Germanyโs Foreign Office has strongly defended the country's domestic intelligence service following international backlash over its classification of the far-right Alternative fรผr Deutschland (AfD) party as a right-wing extremist organization. The controversy...
Australians are casting their votes in the 2025 federal election, with the nation's escalating cost-of-living and housing affordability crises taking center stage in voters' minds. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's center-left Labor Party is seeking re-election,...
In a significant shift in U.S. international development funding, President Donald Trump on Friday, May 2, 2025, requested $3.2 billion for the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) as part of his annual federal budget proposal. The IDA provides...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday that he will visit U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The meeting will be Carney's first official foreign trip since taking office, and it comes at a tense moment in Canada-U.S....
Spain and Portugal experienced a massive and sudden power blackout on Monday, April 28, 2025, plunging millions into darkness and severely disrupting daily life across both countries. The blackout, which began around mid-morning local time, caused widespread paralysis...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump held a brief but highly symbolic meeting inside St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, just moments before the funeral of Pope Francis. Described by the White House as a "very productive" 15-minute...
Tucked away in Waterton Lakes National Park, little greyish brown butterflies โ long thought to be just another population of the half-moon hairstreak butterflies โ are now being recognized as their own species known as Satyrium curiosolus, or the curiously...
New research from the University of British Columbia (UBC) has confirmed what many may already suspect: texting or talking on the phone while walking is risky business. Published in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention, the study sheds light on the significant...
The University of Manitoba's Rady Biomedical Fish Facility, a state-of-the-art $2.5-million lab, is making waves in the field of regenerative medicine. Housing around 2,500 tropical fish, including Mexican tetras and zebrafish, the facility is at the forefront of...
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are making groundbreaking strides in the battle against osteoarthritis by developing an innovative technology that could significantly improve diagnosis and treatment options for those suffering from this debilitating...
