Two men have reportedly been arrested on Wednesday for the murder of British radio presenter Gavin Ford in Lebanon. Mr Ford, 53, was reportedly found strangled with his hands tied behind his back at his apartment in a mountain town close to the capital Beirut. The suspects, both Syrian, were arrested around Beirut. A source at the Lebanon’s…
Police said they have mapped the area of a remote Indian island where tribes people were seen burying the body of an American adventurer and Christian missionary after allegedly killing him with arrows this month. But before they can even attempt to recover the body of 26-year-old John Allen Chau, authorities have to learn from…
Josef Fares, the lively and outspoken director of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and A Way Out, was not on EA’s E3 stage this year, but he did get a mention. During the EA Play conference, chief creative officer Patrick Söderland said: “A Way Out is such a huge success [having sold 1 million…
Italian authorities have ordered the seizure of the migrant rescue ship “Aquarius” in the French port of Marseille, alleging it has illegally disposed of infectious waste in 11 ports in the southern Italy. Médecins Sans Frontières, the French NGO which operates the ship, called the move to seize assets and freeze bank accounts an “unfounded…
Federal budgets are fiscal plans. They tell parliamentarians and Canadians how the government plans to manage the nation’s finances given the state of the economy and reasonable assumptions about the outlook and risks. So, how does Budget 2018 measure up? Budget 2018 largely meets expectations shaped by the government in recent weeks. Modest fiscal allocations…
The Indian state of Kerala was on lockdown on Friday after violent protests saw more than 1,000 people arrested after women were admitted to an historic Hindu temple. Fresh demonstrations hit several towns and cities after a 46-year-old Sri Lankan woman became the third female of “menstruating age” to enter the Sabarimala temple complex, late on…
NEW YORK — Facebook plunged to its worst loss in four years Monday and led a rout in technology companies. The social media company’s stock fell following reports that a data mining firm working for the Trump campaign improperly obtained data on 50 million Facebook users. The drop in Facebook stock came after the New…
Beijing will not rule out the use of force to ensure the “unshakable historic task” of its complete reunification with Taiwan, Xi Jinping, the Chinese President, said on Wednesday, warning that independence for the island would bring “profound disaster.” “China must and will be united, which is an inevitable requirement for the historical rejuvenation of the…
House prices in many parts of Canada have been soaring for years. Mortgages are growing larger and the number of households with extreme levels of debt is multiplying rapidly. So you’d think that we would be seeing an increase in the number of households that are having a hard time paying off their mortgages. Not…
Canada’s housing market is getting a big helping hand from house-hungry millennials, but that will come to an end in the next several years, bringing with it an era of stagnation, the Bank of Montreal predicts. In a new affordability analysis, BMO says the country’s burgeoning millennial population will rescue the housing market from its…