Yuri Borisov, Russia’s deputy prime minister, told state television that the device is impossible to intercept. The Avangard was test-fired on Wednesday. It is described as a hypersonic glide vehicle that flies 27 times faster than the speed of sound. Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw the weapon’s launch, comparing it to a “meteorite”. It was launched from southwest Russia and […]

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Police are on the hunt for a 44-year-old man after what they call a “targeted attack” on a woman in St. Catharines. Niagara regional police were called to a home in the city on Wednesday afternoon, where they found a woman outside her home with life-threatening injuries. They say she was airlifted to an out-of-area hospital […]

BENGHAZI (Reuters) – A Chadian armed group attacked a military camp of forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar in southern Libya on Thursday, killing one fighter, a local official and a spokesman for Haftar said. After the toppling of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011, fighters from neighboring Chad and Sudan joined the ensuing turmoil. Competing […]

Police are investigating after almost $12,000 worth of golf equipment was reported stolen from a business in Barrie. According to Barrie police, on Dec. 8, a man entered the Golf Town at Park Place three times. Police say the man allegedly stole 24 golf rangefinders valued at almost $12,000. Officers say the thefts occurred sometime between 2:09 p.m. and 2:26 […]

Two people are cooling their heels at the Winnipeg Remand Centre after getting arrested Wednesday with a stolen car full of weapons and meth. Police said the car, which had been reported stolen from Ashburn Street on Christmas Day, was spotted near Selkirk Avenue and Salter Street around 11 p.m. Boxing Day. Both the driver and passenger fled on foot […]

Many Instagram users woke up to a drastically different layout for the app Thursday — and weren’t too happy about it. Social media users posted about the change online, complaining that the layout of the feed changed from a top-down scroll to a left-right scroll. The update looked similar to how Instagram stories appear, making users tap to see the next post. […]

One of the most explosive allegations in the “Steele Dossier,” the private intelligence file alleging deep ties between the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign and Russia, may have moved a step closer to confirmation on Wednesday, when a new investigative report appeared to place Trump’s then-lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen in Prague, Czech Republic, at a crucial moment during the […]

The threat involves a thermonuclear strike on Iceland’s 4,744 ft Snæfellsjökull volcano. This would produce a “super tsunami” capable of engulfing the US capital Washington, claims the latest issue of Moscow-based weekly ‘Military Industrial Courier’. The newspaper also featured Vladimir Putin on its front page. Another attack option is to swamp Western Europe using a similar thermonuclear strike on the […]

Electoral commission’s decision to delay presidential vote in Beni over the outbreak prompts attack on Ebola centre. Kinshasa, DRC – Protesters angry over a delay in the presidential election in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Beni city have ransacked an Ebola centre, according to residents. The centre housed patients suspected of having the deadly viral disease before […]

Creepy images show a stalled Ferris wheel, baby cribs, classrooms filled with dusty desks and and a piano on a crumbling stage. Other spooky shots show a chessboard left mid-game, a room full of children’s beds with stuffed toys left behind and bumper cars rusting after being left to face the elements. Romanian photographer Cristian Lipovan travelled to the 18-mile […]