The “Bwa Kale” movement that began on April 24 in Port-au-Prince has put some Haitian gangs on the run for the first time in years. But vigilantes have also killed some innocent people — and the movement has left the Haitian state less relevant than ever before. A powerful wave …
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Ukrainian nuclear power plant ‘potentially dangerous’ amid evacuations, UN says
The head of the UN’s nuclear power watchdog is warning that the situation around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear station has become “potentially dangerous” as Moscow-installed officials began evacuating people from nearby areas. Moscow-installed officials begin moving people from areas around Zaporizhzhia. The head of the UN’s nuclear power watchdog warned …
Read More »Putin invaded Ukraine this time because nobody stopped him last time, says Hillary Clinton
Russia’s current invasion in Ukraine happened because the world didn’t do enough to respond when they did it before, former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton said Friday in Ottawa. Clinton joined Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland on stage at the Liberal convention in Ottawa. Russia’s current invasion in Ukraine happened …
Read More »8 killed in Texas mall shooting, gunman also dead, police say
Hundreds of terrified shoppers fled in panic after a gunman stepped out of a silver sedan and opened fire at a Dallas-area outlet mall, killing eight and wounding seven before being killed by a police officer who happened to be nearby, authorities say. 7 others injured, 3 critically, in Dallas …
Read More »King Charles is crowned in Westminster Abbey
King Charles III, a man who waited almost 74 years to become King, will be crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey with all the pomp and pageantry Britain can muster. Shorter, less formal affair than the 3-hour coronation for his mother. The Coronation of King Charles Join Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault …
Read More »Striking Hollywood writers fear AI will write them out of the script
Thousands of television and movie writers are picketing in Los Angeles and New York this week, demanding better pay, higher streaming residuals, job security and restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence or AI on creative projects. In their demands, striking writers want restrictions on the use of AI in …
Read More »Russian Wagner Group leader says his troops will pull out of Ukraine’s Bakhmut in days
Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Russia’s Wagner Group mercenary force, said in a sudden and dramatic announcement on Friday that his forces would pull out of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut that they have been trying in vain to capture since last summer. ‘In the absence of ammunition they’re doomed to …
Read More »Canadian forest fires are costly climate disaster that public accounts fail to capture
Even as Canadians choke on orange smoke, the parliamentary budget officer says there is no way to add the benefits of fighting climate change to the national books. The World Meteorological Association says we are heading for the dreaded 1.5 degrees of warming in five years but the value of …
Read More »Evacuation order issued for parts of Osoyoos, B.C., as growing wildfire crosses Canada-U.S. border
The B.C. Wildfire Service is responding to an out-of-control fire that has reached over the U.S.-Canada border, about four kilometres from the town of Osoyoos in B.C.'s southern Interior. 732 properities, including some residents in Osoyoos, must leave their homes due to a growing wildfire The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen …
Read More »N.W.T. wildfire evacuees assured financial aid in the works
The N.W.T. government hastened Tuesday to reassure tens of thousands of displaced residents that everyone who fled under evacuation orders will get a helping hand — and financial assistance — to get home. Most of Tuesday evening's wildfire update was devoted to talk about money The N.W.T. government hastened Tuesday …
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