US poised to announce exit from UN human rights council (News)
Although numerous officials have said repeatedly that "America First does not mean America Alone," the administration has retreated from multiple multilateral accords and consensuses since it took...
Drumbeat of outrage for family separation grows; Trump not budging (News)
"These are crippling loopholes that cause family separation, which we don't want,” he said in remarks to the National Federation of Independent Business, adding he wanted Congress...
‘Ideological sex clubs’: Alberta gay-straight alliance law faces court challenge (Report)
Alberta's law banning schools from telling parents when their children join a gay-straight alliance faces its first legal challenge.A Court of Queen's Bench judge in Medicine Hat,...
Emmanuel Macron chastises French teen in viral video (News)
A cheeky French teenager got his comeuppance on Monday - from none other than the country's president.The unnamed junior high student was gathered with his classmates as...
U.S. immigration: A by-the-numbers look at who’s in favour of detaining...
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Italy’s interior minister wants a register of gypsies (News)
Rome: Italy's hard-line interior minister, who recently sparked a multinational showdown by refusing entry to a Mediterranean Sea rescue boat packed with 630 migrants, is now taking...
Opioid death toll in Canada nearly 4,000 last year, new data...
Nearly 4,000 Canadians died from apparent opioid overdoses last year, with men the most likely victims and fentanyl the clear culprit, new government figures show.The numbers released...
Crown wants mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette locked up for life (Report)
The man prosecuting Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette says the 28-year-old should spend the rest of his days in prison.The Crown informed a Quebec Superior Court...
Another American moral crisis over immigration — but this time, Trudeau’s...
There was no tweet this time. As the world awoke this weekend to the grief-filled images and sounds of a new American policy on asylum seekers that forcibly separates...
Trump, U.S. Republicans to meet amid furor over immigrant children (Report)
U.S. President Donald Trump, facing a blast of criticism for the detention of children separated from their immigrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, was slated to meet with Republican lawmakers...
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Star Dan Walker quits BBC’s Football Focus after 12 years
Dan Walker has announced he is quitting Football Focus after 12 years presenting show.
The BBC Breakfast star, who has been a staple of the sports show, shared the news on Twitter.
Walker has expressed...
Music icon Cher apologises for George Floyd tweets that sparked backlash
Cher has apologised for a tweet she made about George Floyd on Friday (April 2), in which she suggested she could have prevented his death.
Expressing her feeling that the events leading to Floyd’s death...
Star Britney Spears Says She’s ‘Embarrassed’ by New Documentary
Britney Spears lamented how she is portrayed in the recently released New York Times documentary “Framing Britney Spears,” admitting that she found it embarrassing.
The documentary which explored her life in detail premiered in February...
Yaphet Kotto, Jewish actor who was first Black Bond villain, dies aged 81
Actor Yaphet Kotto, who is best known for his role in Alien and James Bond villain Mr. Big, has passed away at age 81.
“I’m saddened and still in shocked of the passing of my...
Corinne Masiero: French actress strips for culture during Cesar Awards ceremony
French actress Corinne Masiero protested naked at the César Awards (March 12th) to demand the government do more to support culture during the coronavirus pandemic.
Corinne Masiero, best known for her lead role in the...