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ROTHENBURGER: NDP’s local woes reflect those of the party federally
KAMLOOPS - OH, HOW FAR they have fallen.The recent resignation of Gina Myhill-Jones as the NDP candidate in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo is symbolic of the general state of the New Democrats' fortunes in...
Aug 13, 2019 Image Credit: NDP
Flights out of Hong Kong cancelled again amid protests
HONG KONG - Protesters severely crippled operations at Hong Kong's international airport for a second day Tuesday, forcing authorities to cancel all remaining flights out of the city after demonstrato...
Aug 13, 2019
Scrutiny of Epstein's death and co-conspirators intensifies
NEW YORK - Amid revelations about the circumstances around Jeffrey Epstein's death , federal authorities have intensified parallel inquiries into what went wrong at the Manhattan jail where he was beh...
Aug 13, 2019
Epstein death shifts federal focus to possible conspirators
NEW YORK - In the wake of Jeffrey Epstein's suicide , federal prosecutors in New York have shifted their focus to possible charges against anyone who assisted or enabled him in what authorities say wa...
Aug 13, 2019
No chaos this time as Woodstock concert site preps for 50th
BETHEL, N.Y. - Woodstock will be celebrated on its 50th anniversary, but it won't be your hippie uncle's trample-the-fences concert. While plans for a big Woodstock 50 festival collapsed after a run o...
Aug 13, 2019
N. Korea says Kim supervised weapons tests, criticizes Seoul
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea said Sunday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system, which extended a streak of launches that are seen as an attemp...
Aug 13, 2019
Death toll rises to 93 in floods, mudslides in south India
NEW DELHI - At least 93 people have been killed and more than 400,000 displaced in floods and mudslides following days of torrential rains in southern India. In the worst-hit state of Kerala the death...
Aug 13, 2019
Tear gas fired in Hong Kong with no end in sight to protests
HONG KONG - Police fired tear gas Sunday inside a train station and in several other Hong Kong neighbourhoods where protesters occupied roads in another weekend of anti-government demonstrations. Prot...
Aug 13, 2019
Malaysia finds body near where London teen went missing
SEREMBAN, Malaysia - Malaysian rescuers on Tuesday found the body of a Caucasian female in the forest surrounding a nature resort where a 15-year-old London girl was reported missing more than a week ...
Aug 13, 2019
Muslims clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM - Muslim worshippers and Israeli police clashed Sunday at a major Jerusalem holy site during prayers marking the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha. Palestinian medics said at least 14 people we...
Aug 13, 2019
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