JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesian rescuers recovered more bodies from the wreck of a ferry that capsized in the Java Sea two weeks ago, bringing the death toll to 66. A search operation for 69 people, all presumed dead, has been extended for seven days, the National Search and Rescue Agency’s Operation Director Yudhi Bramantyo. The Virgo Transport […]
A bus carrying tourists from the Philippines toward the Oktoberfest festival in Munich veered off a highway and overturned on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring at least eight others, Germany ‘s dpa news agency reported. The coach left the road on a highway near the town of Buchloe in Germany’s Ostallgäu region at about 6 a.m. local time, dpa said, citing officials. Images from the scene showed the bus lying on its side in a wooded area as rescue crews worked nearby. Martin Cornils, a spokesperson for traffic police in nearby Fürstenfeldbruck, said at the scene that the tour group had been traveling to Oktoberfest, the news agency reported.
The president declined to rule out military strikes before the U.S. midterm elections.
'It was bizarre, for sure. I definitely have not seen anything like that,' said Wallabies coach Les Kiss.
The move comes after the federal government expanded funding for the Australian Tax Office to crackdown on compliance.
Interim B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson says no new taxes would be introduced in the province under a Conservative government, as NDP Leader David Eby says his party would mandate use of Canadian materials in public infrastructure. Doerkson criticized the NDP government’s tax policies on Sept. 27, saying the increase in the lowest income tax […]
Canadian flags were at half-mast and the skirl of bagpipes rung out as hundreds of police officers marched onto the lawn on Parliament Hill to honour those who have fallen in the line of duty. The Canadian Police and Peace Officers’ annual memorial service on Sunday recognized five police officers and a correctional services officer [...]
Taipei says Washington has repeatedly assured Taiwanese officials that its Taiwan policy remains unchanged.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is proposing tax cuts on diesel, elimination of the industrial carbon tax and Clean Fuel Standard, and measures to expand domestic fuel infrastructure and reserves. Poilievre said on Sept. 27 that his party’s plan to increase domestic production of diesel and other refined fuels includes emergency pre-permitting for diesel refineries, storage, […]
Vucic said recently he was seeking to become prime minister.
President Donald Trump revealed on Sept. 26 that he rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end the war.
Quebec residents headed to advance polling stations on Sept. 27 as five major parties vie for seats in the Oct. 5 general election. The latest provincial poll on voter intention, conducted by Léger online from Sept. 18 to 21 among 1,001 eligible Quebec respondents and published Sept. 22, shows Parti Québécois leading at 29 percent. The Quebec Liberal Party follows at 23 percent, the governing Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) at 20 percent, the Conservative Party of Quebec at 17 percent, and Québec solidaire at 10 percent. The parties have been focused on issues related to cost-of-living, immigration, while the CAQ, like other incumbents in recent elections in Canada, have campaigned on the response to U.S. President Donald Trump....
Canadian MPs are among the heaviest users of artificial intelligence across several major English-speaking legislatures, with 20 percent of their speeches delivered in Parliament over the past year drafted with the help of the technology, a recent analysis by The Economist has found. The study, published on Sept. 23, analyzed speeches made by parliamentarians in […]
Roughly four hours after being released from an involuntary psychiatric hold, 61-year-old Donna Duncan received medical assistance in dying (MAID) at her home in Abbotsford, B.C. Donna Duncan, a retired psychiatric nurse who had attempted suicide days earlier, had been approved for MAID after two independent assessors determined that her weight loss and frailty made her death reasonably foreseeable. Her daughter, Alicia Duncan, disputes that assessment, saying her mother was experiencing a psychiatric crisis and needed treatment rather than euthanasia.
JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN—South African police were on Sunday hunting the perpetrators of two separate shootings that killed 27 people within hours of each other. “This cannot go on like this,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said of the incidents, which came only days after another shooting killed 11 people at a house party near Durban. Authorities were still working to establish the motives for the shootings near Johannesburg and Cape Town, but initial investigations suggested one could be a turf war between illegal miners and the other a business rivalry. “This is the level of criminality that we must bring down, and our security forces are now going to continue pulling out all stops,” Ramaphosa told local media channels....
During their meeting, Trump told Xi that Chinese support for Iran was 'totally unacceptable,' David Perdue said.
Europe proves mixed practice and universal health care can work together.
Commentary Canadians have plenty to worry about these days, from grocery bills and housing costs to government debt and our increasingly difficult relationship with the United States. These issues may seem unrelated. They aren’t. Canada is entering a period when we need to be more competitive, more productive, and more economically resilient. Yet too many [...]
Commentary It was a safe space for people who don’t believe in safe spaces. The Centre for Heterodox Social Sciences’ (CHSS) annual conference in Buckingham, England, this past summer brought together hundreds of academics from around the world to discuss the malign impact that woke policies and attitudes are having on their universities—what many have called the Great Awokening. But unlike most events of this nature, the mood was upbeat and positive. The Great Awokening has deeply damaged Western universities. The most obvious proof is the vast supply diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices that oversee the exclusion of certain applicants, most often white males, from school job postings. Other telltales include research agendas obsessed with gender and race and the acceptance that certain views should be banned from campus. This narrowing of opinions together with outright discrimination and censorship has deeply eroded the moral authority and research capabilities of higher education throughout the West....
Failed proposal would have restricted Swiss cooperation with NATO
