Technical problems with the complicated system used for drawing names out of a drum are being blamed for Andreas Bürkli’s win having to be annulled. Swiss public TV channel SRF apologised to him and he was reported to have been a “good sport” about the error. They are looking at how they can make it up to him, Blick reported. […]

ZURICH/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court on Monday agreed to release an Austrian student, activist and journalist who was arrested three months ago, but he will have to remain in the country to await judicial proceedings, his lawyer said on Monday. Two others, both Turkish citizens, were also released in the same case. Max Zirngast, a political science student who […]

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) says the beleaguered chief of the Naramata Volunteer Fire Department will be reinstated in the new year. Tony Trovao, who volunteered with the Naramata fire department for 16 years before becoming fire chief in 2013, has been on paid leave since Oct. 22. An internal memo issued by RDOS chief administrative officer Bill Newell […]

Toronto police have charged a woman after she allegedly threatened a TTC bus driver with a weapon. Police said officers responded to a call from the TTC about “unknown trouble” at around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday night. Police said a woman entered the bus and instructed the driver to deviate from his route, implying she had a weapon. He complied […]

Dubai: The United Arab Emirates said on Monday that Princess Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum, daughter of Dubai’s ruler, was at home and living with her family. Rights groups had called on the UAE to disclose the whereabouts and condition of Sheikha Latifa, following reports in the international media that she was forcibly returned after fleeing the Gulf Arab state. […]

On August 9, 1997, Laci Rocha married Scott Peterson, a man she had met in a café while she attended California Polytechnic State University. The couple soon opened a popular restaurant near the college campus, which they ran for two years. They sold the business and moved to an upscale section of Modesto, California, to start a family. Scott landed […]

Santa Claus is coming to town — and you’ll know exactly when he’s set to touch down, as NORAD tracks his annual journey across the globe. The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its top-notch radar system have been keeping tabs on Kris Kringle since 1958, in a holiday tradition that lets millions of kids around the world know exactly […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir warned citizens against responding to “attempts to instill frustration” on Monday, in his first public comments since the outbreak of anti-government protests six days earlier. The official Sudan News Agency said Bashir had met security aides, and quoted him as saying the state was “continuing with economic reforms that provide citizens with a […]

Tom Markle Jr told Sun Online he and his family have always had a "kind of weird sense of humour" that started with his dad Thomas Markle Sr. He said it took sister Meghan "a while" to understand their strange family humour but she soon came round to the "Markle way". In two of the images, 52-year-old Tom holds Darlene's […]

UAE releases pictures of ‘missing’ Dubai princess Latifa with former Irish President Mary Robinson and insist the 33-year-old is ‘at home and living with her family’ Pictures show Dubai princess Latifa with former Irish President Mary Robinson UAE says  photos were taken on December 15 and show she is living at home It comes after reports she was forcibly returned […]