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The statue of Thomas Jefferson. (Agency photo) NEW YORK: US President Thomas Jefferson‘s statue, a presence for more than a century in the New York City Council chamber, is coming down following a public commission reassessment of the legacy of the founding father who was also a slaveholder. The New York City Public Design Commission…

US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) confirmed that he has authorised the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to conduct a “covert operation” in Venezuela, amid escalating tensions between the two countries. Trump made the rare admission during a Q&A session at the Oval Office after being asked about a New…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A section of a human skull estimated to be more than 4,000 years old has been discovered along the banks of a river in Indiana, local coroners announced on Monday. In a Facebook post, Fayette County coroner Eddie Richardson said the human remains were discovered earlier this…

Young workers in Canada are facing an increasingly bleak jobs market — and the federal Conservatives and Liberals are at odds over how the government could help. Unemployment rose to 14.7 per cent for youth aged 15 to 24 in September, Statistics Canada said Friday. That’s a 15-year high outside the pandemic years. Conservative MP Garnett…

Faulty engineering led to the implosion of an experimental submersible that killed five people on the way to the wreck of the Titanic, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in a report Wednesday. The NTSB made the statement in its final report on the hull failure and implosion of the Titan submersible in June 2023….

The Indian Embassy in the USA joined the “vibrant” celebration of Dussehra at the ISKCON Temple in Maryland, and lauded the role played by ISKCON in promoting spirituality and interfaith harmony.The details were shared by the Embassy of India in US on Sunday (local time) in a post on X.“The Embassy joined the vibrant Dussehra…

Lance Lowry (Agency photo) NEW YORK: At a Georgia state House of Representatives hearing on prison conditions in September, a corrections officer called in to testify, interrupting his shift to tell lawmakers how dire conditions had become. On a “good day,” he told lawmakers, he had maybe six or seven officers to supervise roughly 1,200…

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers amid the ongoing government shutdown. The decision came as the shutdown entered its third week.US district judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said the planned job cuts were being carried out without proper consideration. “It’s very much ready, fire, aim on…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two B.C. airports saw major intrusions involving their information systems on Tuesday evening. For a short time, terminal screens at Kelowna International Airport displayed what appeared to be pro-Hamas messages criticizing Israel and U.S. President Donald Trump. The public address system was also compromised. In a statement,…

By Kelly Geraldine Malone The Canadian Press Posted October 15, 2025 1:15 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says a new International Monetary Fund report shows that while the global economy is showing resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, trade uncertainty is holding it…