Harvard pro-Palestinian students end encampment but vow continued protest
A group of Harvard students said on Tuesday they would peacefully end a pro-Palestinian protest encampment after the university agreed to discuss its endowment with the protesters and begin reconsidering…
Putin signs decrees appointing government ministers
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Tuesday appointing all members of the government and planned a late-evening meeting with his new cabinet line-up, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted…
Explainer-Canada wildfire season is heating up: Here’s what to know
Firefighters in western Canada are battling the first major wildfires of 2024, which sparked into life after unseasonably warm temperatures and an ongoing drought left forests tinder-dry. Read More
Ireland to slash payments to Ukrainian refugees in state accommodation
DUBLIN – Ireland will slash a weekly payment for all Ukrainian refugees using state accommodation to 38.80 euros ($41.96) from 220 euros from August in a bid to bring the…
Palestinians in Israel demand refugee return on ‘Nakba’ anniversary
NEAR HAIFA, Israel – Thousands of flag-waving Palestinians marched in northern Israel on Tuesday to commemorate the flight and forced flight of Palestinians during the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation,…
Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 92, says Globe and Mail
OTTAWA – Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, whose exquisitely crafted tales of the loves, ambitions and travails of small-town women in her native land made her a globally acclaimed…
Two men in UK court accused of machine gun plot to kill Jewish people
LONDON – Two men appeared in a British court on Tuesday, charged with planning to attack and kill members of the Jewish community and others with automatic weapons in northwest…
Italy to transfer bear that killed mountain jogger to Germany
ROME – A female bear that killed a jogger in the Italian Alps last year, triggering a fierce legal battle over its fate, will be relocated to a sanctuary in…
Curbs on costly home incentives cause split in Italy’s coalition
ROME – Italy’s ruling coalition was divided on Tuesday over the approval of new curbs on costly incentives for home renovations, with the moderate Forza Italia party refusing to back…
As Argentina inflation nears 300%, climb in prices slows a bit
BUENOS AIRES – Prices in Argentina are climbing, despite positive signs of a deceleration, with the embattled South American country’s annual inflation rate set to edge closer to 300% when…