US & World

King Charles presented his Canadian personal attendant and messenger with a new ceremonial sword at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, a symbolic gesture that carries added meaning as the country stares down U.S. President Donald Trump and his increasingly forceful annexationist taunts.  Royal watchers say repeated symbolic nods to Canada are …

Columbia University on Thursday said it had doled out a range of punishments to students who occupied a campus building last spring during pro-Palestinian protests. School announces suspensions, expulsions and temporary degree revocations. Columbia University on Thursday said it had doled out a range of punishments to students who occupied …

Russia’s president appeared to hedge his bets on the issue of a Ukrainian ceasefire, saying it was a good idea but refusing to implement it, for now. That keeps the dialogue open with Donald Trump, but it means the war continues. Russian president’s response to ceasefire proposal may sound like …

People are pouring into the streets of the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka to voice their displeasure at where the country is going, less than a year after a student-led revolution toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Interim government plagued by protests over rise in violent crime. The chants get louder …

IN what has become a depressingly regular annual occurrence, the United Nations has once again informed its staff and member-countries that it is facing a severe cash shortage, and will have to take drastic cost-saving measures. Much of this can be blamed on withdrawn or overdue funding from the United …

A closure of the entire business would mean job losses for 9,364 employees the company has in Canada across its Hudson's Bay stores, as well as three Saks Fifth Avenue stores and 13 Saks Off 5th locations it owns through a licensing agreement. Canada's oldest company seeking capital needed to …

NASA and SpaceX have delayed the launch of a replacement crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station that would have set in motion the long-awaited homecoming of U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.  Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stranded in space for 9 months. NASA …

The arrest and threatened deportation of a student activist at Columbia University is a threat to free speech on campus and across the U.S., says professor Michael Thaddeus.  ‘It’s a very dark day in the history of the Republic,’ says prof and faculty union rep Michael Thaddeus. The arrest and …

South Korean military investigators charged two Air Force pilots on Thursday with criminal negligence over an accidental bombing of a village last week during a training exercise, which injured at least 29 people and caused extensive property damage. Eight unguided bombs were launched from two fighter jets and landed on …

Ukraine agreeing to an interim ceasefire along the sprawling 1,200 kilometre frontline Tuesday was hailed as a major step toward peace, but Russia has yet to respond to the U.S. proposal and reaching an agreement will be a challenge, observers say. If Russia does accept, making the truce an enduring …