Britain’s Starmer fights for his job as calls for his ouster grow after local election losses
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is after for his Labour Party spurred dozens of lawmakers to call for his resignation.
Starmer plans to use a speech on Monday to argue that he can change tack and revive his government’s fortunes. But his position is fragile as rivals weigh their options. One lawmaker, Catherine West, said she will try to trigger a leadership contest if she doesn’t like what she hears in the speech.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, often seen as a potential
Venezuela warns of ‘serious’ environmental impact from alleged oil spill in Trinidad and Tobago
CARACAS (AP) — says an oil spill that originated in Trinidad and Tobago, two islands just off its coast, had caused serious environmental damage along the coastlines of at least two of its states and in a gulf area near the Caribbean nation.
The extent of the spill was disputed Sunday by the government of , which said only 10 barrels were spilled and it was contained the same day it was detected May 1.
Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry said late Saturday in a letter addressed to the international community that initial
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ bests ‘Mortal Kombat II’ at the box office
In a box office battle of the sequels, had the slight edge over “Mortal Kombat II” in North American theaters this weekend. According to studio estimates Sunday, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” earned a chart topping $43 million in its second weekend, while “Mortal Kombat II” took in $40 million in its first.
This weekend had wide variety of newcomers playing in wide release, including the family-friendly whodunnit and a James Cameron co-directed .
But it was the holdover that
Saudi oil giant Aramco sees Q1 profits rise 25% by shifting exports to its East-West Pipeline
, the world’s largest oil company, said Sunday its first quarter profit jumped 25% as it shifted some oil exports to a pipeline to avoid the , which has been disrupted by .
Aramco President and CEO Amin Nasser said the company’s East-West Pipeline, which runs across Saudi Arabia from its Eastern oil fields to the Red Sea, is now operating at its maximum capacity of 7 million barrels of oil per day. Nasser said the pipeline is “helping to mitigate the impact of a global energy
Russia accuses Ukraine of violating U.S.-brokered three-day truce
Russia accused Kyiv of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Sunday, while Ukrainian officials said that one person had been killed and more injured by Russian in the past 24 hours.
Two people were injured by Ukrainian shelling in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson region, the area’s Moscow-installed leader Vladimir Saldo said.
Separately, Russia’s Ministry of Defense accused Kyiv of committing more than 1,000 ceasefire violations, state media reported, citing a daily briefing
Bill to help authorities probe online activities raises widespread privacy fears
OTTAWA — A Liberal government bill that would make it easier for police and spies to navigate the online world is running into fierce opposition from major digital companies, civil liberties groups and law professors who say it would open the door to serious privacy infringements.
The government says the bill — “An Act respecting lawful access” — will ensure law enforcement agencies have the legal tools to prevent, investigate and respond to modern crime and protect Canadians in a manner consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Opponents argue the legislation unnecessarily
Baltic, Nordic officials urge Canadians to learn from the Russian threats they face
OTTAWA — European officials are warning that Russia’s meddling in the Baltic Sea is likely a preview of tactics Moscow could someday deploy in Canada’s High North.
A recent panel discussion in Ottawa hosted by the Polish embassy touched on how Estonia, Poland and Nordic countries like Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark are responding to Russian threats that emerge from the sky, sea and online.
Polish Ambassador Witold Dzielski gave the example of an explosion last November on a rail line used to transport military goods to Ukraine, which
Help wanted: Workforce planning key for northern infrastructure, military projects
Canada’s North has an outsized presence on the list of infrastructure proposals referred to the federal major projects office so far, all while Ottawa looks to spend big on bolstering the country’s military presence in the Arctic.
The scale of the work ahead is “enormous,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said at a news conference in Yellowknife in March to announce more than $35 billion on forward operating locations and other military investments in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.
“So there’s a need to
Canadians on virus-stricken ship set to disembark
Passengers who were stuck on board a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak have disembarked in Tenerife and are on a plane en route to Canada.
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Iran responds to US ceasefire proposal but Trump rejects it as ‘unacceptable’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sent its response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the via Pakistani mediators on Sunday, but U.S. President Donald Trump quickly rejected it in a social media post as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” — the latest setback to efforts to resolve the that has throttled shipping and sent energy prices soaring.
Iranian state television reported that Tehran rejected the U.S. proposal as amounting to surrender, insisting instead on “war reparations by the U.S