Tag: World
WWII-era U.S. bomb explodes at Japanese airport, leaving crater in runway
More than 80 flights were cancelled at Miyazaki Airport after an unexploded Second World War-era American bombshell detonated.
Leave Lebanon now, Ottawa urges as most decline offer of seats on flights
Roughly 300 Canadians have left Lebanon on government-charted flights from Beirut to Istanbul, a Global Affairs Canada official said. Three more flights are scheduled this week.
Julian Assange says he ‘pleaded guilty to journalism’ in 1st remarks since being freed
Julian Assange returned to his home country Australia in June after a deal was struck for his release which saw him plead guilty to violating U.S. espionage law.
More than 20 people, many children, dead after school bus fire in Thailand
Video and images from the devastating bus fire show rescuers surrounding the scorched vehicle as it lay under an overpass near the country's capital, Bangkok.
Russian jet zips ‘a few feet’ past U.S. plane in ‘escalating aggression,’ senator says
The commander of NORAD slammed the Russian pilot's actions as 'unsafe' and 'unprofessional.'
U.S. says Iran plans missile launch ‘imminently’ against Israel
The potential attack would mark the latest escalation between the two countries and comes after Israel began a ground incursion in Lebanon against Iran-backed Hezbollah.
How Canada and other countries are planning Lebanon evacuations
Western nations are updating contingency plans for organizing evacuations from Lebanon after a sharp escalation in border warfare between Israel and the Hezbollah group.
Deadly Marburg virus spreads in Rwanda, with no vaccine or treatment
Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever.
Maternal RSV vaccination, antibody therapy urged in new WHO recommendations
The World Health Organization on Tuesday recommended maternal vaccination and the use of an antibody therapy to prevent respiratory synctial virus (RSV) in infants.
French Stocks Encounter New Challenges Amid Tax Hike Discussions
Concerns are mounting for French equities as speculation intensifies regarding potential tax increases aimed at blue-chip companies. Analysts from Barclays Plc have raised alarms, suggesting that these proposed hikes may exacerbate the already sluggish pe...
Israel warns Lebanese border towns to evacuate amid ‘localized ground raids’
The Israeli military warned people to evacuate nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities after launching what it said was a limited ground incursion against Hezbollah.
Israel Launches Ground Offensive Against Hezbollah in Lebanon
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have initiated a ground offensive into southern Lebanon, focusing on military targets associated with Hezbollah. This operation, named “Northern Arrows,” aims to dismantle the militant group’s capabilities along the border and...
Joly urges UN to seek consensus, counter growing polarization globally
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly put women's rights and international law at the centre of what could be the Trudeau government's last speech to the UN General Assembly.
Netanyahu warns Iran of Israel’s reach after striking Beirut, Yemen
The first apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict struck an apartment building early Monday, killing three members of a Palestinian faction.
Who were the 7 high-ranking Hezbollah officials killed over the past week?
In just over a week, intensified Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed seven high-ranking commanders and officials from the powerful Hezbollah militant group.