Fireworks and light shows illuminate city skies as New Year is welcomed with bang
Spectacular firework displays lit up cities across the globe as the world welcomed 2025 in style.
Ross Kemp to return to EastEnders as Grant Mitchell for soap’s 40th anniversary
Ross Kemp is to return to EastEnders in the role of Grant Mitchell as the BBC soap celebrates its 40th anniversary next year.
Political leaders eye ‘buzz’ and ‘big opportunity’ in new year messages
Political leaders have eyed a “buzz” and a “big opportunity” for their parties in 2025, as Sir Keir Starmer pledged this year will be one for “rediscovering the great nation…
UK braces for strong winds and heavy rain on New Year’s Day
The UK is set to be battered with wind and rain to start 2025. Met Office weather warnings are in place across parts of England, Wales and Scotland on New…
Lorentz scores winner in Leafs’ 3-1 win over Isles
TORONTO – Maple Leafs forward Steven Lorentz has an unusual warm-up routine of jumping into the glass by the end boards before each game. He provided an in-game Lorentz Leap…
Winnipeg Mayor looks back at housing, safety achievements in 2024
Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham says improvements to housing stock and transit safety are among his municipal government’s greatest accomplishments of 2024. In a year-end interview with Global’s Clay Young, Gillingham…
The Curator 2024 wrap-up: Top highlights & must-reads of the year
The new year is upon us, and what a year we’ve had! From gorgeous product launches to fabulous kitchen upgrades and everything in between. Take a stroll down memory lane…
Rapist behind ‘Gone Girl’ kidnapping charged in more crimes — 15 years later
Matthew Muller, a U.S. Marine turned Harvard University-educated lawyer, was still six years away from gaining national infamy for the abduction that would later become known as the “Gone Girl…
Panama commemorates canal handover despite Trump’s call for US control
President José Raúl Mulino offered a moment of silence for the late US leader Jimmy Carter, who helped engineer the canal’s return. Top political leaders in Panama have held a…
Christmas bird count ‘really helpful’ for tracking populations, having fun
Jim Duncan has always loved nature. It’s out of that love that he’s been coordinating Christmas bird counts in Balmoral, Man., for 31 years. “It is really helpful for determining,…