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Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia’s Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings. Some 316,540 people were without power in Queensland’s southeast, where the Gold Coast city was the worst-hit area with more than …
Read More »Woman claims she’s victim of ‘love bombing,’ owed thousands
Like a scene from one of her favourite romance novels, Christina MacCrimmon recalls dancing in the kitchen with the man who she thought was the love of her life. “He called it ‘Romance Fridays’ and he’d send me these love songs,” MacCrimmon recalled. “He treated me with such love and devotion, …
Read More »Thousands of litres of diesel leaked undetected from Irving station, documents show
An Irving gas station on the outskirts of Woodstock leaked thousands of litres of diesel fuel into the environment, say government emails on the leak discovered in December. A crack in an elbow pipe attached to an underground diesel storage tank may have allowed the escape of 100,000 litres of diesel …
Read More »Trump administration puts thousands of workers on leave, cutting U.S. jobs at foreign aid agency
The Trump administration said Sunday that it was placing all but a fraction of staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on leave worldwide and eliminating at least 1,600 U.S.-based jobs. It was the latest and one of the biggest steps yet toward what President Donald Trump and …
Read More »Tens of thousands of Palestinians return to northern Gaza after hostage deal breakthrough
Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed along the main roads leading north in Gaza on Monday, jubilant to be returning after months of living in temporary shelter but fearful of what might remain of their homes amid the bombed-out ruins. Their return, which had been delayed on the weekend, went ahead after Hamas …
Read More »Russian missile, drone attacks on energy grid leave thousands of Ukrainians in dark
Russia launched a new barrage of missiles and drones at Ukraine on Wednesday, targeting gas infrastructure and other energy facilities in western regions in the latest strike on the country’s hobbled power system as it approaches mid-winter. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Russian forces launched more than 40 …
Read More »The wave of gang violence in Haiti killed thousands last year, UN says
More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a UN-backed mission led by Kenya struggled to contain rampant gang violence, officials said Tuesday. The number of killings increased by more than 20 per cent compared with all of 2023, according to the UN Human Rights Office. In addition, …
Read More »Wildfires rage through L.A., forcing thousands to flee as homes, businesses burn
California firefighters battled wind-fuelled wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area, destroying homes, clogging roadways as tens of thousands fled and straining resources as officials prepared for the situation to worsen early Wednesday. The flames from a fire that broke out Tuesday evening near a nature preserve in the …
Read More »Matt Gaetz paid thousands for drugs and sex, U.S. House panel finds
The U.S. House ethics committee on Monday accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs as a member of Congress. The 37-page report by the bipartisan panel includes explicit details of sex-filled parties and vacations that Gaetz, now 42, …
Read More »2 Sask. men say they are out thousands of dollars after hockey card order never arrived
Two Saskatchewan hockey card enthusiasts say they’re out more than $5,000 each after a deal gone wrong involving a Quebec-based hockey card seller. Jordie Gagnon and Rocky D’urso each preordered cases of highly sought-after 2023-24 Upper Deck Hobby cards, but say the cards never arrived. Both have demanded refunds, but say they haven’t …
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