‘Power cuts are normal here’ AJ followers react to Europe blackout
Parts of Europe were brought to a halt on Monday after a power cut lasted for almost one day.
Mark Carney’s Liberals will form minority government, CBC projects
Public broadcaster says Liberals will fall short of majority after winning election race dominated by Trump's threats.
‘My moment of liberation’: Holocaust survivor reflects on 80 years since freeing of Dachau – WBUR
Israel releases Gaza paramedic who survived deadly attack
Palestinian ambulance driver Assaad al-Nassasra, who survived an Israeli attack that killed 15 medics, has been freed.
What will Mark Carney’s victory mean for Canada-US ties?
Liberal leader overcomes a 25-point polling deficit to keep the party in power for its fourth consecutive term.
Fact check: Debunking 100 Trump false claims from his first 100 days – CNN
- Fact check: Debunking 100 Trump false claims from his first 100 days CNN
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- Fact-Checking Trump’s False Claims in His First 100 Days in Office The New York Times
At least three killed in Sweden shooting: Police – Al Jazeera
- At least three killed in Sweden shooting: Police Al Jazeera
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- Uppsala attack: police hunt under way after three people shot dead The Guardian
- Swedish police say 3 people are dead after a shooting in Uppsala AP News
- Swedish police say three dead in shooting in eastern city of Uppsala Euronews.com
Disgraced Cardinal Becciu will not participate conclave to elect pope – PBS
Chanel takes a cruise around Lake Como with glamour fit for a grand hotel
Show dips into lucrative holiday market with butter-yellow, lilac and gold lamé outfits reflecting beauty of the backdrop
Chanel has a fresh-faced, avant garde new designer but it still stands for classic glamour. This was the loud and clear messaging at the first Chanel show since Matthieu Blazy took up his role. The show was held at Villa d’Este, the Lake Como palace hotel where Elizabeth Taylor, Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich holidayed and which Alfred Hitchcock, who filmed The Pleasure Garden there, pronounced the most beautiful place on earth.
The location, booked a year in advance, provided the theme: life in a grand hotel. Think White Lotus on Lake Como, art directed by Slim Aarons. First on to the pebbled catwalk weaving through the hotel’s terrace was a white bathrobe-style coat. Then there were capri pants in the butter yellow of the hotel parasols, and a lilac tweed suit to match the wisteria trailing overhead. Models swung tote bags big enough for pool towels, while gold lamé cover-ups glinted as dazzling as sun on the lake.
Continue reading...Three people killed after shooting in Sweden
The incident took place at a hair salon in the town of Uppsala, Swedish media report.
UN Secretary-General: Two-state solution ‘near a point of no return’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a two-state solution is “at risk of dwindling to the point of disappearance."
Unrwa says Israel has abused detained staff and used some as human shields
Accusation from UN agency comes as Red Crescent medic held since deadly Israeli attack on ambulances is freed
The embattled UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, has accused Israel of abusing dozens of its staff in military detention and using some as human shields.
The head of the agency, Philippe Lazzarini, said that more than 50 staff members, including teachers, doctors and social workers, had been detained and abused since the start of the 18-month-long war in Gaza.
Continue reading...Canada election: Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre loses seat he held since 2004
Following election loss to Mark Carney’s Liberals, Poilievre is likely to face questions over his future as party leader
Canada’s Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre, has lost his own seat in the country’s general election, in a stunning blow for the 45-year-old career politician who until recently had been widely expected to become the country’s next prime minister.
Although Conservatives increased both their seat count and vote share, Mark Carney’s Liberal party secured control of parliament, and Poilievre’s defeat in the Carleton electoral district is certain to fuel mounting questions over his future as party leader.
Continue reading...‘Bombs and bullets were like rain’: 50 years on from the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war
Xuan Phuong, a war correspondent who is now 96, recalls her entry into the city after South Vietnam’s surrender
The day that Saigon fell, Xuan Phuong, a war correspondent, could only hear shouting and commotion. It was 30 April 1975, and helicopters were frantically lifting personnel and civilians from the US embassy.
Phuong, who had travelled down from the north, was initially held back by troops who said fighting was still continuing. When she was finally able to reach the centre of the city the following day, 1 May, she found chaos. Clothes and luggage were scattered and discarded along the streets. Buildings were being looted.
Continue reading...At least three killed in Sweden shooting: Police
Police say a murder investigation has been launched after deadly shooting in Swedish city of Uppsala.
Cardinal Napier: ‘We need someone to build on the Francis foundation’ – The Pillar
- Cardinal Napier: ‘We need someone to build on the Francis foundation’ The Pillar
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At least 22 people killed in restaurant fire in northeast China
Three others were injured in blaze that engulfed a multi-storey building in Liaoyang, authorities say.
Israel releases Gaza paramedic who survived deadly attack on health workers
Assaad al-Nassasra freed from detention after surviving Israeli 'massacre' of 15 Palestinian medics in Rafah.
Felling of Sycamore Gap Tree Was ‘Deliberate and Mindless,’ Prosecutor Says – The New York Times
- Felling of Sycamore Gap Tree Was ‘Deliberate and Mindless,’ Prosecutor Says The New York Times
- Grainy video in UK trial shows Sycamore Gap tree’s last stand AP News
- Jury shown video of ‘Sycamore Gap tree being felled’ The Guardian
- 'It could be devastating': Western New York wineries on high alert for spotted lanternfly Yahoo
- Video shows felling of Sycamore Gap tree, prosecutors tell jury BBC
Kim Kardashian robbery accused, 71, says he ‘totally regrets’ $10m heist
Yunice Abbas claims he acted as lookout in Paris hotel lobby while US celebrity’s jewellery was taken at gunpoint
A 71-year-old man who has said he played a bit part in a jewellery heist in which Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in 2016 has said he “totally regretted” having participated.
Yunice Abbas is one of 10 people on trial in Paris for having taken part in the robbery on the night of 2-3 October.
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