Newly declassified papers on the U.S. government’s role in Argentina’s 1976-83 “Dirty War” have been released, detailing—among other things—how former secretary of state Henry Kissinger stymied attempts to end mass killings of dissidents. The files were published just after Politico reported that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is courting Kissinger’s support, among other Republican elites. Kissinger […]
President Trump early Monday blasted The New York Times following its report that multiple Republicans are jockeying to run for the White House in 2020, calling the publication “totally inept.” “The failing @nytimes, which has made every wrong prediction about me including my big election win (apologized), is totally inept!” the president tweeted. The failing @nytimes, […]
Ed Gillespie, the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, is backing a petition that opposes the removal of Virginia’s Confederate statues and monuments. In an email to supporters Tuesday, Gillespie cast efforts to remove Confederate statues from public land as an attempt to erase history. “My opponent, Democratic Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam has promised to do everything he […]
OTTAWA — The Speaker of the British House of Commons scolded the prime minister Wednesday for treating Parliament with “contempt” by rushing sweeping COVID-19-related restrictions without debate. Sir Lindsay Hoyle brandished the rare reprimand before Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s weekly question-and-answer period. Explanations for how measures have come into force without proper scrutiny by MPs […]
An illegal gambling operation at a mansion in Markham, Ont., had armed guards, spa services for clients and may have supported human trafficking, police alleged Wednesday as they announced dozens of arrests related to the enterprise. Thirty-three people were charged and millions of dollars in cash and assets were seized in connection with what was […]
TORONTO — Parents of students with the sniffles or a headache will no longer have to line up for hours to get their children tested at COVID-19 assessments centres under Ontario’s newly amended screening guidelines for schools and daycares. Dr. Barbara Yaffe, the province’s associate chief medical officer of health, said students with either of […]
(Reuters) ― Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday said more than 19,000 of its U.S. frontline workers contracted the coronavirus this year, or 1.44 per cent of the total, a disclosure sought by labor advocates who have criticized the COVID-19 response of the world’s largest online retailer. Some staff, elected officials and unions in recent months have […]
The events of 2020 have changed the world as we know it. COVID-19 has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and jobs, upended the education system and gutted industries. The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others have further exposed the devastation of systemic racism and police brutality. With life materially changed, we are […]
OTTAWA —The Green Party of Canada’s leadership race has been plagued by so many problems that one of its leadership candidates says she will doubt the outcome of Saturday’s vote. Meryam Haddad, a 32-year-old Syrian-born immigrant, who is also a bilingual lawyer and a lesbian, told HuffPost Canada’s political podcast, Follow-Up, that she believes the […]
With the U.S. presidential election just 32 days away, U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. The president has repeatedly downplayed the threat of the coronavirus, even as more than 200,000 Americans have died, but experts have warned that at age 74, he is already at a higher […]