement timed to coincide with…
Thunder, lightning, and hailstones the size of golfballs pummeled Sydney during a summer storm.
OTTAWA — Grim scenarios of collateral damage for Canadian consumers and businesses are emerging in response to escalating the U.S.-China trade war. The Trump administration has taken aim at China by imposing a 25 per…
A general from the Venezuelan air force has announced he no longer recognises Nicolas Maduro as the country’s president, in what appears to be the highest ranking military defection to hit the regime. In a video circulating on…
A recent inquiry into home ownership in Great Britain should serve as a warning to Canadians. The two-year investigation, chaired by a former Conservative cabinet minister, found that home ownership among Britain’s millennials is in…
Greece’s prime minister hailed “a new page for the Balkans” on Friday after the Greek parliament narrowly approved a deal by which Macedonia, its northern neighbour, will change its name to North Macedonia. The ratification…
The recent Electric Mobility Canada (EMC) conference in Ottawa left me feeling a combination of dismay and hope. The dismay is that the Government of Canada has no national electric vehicle (EV) strategy on zero-emission…