Month: April 2019

Syria’s Kurds on Wednesday rejected a US proposal for a "security zone" under Turkish control along the Syrian side of the two countries’ border. Senior “Syrian Kurds reject Turkey’s plan for ‘safe zone’”

When she was 26, Sarah Brown woke up one morning to find hives covering 80 per cent of her body. They were red, itchy and “Could Keeping A Journal Solve Your Skin Woes?”

Cesare Battisti, the Italian militant who spent decades on the run after being convicted of four murders in the 1970s, has been captured in Bolivia “Brazil sends fugitive far-Left militant back to Italy as a ‘little gift’ from Bolsonaro to Salvini”

TORONTO — A Toronto-based beauty brand that has become a cult hit and garnered attention from the likes of Kim Kardashian West is abruptly closing “Deciem Shuts All Stores As Founder Alleges 'Major Criminal Activity'”

Conservationists have expressed "huge disappointment" after the government of Botswana’s said it would consider lifting a ban on hunting elephants and turning culled beasts into meat.  The “Botswana may lift elephant hunting ban and turn culled animals into pet food”

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be official newlyweds next month. And while fans can’t get enough of the royal wedding hype, some are already “Prince Harry And Meghan Markle's Honeymoon Destination Might Be Namibia”

TORONTO — Several Canadian companies have kept silent on whether they’re attending a major Saudi Arabia investment conference after the event was overshadowed by the “Canadian Companies Mum On Possibly Attending Saudi Future Investment Initiative”

The supply shortages that have plagued many provinces in the first month of legal cannabis will likely persist for years, industry insiders say. Provinces including “Canada's Cannabis Shortages Aren't Going Away Any Time Soon, Producers Warn”

A British war veteran has been detained in Dubai for over four months over claims he sold drugs despite protesting his innocence, a rights group “Former British soldier held in Dubai for four months on drugs charges after ‘forced confession’”

Glenda Conde remembers the fear of coming to Canada in 1994. Back then, the newly-landed immigrant arrived from the Philippines with her daughter Abby and “This Mom Arrived In Canada With $104 And Her Love For Her Daughter”