Ottawa truck convoy cost the city more than C$36m – mainly in police expenses
The costs were more than twice the amount the city budgeted for affordable and supportive housing The truck convoy that paralyzed much of downtown Ottawa...
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Growing calls in Caribbean to cut ties to monarchy as royals fly out
William and Kate’s visit seen as attempt to persuade countries not to follow Barbados in ditching monarchy The UK should be helping Caribbean nations sever...
Sumaya Sadurni: photojournalist and ‘rock’n’roll Mother Teresa’ dies at 32
Described as ‘outstanding and fearless’ by Bobi Wine, tributes have been paid to Sadurni, whose work featured in the Guardian and New York Times Sumaya...
‘Contemptuous’: anger in Brazil as Bolsonaro given Indigenous merit medal
Government honours president who activists accuse of undermining Indigenous protections Brazilian activists are outraged after Jair Bolsonaro – who has been accused of spearheading a...
Peruvian court approves prison release of ex-president Alberto Fujimori
Decision restores humanitarian pardon granted to Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year sentence for murder and corruption charges Peru’s constitutional court has approved the release...
‘Take from the hungry to feed the starving’: UN faces awful dilemma
Agencies forced to cut back aid in Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Ethiopia despite growing need as funds go to Ukraine Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
‘Nowhere on earth are people more at risk than Tigray,’ says WHO chief
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says even with war in Ukraine, the world must not forget the crisis unfolding ‘out of sight’ in Ethiopia’s northern region...
Equality was key to ancient Mexican city’s success, study suggests
At its peak Monte Albán was home to 17,000 people, despite a lack of water supplies or fertile land Greater equality than that experienced in...
Protests in Sudan after alleged gang-rape of young woman by security forces
Women fear use of sexual violence as a ‘tactic’ against those protesting the coup, after attack on 18-year-old in Khartoum Demonstrations took place across Sudan...
Canada and US announce Arctic military exercises amid Russia tensions
Drills will test response to aircraft and cruise missiles in vast and thinly defended northern region Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Canada and the US have...
