NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) — Ontario’s Niagara Region has declared a state of emergency as it prepares to welcome up to a million visitors for the solar eclipse in early April. The total solar eclipse on April 8 will be the first to touch the province since 1979, and Niagara Falls was declared by National … Read more
Canada, a country that’s relying heavily on immigration as an economic driver, is scaling back on its ambitions with a planned reduction in temporary residents after the influx exacerbated housing shortages. The country will set a target for temporary resident arrivals for the first time later this year, with the goal of reducing the number … Read more
France’s Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly voted against a free-trade agreement between the EU and Canada thanks to an unusual alliance in the upper house between left and right wing opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron. Issued on: 21/03/2024 – 17:07 1 min The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been in force provisionally since … Read more
France moves to make abortion a constitutional right amid rollbacks in US and Europe POLITICO Europe France to enshrine abortion rights in constitution as a ‘guaranteed freedom’ FRANCE 24 English Why Macron hopes abortion rights are a political winner BBC.com French Senate votes to enshrine abortion in constitution, a world first The Washington Post French Senate votes to enshrine … Read more
Meta Platforms Inc. is winding down its news feature in the US and Australia, part of a broader shift away from the category for the social media giant. The Facebook News tab, which lets users see headlines and stories, will be “deprecated” in those two countries in early April, Meta said in a blog post … Read more
Canada fired two scientists working at a high-security infectious disease laboratory in 2021 because they provided confidential information to China, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on Wednesday. Officials concluded that the husband and wife team were “a realistic and credible threat to Canada’s economic security”, the paper said, citing a mass of documents that … Read more
Real Madrid and Alphonso Davies have reached a verbal agreement for the Bayern Munich left-back to join in 2024 or 2025. The La Liga club — led by chief scout Juni Calafat and director general Jose Angel Sanchez — have been in contact with Davies’ camp for some time and have asked him since the … Read more
LONDON (AP) — It’s not just you. A lot people think Google searches are getting worse. And the rise of generative AI chatbots is giving people new and different ways to look up information. While Google has been the one-stop shop for decades — after all, we commonly call searches “googling” — its longtime dominance … Read more
Today’s Breaking News Headlines (File Image) Click to Get New Update The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has commenced its two-day National Council meeting today at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi. The meeting is expected to be attended by around 11,500 delegates from across the country. The party’s top brass, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is … Read more
By Dan Grennan Published: 04:29 EST, 12 February 2024 | Updated: 05:29 EST, 12 February 2024 Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were no shows at last night’s star-studded Super Bowl game despite the duke’s recent appearance at an NFL awards event. The couple were rumoured to join the many A-list celebrities – including Taylor Swift, … Read more