OTTAWA — The path Canadians must take to inform their governments about a death in the family is getting a digital overhaul to avoid delays that can — and have — lead to wrongful or missed benefit payments. Federal, provincial and territorial governments turned to private consultants two years ago …
Read More »Trudeau finishes turbulent India trip by returning to his comfort zone — hockey
CANADA — When the going for a Canadian prime minister gets tough, he turns to hockey. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau capped off a difficult state visit to India Saturday with a ball hockey game at the Canadian High Commission with India’s national women’s ice hockey team. The players, aged 18-25, …
Read More »AP Fact Check: Toughest Sanctions on North Korea Ever? Not Likely
WASHINGTON — The heaviest, the largest, the most impactful — those were the superlatives the Trump administration used to describe its latest sanctions against North Korea. But were the Treasury Department designations of more than 50 companies and ships accused of illicit trading with the pariah nation really the toughest …
Read More »UAE unveils prototype of Hyperloop design
The United Arab Emirates unveiled a prototype of a high-speed hyperloop vehicle in Dubai on Thursday. Hyperloop One signed an agreement with Dubai in August 2017, to “evaluate” the building of the world’s first near-supersonic hyperloop transport system in the Gulf emirate. “We are here today to sign a historic …
Read More »Interactive spy museum opens its doors in New York
The world of espionage is now ready to be experienced by spy aficionados after the launch of an interactive spy museum that sheds light on a number of experiences through several activities held in different parts of the museum. Situated in New York City’s Times Square, the Skyscape museum opened …
Read More »Space-X lobs Spanish military satellite into orbit
WASHINGTON: Elon Musk´s Space-X sent a Spanish military satellite into orbit Thursday in a hitch-less liftoff from California, extending the private space company´s record of successful launches. Space-X, which proved the utility of its massive Falcon Heavy rocket earlier this month, put up the Paz imaging satellite and two of …
Read More »Carla Bruni was more than a privileged hobbyist at the Orpheum Theatre
Six years after moving out of France’s Élysée Palace, Carla Bruni may find that her needs are no longer met as quickly as they used to be. But that’s not to say this former first lady now waits like a lowly civilian. On Wednesday night, the pop singer and fashion …
Read More »After ‘Black Panther’ and ‘The Last Jedi,’ is this the era of the artisanal blockbuster?
The supersized success of “Black Panther” didn’t just smash assumptions about what superheroes are allowed to look like, it has also proved that the best franchise films put the emphasis on the film, rather than the franchise. Following on the heels of Rian Johnson’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Taika …
Read More »Trump accuses California police of being soft on street gangs, and cops fire back
President Trump on Thursday accused California law enforcement of being soft on street gangs and suggested he might pull immigration agents out of the state, prompting a strong rebuke from local officials who said the president doesn’t understand their war on gangs. Trump’s remarks are an escalation of a yearlong …
Read More »Trump says Mexico must do more to combat MS-13
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is calling on Mexico to block MS-13 gang members from travelling through their country on the way to the U.S. Trump tweets that gang members are being removed “by the thousands” by federal law enforcement agents, “but these killers come back in from El Salvador, …
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