‘Repugnant beyond imagining’: Lawmaker reacts to Kushner’s comments about Gaza CNN’s Jim Sciutto speaks with Rep. Gerry Connelly (D-VA) about former Trump White House adviser Jared Kushner calling waterfront property in Gaza “very valuable.” Source link
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
The US proposed to its Group of Seven allies that they create a special purpose vehicle to issue at least $50 billion of bonds backed by the profits generated by frozen Russian sovereign assets and use the proceeds to support Ukraine, according to people familiar with the plan. The proposal would pool the $280 billion … Read more
Sign up for our Middle East newsletter and follow us @middleeast for news on the region. The Yemen-based Houthis have told China and Russia their ships can sail through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without being attacked, according to several people with knowledge of the militant group’s discussions. Source link
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An aging Roanoke Valley hotel has closed for renovations. The former Airport Plaza Hotel will reemerge later this year as a budget-priced establishment called Spark under the Hilton umbrella, according to Kalyan Hospitality of Glen Allen. Kalyan’s project manager Cedric Johnson said he immediately closed the establishment upon its purchase in October. Two of its … Read more
Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion has entered a new phase, pitting homegrown drone technology against a 2,000 kilometer (1,200 mile) swathe of largely Soviet-era oil facilities. At least nine major refineries have been successfully attacked this year, currently taking offline 11% of the country’s total capacity by some estimates. As the conflict at the front … Read more
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and is warning that the world’s efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate. The World Meteorological Organization said there is … Read more
New technology will be used in the B.C. Interior this summer to help predict the spread and intensity of wildfires, the government says. The system draws on weather models, topographical maps, and real-time information about forest conditions to produce fast and accurate predictions of fire behaviour, officials say. That will allow more efficient deployment of … Read more
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019. The legislature passed the Safeguarding National Security Bill during a special session. The law … Read more