An Australian woman accused of murder denied measuring out a “fatal dose” of poisonous mushrooms on her kitchen scales to kill three elderly relatives of her estranged husband, as she was cross-examined by the prosecution on Thursday. Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with the July 2023 murders of her mother-in-law …
Read More »At least 31 killed near aid site in Gaza, health officials say. Israel denies troops fired at civilians
At least 31 people were killed and more than 170 were wounded on Sunday while on their way to receive food in the Gaza Strip, according to health officials and multiple witnesses. The witnesses said Israeli forces fired on crowds around a kilometre from a new aid site run by an Israeli-backed …
Read More »Woman denies defence lawyer’s suggestion she has ‘clear agenda’ for ex-world junior players’ sex assault trial
Calling the accused ‘boys’ or ‘men’ WARNING: This post contains graphic details. The fifth and final defence lawyer, Julianna Greenspan, who represents Cal Foote, is now cross-examining E.M. Foote is accused of doing the splits while naked overtop of E.M.’s face while she lay on the floor in the hotel …
Read More »U.S. appeals court denies TikTok’s request to halt sale order
A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday left in place a mid-January deadline for a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or banned to take effect, rejecting the company’s request to halt enforcement of the law until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge. Attorneys for TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, …
Read More »India denies working with mobsters to target Sikh separatists on Canadian soil
India’s government on Thursday denied it was working with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged publicly this week by Canadian officials in an escalating diplomatic dispute. India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal denied that India was in cahoots with India-based mobsters in Canada and even suggested that Canadian authorities had been resisting India’s attempts to extradite those people to India. “It is strange that people who we …
Read More »Michael Kovrig denies his Chinese detention was due to alleged ‘espionage’ – National
Michael Kovrig, the former Canadian diplomat detained in China, is denying allegations that he conducted covert intelligence work that led to his arrest and the detention of fellow Canadian Michael Spavor. “I was never involved in espionage activities,” Kovrig said in a statement. “Any insinuation that I was anything but …
Read More »Former OPSEU financial services administrator countersues union, denies misconduct
The former financial services administrator of an Ontario public sector union is countersuing the organization, claiming he didn’t receive any payments he wasn’t entitled to and always upheld his responsibilities. The Ontario Public Services Employees Union is suing former financial services administrator Maurice Gabay, along with former president Warren (Smokey) …
Read More »N.S. doctor denies alleged negligence in case of woman who died after long ER wait
A doctor named in a lawsuit after a Nova Scotia woman died in hospital following a long wait to see a physician has denied allegations from the family that he failed in his duties. Allison Holthoff died at the Cumberland Regional Health Centre in Amherst, N.S., due to complications associated …
Read More »Russia denies any role in possible sabotage of pipelines in Baltic Sea
The European Union suspects that damage to two underwater natural gas pipelines was sabotage and is warning of retaliation for any attack on Europe’s energy networks, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Wednesday. “All available information indicates those leaks are the result of a deliberate act,” Borrell said in …
Read More »Fisheries official denies coverup allegations over research into endangered B.C. steelhead
A senior official of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has denied allegations that the federal government covered up scientific findings on a unique kind of rainbow trout in B.C. in an attempt to justify continuing commercial fishing that endangers the species. The allegations come in part from B.C. Wildlife Federation executive …
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