The federal and B.C. governments have announced a massive cash infusion meant to help restore wild salmon habitat. Over a five-year period, the federal government has pledged $100 million, while the B.C. government is promising $42.85 million over the same span. The money will go to the new British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund, which is open to proposals […]

ONE suspect in the New Zealand mosque shootings appears to have described himself as an “ordinary white man” who “decided to take a stand”. Brenton Tarrant, 28, from Australia, was named in media reports in his home country as the gunman who appeared to have live-streamed the attack in Christchurch on Facebook as he shot victims in a mosque. In […]

KABUL (Reuters) – At a dinner party in Kabul’s high-security “green zone” in March, a senior European diplomat poured himself a glass of red wine and pulled up a photograph on his iPhone. Released by Qatar’s foreign ministry on Feb. 25, it showed seven Qatari officials alongside U.S. and Taliban negotiators as talks on ending the 17-year-old war in Afghanistan […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday broadened the scope of what it will consider in resolving the legal fight over the contentious decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, agreeing also to decide whether the move violated the U.S. Constitution. In the aftermath of a March 6 ruling by […]

YANGON (Reuters) – Lawyers for two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law appealed to the Supreme Court on Friday against their conviction, as a rights group said the government wielded repressive laws against peaceful critics. The appeal, citing evidence of a police set-up and lack of proof of a crime, came as New York-based […]

At least 79 people have been killed over the weekend when fighting broke out between Hema and Lendu tribes in the northern Ituri province. Aid agencies say tens of thousands of people have been displaced by ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 79 people were killed over the weekend when fighting broke out between Hema and […]

In a letter sent to UN Security Council, Doha details yet another violation committed by Bahraini air force. Qatar has addressed a letter to the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, voicing concern over renewed violations of its airspace by the Bahraini government. A Qatari foreign ministry press release said on Tuesday the letter relayed Doha’s concerns about the “serious […]

Warner is the last major music label to sign an agreement with Facebook. Facebook has announced that it has agreed to a deal with Warner Music Group so that Facebook users can post videos featuring music from artists signed with the music label. Warner is the last major music label to sign an agreement with Facebook, as the news of […]

President Vladimir Putin has condemned ‘negligence’ that lead to the deaths of 64 people in a mall fire on Saturday. There is grief and anger in a Russian city where a fire at a shopping centre on Sunday killed 64 people – 41 of them children. President Vladimir Putin visited the city of Kemerovo in Siberia and blamed what he […]

Participants in Rome meeting to help fund the Palestinian refugee agency, but combined aid pledge falls $350m short. A conference in Rome aimed at funding the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has gathered pledges of $100m in funding, according to UN officials. The summit, co-organised by Jordan, Sweden, and Egypt in the Italian capital, convened on Thursday at the headquarters of […]