Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Vancouver-based mining company has confirmed that 10 people have been abducted from its project in Mexico. Vizsla Silver Corp said the 10 people were taken from the site in Concordia. The company said the incident is currently under investigation and information is limited, but it confirms…
Four members of a U.K. organized crime gang, including an 80-year-old man and his son, have been jailed for almost 50 years following an investigation into a multimillion‑pound firearms and counterfeit drugs operation in Wigan, northern England, according to the Greater Manchester Police. Authorities described the operation as an “industrial‑scale tablet manufacturing set-up.” It was…
The Premier of British Columbia had some scathing comments about the Alberta separatist movement ahead of Thursday’s first ministers meeting in Ottawa. David Eby said reported meetings between separatist leaders and U.S. Treasury officials to talk about separation “amounts to “treason.” “I understand the desire to hold a referendum, to talk about the issues we…
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he has informed acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez that he’s going to be opening up all commercial airspace over Venezuela and Americans will soon be able to visit. Trump said he instructed U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and U.S. military leaders to open up the airspace by the end…
Canada and South Korea have taken new steps to strengthen trade ties that are expected to boost several industrial sectors in Canada, including automotive and critical minerals. This comes amid the global trade war and U.S. tariffs, which have impacted Canada’s economic growth and job market, forcing the federal government to seek alternative trading partners and…
Canadian officials have accused a Toronto-area used car dealer of laundering money for the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. Fahed Sowane, a 57-year-old Lebanese citizen who came to Canada on a work permit in 2016, has denied the allegations. But in heavily-redacted court records released to Global News, the officials called the Mississauga, Ont., resident a…
By Nelson Bocanegra, Luis Jaime Acosta and Carlos Vargas Reuters Posted January 28, 2026 5:47 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A plane crash in northeast Colombia on Wednesday killed all 15 people on board, including a local lawmaker, state-run airline Satena said. The Beechcraft 1900 twin-engined turboprop plane took off…
Staff at Ecuador‘s Ministry of Foreign Affairs blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from entering the country’s consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday. The attempted entry prompted Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry to send a “note of protest” to the U.S. Embassy in Quito, the Ecuadorean capital, demanding such incidents “not be repeated,” the ministry said in…
Britain and several other European countries have lost their measles elimination status, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after a jump in infections across the continent. Spain, Austria, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan also lost their status, and the WHO urged countries to boost vaccination rates, particularly among under-protected populations, to prevent the viral disease infecting more children….
An outbreak of the Nipah virus in the Indian state of West Bengal is raising concern in parts of Asia, leading some airports to implement precautionary health screenings. So far, five confirmed infections, including among doctors and nurses, have led to a quarantine of 100 people and the hospitalization of others at various medical facilities…
