French troops to exit Senegal by end of 2025
Senegal distances itself from colonial past, following trend sweeping across West and Central Africa since 2022. Members of a French military flight crew talk on the tarmac at France’s military…
Dominic Chinea halts moving BBC The Repair Shop moment to issue urgent warning: ‘Hang on a second!’
The Repair Shop stalwart Dominic Chinea has to interrupt a conversation on Wednesday’s episode of the emotional BBC series as he issued a warning to a guest. Graeme Gordon had…
Alberta now has Canada’s highest per-capita vehicle theft rate: report
Canada’s auto theft rate for private passenger vehicles dropped by almost 19 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year — but the non-profit that collected the data says…
Syria’s leader, Russia’s Putin make first contact since al-Assad’s fall
Moscow helped keep Bashar al-Assad in power when it intervened militarily in Syria’s war in 2015, launching devastating strikes on rebel-held areas. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has spoken to Syria’s…
Gordon Ramsay forced to close ‘terrible’ Kensington restaurant after flood of bad reviews: ‘Never felt so unwelcome!’
Gordon Ramsay’s Street Burger restaurant in Kensington has abruptly closed its doors following a string of negative reviews that left the establishment with a mere 3.5-star rating on TripAdvisor. The…
Trolling Trump, Illinois governor declares Lake Michigan is now Lake Illinois
Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is the latest to poke fun at U.S. President Donald Trump over his recent moves to rename the Gulf of Mexico, putting out his own…
John Ivison: It will be Carney vs. Poilievre. And neither has a clear advantage
The Liberal leadership race is effectively over and the 2025 Canadian general election just got a lot more interesting. As with swallows and summers, one poll does not define any…
Who is Marc Fogel, the American history teacher freed from Russia?
American history teacher Marc Fogel has been freed from a Russian prison and returned to the United States in a surprise move the Trump administration has described as a “show…
Md., Baltimore sue Glock over device enabling machine-gun fire
In an attempt to keep fully automatic guns off the streets, Baltimore and Maryland authorities Wednesday sued Glock, the maker of some of the best-selling handguns in America. The lawsuit…
Hamas delegation in Egypt as mediators push to maintain Gaza ceasefire
Fragile ceasefire appears strained, with Hamas saying it will not bow down to threats from Israel and the US. Palestinians walk along a street amid widespread destruction caused by Israeli…