Laos mass poisoning casts shadow over tourist town after at least 6 killed – National | Globalnews.ca

Laos mass poisoning casts shadow over tourist town after at least 6 killed - National | Globalnews.ca

Laos mass poisoning casts shadow over tourist town after at least 6 killed – National | Globalnews.ca A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under the spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six tourists and potentially injured scores of others. The Laotian government on … Read more

Philippine VP says she hired assassin to kill president if she is killed – National | Globalnews.ca

Philippine VP says she hired assassin to kill president if she is killed - National | Globalnews.ca

Philippine VP says she hired assassin to kill president if she is killed – National | Globalnews.ca The vice-president of the Philippines said she instructed an assassin to kill the president if she were killed. In a dramatic sign of a widening rift between the two most powerful political families in the Southeast Asian nation, … Read more

Powering an e-bike using disposable vapes is about more than engineering – National | Globalnews.ca

Powering an e-bike using disposable vapes is about more than engineering - National | Globalnews.ca

Powering an e-bike using disposable vapes is about more than engineering – National | Globalnews.ca It’s estimated almost five million single-use vapes are thrown away every week in the U.K.; that’s about eight every second. In recent years, usage of the disposable items has risen sharply — including in Canada where, according to one study, … Read more

Another senior member of Iran’s regime caught in Canada, CBSA says – National | Globalnews.ca

Another senior member of Iran’s regime caught in Canada, CBSA says - National | Globalnews.ca

Another senior member of Iran’s regime caught in Canada, CBSA says – National | Globalnews.ca Another senior member of the Iranian regime has been found living in Canada, bringing the number to 16, according to immigration officials. The Canada Border Services Agency also said it had sent one more of the alleged officials to the … Read more

Son of Norway’s crown princess accused of second rape – National | Globalnews.ca

Son of Norway’s crown princess accused of second rape - National | Globalnews.ca

Son of Norway’s crown princess accused of second rape – National | Globalnews.ca Just two days after being arrested over an allegation of sexual assault, the eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been accused of a second rape. At a detention hearing at Oslo District Court this week, police prosecutor Andreas Kruszewski requested … Read more

Time ‘rapidly running out’ on COP29 climate finance deal: Guilbeault – National | Globalnews.ca

Time ‘rapidly running out’ on COP29 climate finance deal: Guilbeault - National | Globalnews.ca

Time ‘rapidly running out’ on COP29 climate finance deal: Guilbeault – National | Globalnews.ca Canada’s environment and climate change minister was critical of Azerbaijani leadership at the United Nations climate summit as tense negotiations on a new finance deal came down to the wire. Steven Guilbeault, speaking late Thursday, said he had so far been … Read more

2nd Australian teen dies, totalling 6 tourists dead in Laos tainted alcohol case – National | Globalnews.ca

2nd Australian teen dies, totalling 6 tourists dead in Laos tainted alcohol case - National | Globalnews.ca

2nd Australian teen dies, totalling 6 tourists dead in Laos tainted alcohol case – National | Globalnews.ca A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing the death toll in the mass poisoning of foreign tourists to six. … Read more

Russia fires new ballistic missile at Ukraine in warning to West – National | Globalnews.ca

Russia fires new ballistic missile at Ukraine in warning to West - National | Globalnews.ca

Russia fires new ballistic missile at Ukraine in warning to West – National | Globalnews.ca The Kremlin fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine on Thursday in response to Kyiv’s use this week of American and British missiles capable of striking deeper into Russia, President Vladimir Putin said. In a televised address to the … Read more

‘Suicide pod’ creator speaks out, rejects claim that 1st user was strangled – National | Globalnews.ca

‘Suicide pod’ creator speaks out, rejects claim that 1st user was strangled - National | Globalnews.ca

‘Suicide pod’ creator speaks out, rejects claim that 1st user was strangled – National | Globalnews.ca The man behind the so-called “suicide pod” has spoken out, rejecting allegations that the U.S. woman who was the first to die using the device may have actually been strangled. Dr. Philip Nitschke, a right-to-die advocate with Exit International … Read more

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro indicted for alleged 2022 coup attempt – National | Globalnews.ca

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro indicted for alleged 2022 coup attempt - National | Globalnews.ca

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro indicted for alleged 2022 coup attempt – National | Globalnews.ca Brazil’s federal police said Thursday they indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people for allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections. Police said their findings were being delivered Thursday to Brazil’s … Read more