LONDON (AP) — After being elected in a landslide last year, Britain’s Labour Party government delivered a budget it billed as a one-off dose of tax hikes to fix the public finances, get debt down, ease the cost of living and spur economic growth. A year on, inflation remains stubbornly high, government borrowing is up […]
The price of a litre of regular self-serve gasoline is holding steady after the Nova Scotia Energy Board made its weekly adjustment at midnight. Gas remains at 145.1 cents for the second week in a row. The same can’t be said for the price of diesel. The price for fuel has gone up 4.7 cents […]
The RCMP says four men have been arrested for drug trafficking, arson, threats and intimidation after a year-long investigation on the South Shore. The accused were charged on Wednesday as police executed search warrants in Church Point and Belliveau’s Cove, following a 13-month investigation dubbed “Project Hammertime.” Police said they found drugs, drug paraphernalia, digital […]
BANGKOK (AP) — European and Asian shares mostly gained on Tuesday after U.S. stocks rallied on hopes the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates soon. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1%. Germany’s DAX edged 0.1% lower to 23,216.76 and the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.1% to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea. Her radio audience could go to jail if caught listening. Lee’s Seoul-based Free North Korea Radio station has tried for two decades to give real-time news to North Korea’s 26 million people. […]
In the hundreds of pages of transcripts from Justice Department interviews of Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein spoke glowingly of President Donald Trump, called him a “gentleman in all respects” and describing him as “friendly” with Epstein. Both Trump’s supporters and his Democratic opponents have clamored for documents about the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge Friday declined to dismiss felony charges against two attorneys and a former aide to President Donald Trump who advised Trump in 2020 as part of a plan to submit paperwork falsely claiming that the Republican had won the battleground state that year. Dane County Circuit Judge John Hyland […]
Justice Dept. declines to defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for colleges with large numbers of Hispanic students that is being challenged in court, declaring the government believes the funding is unconstitutional. In a memo sent to Congress, the Justice Department said it agrees with a lawsuit attempting to […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An explosion Friday at an automotive supply company in southeast Louisiana sent flames into the air and a tower of thick black smoke billowed above rural communities, forcing nearby residents and an elementary school to evacuate. Officials said no injuries have been reported in the fire at Smitty’s Supply just […]
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s public prosecutor on Friday asked for the death penalty for former President Joseph Kabila, who is being tried in absentia in a treason case that includes war crimes charges related to his nearly 20-year rule of the West African nation. Kabila, who led Congo from 2001 to 2019, has been […]