Category: AMERICA
Hockey Canada chief, entire board of directors resign
The head of Hockey Canada and entire board of directors resigned following revelations that body used shady funds to pay…
US President arrives in London expected to meet King Charles
US President arrived in London ahead of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. Joe Biden is expected to meet King Charles and pay…
Uber received help from politicians,broke laws in global push: Reports
Uber lobbied politicians,received assistance from politicians including French President Emmanuel Macron, according to newspaper reports.
Republican allies sought pardons after supporting attempts to overturn election
At least five congressional Republican allies of Donald Trump sought pardons after supporting his attempts to overturn his 2020 election…
World first commercial anti-virus software founder corpse faces legal difficulties
Software entrepreneur John McAfee corpse remains in Spanish morgue a year after as a legal case lodged by his family…
Former executive Toyota Motor arrested on drug offence in 2015, returns to company
Former Toyota executive Julie Hamp who was arrested and released in Japan in 2015 over suspected illegal importation of oxycodone,…
Twitter might allow users to blocks offensive comments
Billionaire Elon Musk’s vision for Twitter might allow users to turn on setting that blocks offensive comments.
Former rebel fighter wins Colombia’s presidency
Former member of the M-19 movement, Gustavo Petro wins Colombia’s presidential runoff with 50.5 percent of the vote.
Apple workers vote to join a union
Apple Inc workers in the city of Maryland have voted to join a union, becoming the first retail employees of…
Court dismisses money laundering charges against Panama Papers founders
Court dealing with Brazil’s Lava Jato case has provisionally dismissed money laundering charges against the founders of the defunct law…
Canada home price index growth slows pace in last month
Pace of Canadian home price growth slowed in May, edging off April’s record high, but prices still rose both on…
Asia a safe place as Fed hikes but premature to jump in: Investors
Asia’s emerging economies are better placed than most other regions to weather a bout of turbo-charged US policy tightening, analysts…
Twice-convicted lawyer Michael Avenatti to discuss possible guilty plea
Michael Avenatti known for taking on Donald Trump, is scheduled to appear in a California federal court to discuss a…
Revlon lost shelf space, files for bankruptcy
Cosmetics maker lost shelf space in US stores to startups backed by celebrities, and has struggled with inflation and supply…
Canada and Denmark ended 50-year long ownership spat
Canada and Denmark will divide the small, uninhabited Arctic island known as Hans Island, ending an almost 50-year long ownership…
Biden to make first Middle East visit, includes controversial stop in Saudi Arabia
US president Joe Biden will make first Middle East visit next month, with stops in Israel, occupied West Bank, and…
Canadian agencies investigates possible bomb threat to parliament
Canadian agencies probe a possible risk to national security that forced parliament to lock down for several hours after border…
US Senators includes key Republican supports gun reform plan
A bipartisan group of senators to overcome chamber’s “filibuster” rule, announced an agreement on a framework for gun safety legislation.
Prominent US lawmaker calls Israel an ‘apartheid state’
US progressive Alexandria Ocasio Cortez have criticised the Biden administration’s support for Israel amid its Gaza bombardment.
Chileans vote to elect delegates, will rewrite country’s dictatorship-era constitution
Chileans vote for 155-member assembly to draft new constitution that aimed at addressing deep-seated social inequality.
German BioNTech expects vaccine trial results for babies by September
BioNTech expects results by September from trials testing the vaccine it developed with Pfizer on babies as young as six…