Book borrowers in Mississauga can resume their habit later this week. Mississauga libraries, which have been closed for weeks, are set to reopen Wednesday now that striking workers have a new four-year collective agreement. The City of Mississauga and CUPE Local 1989, which represents library workers, reached a tentative settlement …

Advocates call for better support in wake of report warning of violence against workers. Government money to train staff and enforce animal cruelty laws is “dismal,” leaving investigators “underfunded and overworked,” according to the head of Canada’s humane societies. The criticism comes as a new study of Ontario’s animal cruelty …

SAGAMIHARA, Japan (AP) – A young Japanese man went on a stabbing rampage Tuesday at a facility for the mentally disabled where he had been fired, police said, killing 19 people months after he gave a letter to Parliament outlining the bloody plan and saying all disabled people should be …

RAMTHA, Jordan (AP) – Syrian refugee Fawaz al-Jasem used to drop his tools and run when he saw police approaching the farm in northern Jordan where he has been picking vegetables for the past three years. Now he works without fear of arrest. He is among some 23,000 Syrians given …

New Delhi: The Union government on Tuesday issued notification for the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations related to the hike in basic pay and pension. With the issuance of notification, 4.8 million central government employees and 5.2 million pensioners will get the increased payout for their August salaries. …

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann, who is under scanner for live-streaming a video of the security arrangements inside the Parliament House Complex on the social media, has now sough an inquiry against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly compromising the national security. According to reports, Mann, …

Jammu: Four dreaded Pakistan-trained terrorists were killed and another apprehended by the security forces during an encounter in the Naugam sector near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Four terrorists have been killed while one has been apprehended alive during an operation …

Unidentified assailants shot dead a woman who was, in 2015, accused of committing sacrilege. The incident took place in Alamgir, outside the village gurdwara, on Tuesday morning. The deceased, 48-year old Balwinder Kaur, was a resident of Ghawaddi village. Back in October 2015, Balwinder and ‘granthi’ Sikandar were booked under …

After his show of strength at Chappar Chiri two months ago, ousted Congress leader Jagmeet Singh Brar will hold another rally on Independence Day, to position himself as “political alternative” to the Akali-BJP combine and his old party in the 2017 Punjab elections. “After my clarion call at Chappar Chiri …