History Made: Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala chosen Director-General WTO
When she takes office on 1 March, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General. Her term, renewable, will expire [...]
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N.S. recruiting Canadians to move to the province
The Nova Scotia government is banking on the quality of life in Nova Scotia to recruit Canadians to move to the province to work from home. Together with Tourism Nova Scotia [...]
Canada adds Proud Boys to list of terrorist groups
Four right-wing extremist groups, including the Proud Boys, have been placed on Canada’s list of terrorist organizations amid an apparent crackdown on far-right violence. [...]
Veteran Kenyan politician Simeon Nyachae has died
Former powerful Cabinet minister Simeon Nyachae has died. Nyachae passed away on Monday at Nairobi Hospital. He was 88. “He has rested after a fairly long illness. We [...]
Judge orders Uganda’s Bobi Wine freed from house arrest
A judge ruled on Monday that Ugandan security forces cannot detain presidential challenger Bobi Wine inside his home, rebuking authorities for holding the candidate under [...]
Governor General Julie Payette resigns
Gov. Gen. Julie Payette has resigned from her post following reports of a “damaging” workplace harassment investigation. “Everyone has a right to a healthy and [...]
President Biden’s day one executive actions
On his first day in office, Biden issued 17 executive orders, presidential memoranda and agency directives, from directing the Covid-19 pandemic response to canceling the [...]
Alek Minassian pleads not criminally responsible for Toronto van attack that left 10 dead, 16 injured
The 28-year-old man accused of killing 10 and injuring 16 after driving a van down Toronto’s Yonge Street in 2018 over the course of several minutes has pleaded not [...]
Foul play not suspected in drowning death of 15-year-old Bradford teen: police
South Simcoe police confirmed Monday that the body pulled from a Bradford pond is that of missing 15-year-old Siem Zerezghi, the subject of an extensive missing person [...]
Kenyan court sentences two for Westgate attack that killed 67
A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced two men to 26 and 11 years in prison for supporting the days-long 2013 attack on Nairobi’s upscale Westgate Mall that left 67 people [...]