Five policeman are dead after a daytime assault against a security checkpoint in south-central Egypt. Masked gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a group of officers as they passed by the checkpoint in the el-Wassta district […]
The government of South Sudan and representatives of rebel forces in the country signed a ceasefire agreement January 23rd in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The agreement stipulates fighting will end within 24 hours. Over the last […]
A 20-year-old woman from India’s West Bengal state is in critical condition after being gang raped by 13 men on orders from the village elders. The woman fell in love with a man from a […]
Mark Herring, the State of Virginia’s Attorney General, has said Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. He will not defend a proposed ban against same-sex marriage when the issue is raised in federal court […]
Mick Jagger may be the oldest rock-and-roll star still on the road today, and given his current projects on the go, he isn’t planning to slow down anytime soon. Jagger, 70, is producing several films […]
The business of cheap video access may be changing face over the next few years. After reporting a net income of $48 million in 2013, Netflix says it is considering increasing its U.S. monthly subscription […]
A year after nine-year old Kesean Williams was shot through his living room window, Peel police are offering up to $25,000 for information that helps catch the killer. Police say the bullet that hit Kesean […]
TORONTO – Ontario is bringing a former prime minister on board to help build its own provincial pension plan. Paul Martin and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne say the province is going it alone because the […]
According to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, approximately 60 per cent of the Great Lakes is covered with ice which could pose danger to shipping operations. The percentage of ice covering the lakes has […]
Ontario’s paramedics will start making home visits to seniors and the chronically ill under a $6 million expansion of Ontario’s paramedicine programs. Health Minister Deb Matthews said this proactive approach will * improve care to […]
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