Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter on Friday to counter the sea of criticism she’s been facing over her bold declaration that the government’s commitment to an ambitious ‘Green New Deal’ would, in part, amount to the deliverance of racial justice in America. Earlier this week, The Hill cited Ocasio-Cortez as having challenged lawmakers to embrace a sweeping environmental economic agenda […]

Hundreds of yellow-vested protesters calling for the resignation of Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel marched on the European quarter of Brussels Saturday, as the movement that started in France made its mark in Belgium and the Netherlands. Police used pepper spray and scuffled with a small group of protesters who tried to break through their barricade blocking access to the […]

Up to 1,000 people were at the Lanterna Azzurra club to watch Italian rapper Sfera Ebbasta. What caused the incident near Ancona? Some reports have said there was a stampede after people panicked when pepper spray was fired inside the club. The incident occurred at around 1am local time and the gig had not yet started when an “acrid smell” […]

The trial of two former staffers from London’s troubled Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC) will go ahead as planned in the new year. It comes after the lawyers for Leslie Lonsbary and Stephen Jurkus lost their final battle over delays in the case at the Supreme Court. Canada’s top court on Thursday dismissed a leave to appeal a judgment made by […]

Kabul: A civilian vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb on Saturday, killing three civilians in western Herat province, a provincial official said. Gelani Farhad, the provincial governor's spokesman, said the three – who were from the same family – were killed in the Guzra district. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Farhad blamed Taliban insurgents who […]

A school principal caused a commotion in Nebraska by trying to ban some Christmas-related items. (iStock) Some Nebraskans are calling an elementary school principal a Grinch after she issued a memo to school staff that prohibited certain Christmas decorations and other religious symbols. Jennifer Sinclair of Manchester Elementary in Elkhorn, Neb., was placed on administrative leave Thursday following her directive, the Omaha […]

Starting on Saturday, River Valley Road under the Groat Road Bridge, including the shared-use path, will be closed for bridge work. City of Edmonton crews expect to be done by Tuesday, Dec. 11. Temporary traffic controls will be in place but drivers, pedestrians and cyclists should take other routes, the city said. “Additional work requiring the closure of River Valley […]

The creepy 'Snaketivity' display was put up to mark Christmas in the Illinois Capitol building. The statue – carved out of menacing black rock – shows a woman's arm holding an apple with a snake wrapped around it – a tribute to Satan tempting Eve in the Garden of Eden. Locals said they were 'offended' by the statue being allowed […]

A Nova Scotia law firm is shutting its doors as a result of the debt it has discovered in the wake of a scandal that saw a former partner, the former president of the N.S. Liberal Party, allegedly admit to misappropriating funds from clients’ accounts. Adam Rodgers confirmed that the Port Hawkesbury-based Rodgers Law Group — formerly known as Boudrot Rodgers Law Inc. — […]

Devastated parents reveal agony of not telling their 14-year-old son he had incurable brain tumour… only to discover after his death he had known all along Namrata Pandya and husband Bhavesh hid the fact Khushil’s condition was fatal They didn’t want him to lose hope that ‘he wouldn’t grow up’ and live his dreams’ After he passed last week they […]