King Charles III is heading into what could become one of the most politically explosive royal tours of his reign as pressure mounts over Britain’s role in slavery — and Buckingham Palace says a formal apology is not coming. The King is preparing to travel through the Caribbean later this month, where demands for reparations... Continue Reading →
Two Indigenous Elders were killed and two other people critically injured after a vehicle struck a group of pedestrians outside a British Columbia shopping mall during a Truth and Reconciliation gathering. The deadly crash happened shortly after 10:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, in the parking lot of Tsawwassen Mills in Delta, British Columbia, according... Continue Reading →
Student protests across France spiraled into scenes of violence and destruction Thursday, with schools set on fire, a fire truck torched and teachers splashed with gasoline as unrest over deteriorating school conditions spread across the country. The most alarming scenes unfolded in Marseille, where hundreds of young people gathered outside Saint-Exupéry high school as firefighters... Continue Reading →
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to weigh more than 310 pounds and faces an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new assessment from South Korea’s intelligence service. The unusually detailed health assessment was disclosed Wednesday after South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, or NIS, briefed lawmakers behind closed doors in Seoul.... Continue Reading →
Buckingham Palace employees have been given alcohol-awareness training as the Royal Household works to modernize its approach to staff wellbeing — amid renewed attention on a drinking culture that has long been associated with palace life. The training was provided by Alcohol Change UK, a British charity that works to reduce alcohol-related harm and offers... Continue Reading →
Bill Gates is sounding one of his starkest warnings yet about artificial intelligence, saying the technology could become an extraordinarily dangerous weapon if increasingly powerful AI systems fall into the hands of people intent on causing mass harm. The Microsoft co-founder said AI is already powerful enough to potentially help trigger events resulting in as... Continue Reading →
A plane carrying two senior military officials crashed in a residential area of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, killing 17 people as the pilot reportedly tried to make an emergency landing. The death toll rose from an initial 13, according to Congo’s state news agency, ACP, which cited Kwango Vice Governor Rémy Saki.... Continue Reading →
A morning at a Polish monastery turned into a desperate emergency when a man armed with a knife attacked five people, killing a priest and sending four others to the hospital. “When I arrived, there was total panic,” Sister Barbara Dendor told Polish broadcaster TVP Info after the September 24 attack at the Benedictine abbey... Continue Reading →
Bears approaching from multiple directions. Three animals killed. And in a neighboring region, six people dead in a single month. A string of deadly bear encounters has put Siberian communities on edge — and investigators are now asking whether officials failed to act on repeated warnings. In Abaza, a forest town in Russia’s Khakassia region,... Continue Reading →
Prince Harry’s first major public appearance since moving back to Britain was supposed to mark a high-profile return to the spotlight — but his arrival in London appeared noticeably quieter than the royal receptions he once enjoyed. The Duke of Sussex, who turned 42 on September 15, attended the inaugural Invictus Spirit Gala Dinner and... Continue Reading →
