From legal cases to attempted assassinations, 2024 proved to be a roller coaster in U.S. politics. Former president Donald Trump became president-elect, setting up a historic return to the White House in January. He faced many ups and downs throughout the year. For the current president, Joe Biden, this year was also full of ups…
Peter Anholt tried to keep things light as he stepped out of one of the elevators at the Canada hotel. The temperature had risen high for the veteran hockey executive and the country’s under-20 program after a stunning upset about 12 hours earlier. “You only want to talk to me when things go wrong, huh?”…
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday accused Russia of shooting at an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane before it crashed and of initially trying to cover up the cause of the fatal disaster, demanding that Moscow admit its guilt. Aliyev made the allegation in an interview with state media at Baku airport, four days after…
NEW DELHI: MLA Congress Uma Thomas fell from the gallery of a stadium in Kochi on Sunday and is in a critical condition. The Thrikkakara representative suffered head and spinal injuries and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Hospital sources confirmed that Thomas is in critical condition and has been placed on a…
Charles F. Dolan, who founded some of America’s most prominent media companies, including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at age 98, according to a news report. A statement issued Saturday by his family said Dolan died of natural causes, Newsday reported Saturday night. “It is with deep sadness that we…
A shark attack in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Marsa Alam killed one foreigner and injured another, Egypt’s Environment Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The attack occurred in deep water, the ministry said, outside the designated swimming area in Marsa Alam. The injured foreigner was taken to Porto Ghalib hospital for…
PPP leader Naveed Qamar on Sunday said approval from top leaders of political parties is always required for negotiations, adding that it remains to be seen how PTI founder Imran Khan’s views will be incorporated into the negotiations. ongoing talks between the PTI and the government. Since Imran’s imprisonment last year due to several cases,…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party have clashed, exchanging accusations over the implementation of welfare schemes in Delhi, as elections approach.The war of words began after the Lt. Governor ordered an investigation into the AAP’s initiative to enroll women in the Mahila Samman Yojana and senior citizens for the…
Seela al-Faseeh was just two weeks old when her father, Mahmoud al-Faseeh, 31, said he carried her from their makeshift tent near Khan Younis to the pediatric emergency room at Nasser Hospital on Wednesday, shortly after that his body turned blue and rigid. . “We woke up and found the girl like wood,” Faseeh told…
An airborne incident at Halifax Stanfield International Airport caused temporary delays to all flight operations Saturday night. Halifax Stanfield International Airport spokesperson Tiffany Chase says in a statement that at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, an Air Canada Express flight operated by Pal Airlines arriving from St. John’s, NL, experienced an incident at its arrival….