An elderly woman from Ontario, aged 86, unfortunately fell victim to a cryptocurrency scam that cost her over $900,000. Deceived by a deepfake video featuring Mark Carney, she believed in a fraudulent investment platform that claimed to have the Bank o…
Carney announces contest to revamp uninhabitable Canadian PM residence
Various issues – including a rodent infestation and mould – have left the historic, sprawling Ottawa estate empty10 Downing Street has two things: mice and a chief mouser. For more than a decade, an officially recognized feline has kept the residence’s…
New York City will freeze rent for 1m apartments in big victory for Mamdani
City’s mayor has consistently argued that rising housing costs have made it increasingly unaffordableA New York City housing board has voted to freeze rent for approximately 1m apartments.In a major victory for Zohran Mamdani, the mayor who campaigned …
Over a million immigrants risk deportation from US after landmark decision
The US Supreme Court has handed the Trump Administration another win on its policies aggressively cracking down on immigration and allowing mass deportations. In the conservative majority’s 6-3 decision -the justices ruled that Washington can lift the…
IMO seeks safety guarantees before restart of Strait of Hormuz transits
Secretary general Arsenio Dominguez says investigations continue to reveal why container ship was hit
France introduces measures to limit the heatwave’s impact on health services
A punishing heatwave that has suffocated large parts of France for days is now shifting east. With highs of 38 degrees Celsius forecast for cities like Paris, Strasbourg and Lyon. With hospitals overwhelmed, authorities have banned evening alcohol sal…
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari says he expects a rate hike this year
Kashkari said he sees a hike likely this year as the economy continues to feel the hit from spiking inflation.
Heat wave blasting Europe is the worst ever recorded, researchers say – The Washington Post
Heat wave blasting Europe is the worst ever recorded, researchers say The Washington PostEurope’s extreme heat would be impossible without climate change, scientists say AP NewsFossil fuel emissions have rapidly worsened European …
Survivors tell of ‘brutal and fast’ Venezuela quake as hunt for survivors goes on
Worst incident of its kind in country for more than 125 years leaves many searching for multiple family members – and pleading for international helpScenes of destruction after deadly earthquakes in Venezuela – visual guideNearly all of Ligia Level’s f…
Five human heads wrapped in plastic found in freezer at medical centre to be ‘used in sick black market trade ring’
FIVE human heads have been found at a medical centre in Moscow – and have been linked to a black-market trade in body parts. Wrapped in plastic, they were discovered inside a freezer, located down a dungeon-like corridor in an anatomy training centre o…