Qatar, a top gas producer, says shipments affected by Houthi assaults as vessel attacked off Yemen
JERUSALEM (AP) — Two American-flagged ships carrying cargo for the U.S. Defense and State departments came under attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday, officials said, with the U.S. Navy intercepting some of the incoming fire.
The attacks on the container ships Maersk Detroit and Maersk Chesapeake further raise the stakes of the group’s ongoing attacks on shipping through the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The U.S. and the United Kingdom have launched seeking to stop the attacks
How hard is it to right a wrongful conviction in Canada?
In today’s Big Story Podcast, you would expect that advances in forensics and genetic technology would lead to fewer and fewer wrongful convictions. The truth is that we have no idea how many people are in prison for crimes they didn’t commit — we only know that we keep finding them.
Kelly Lauzon is PhD student in the department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University and cohost of the podcast . She explained even if people know they’ve been wrongfully convicted, the appeal process is so arduous that
Wolves at a Dutch national park can be shot with paintball guns to scare them off, a court has ruled
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court ruled Wednesday that authorities can use paintball guns to shoot at wolves in a popular national park to scare them after at least one of the animals began approaching human visitors.
The decision was a victory for the eastern province of Gelderland, that has sought to frighten the wild wolves using paintball guns. Wolves are protected in the Netherlands and can’t be hunted.
A wildlife protection organization that opposes the plan said that it would appeal the ruling.
Two centuries after wolves
Fog advisory issued as Toronto enters mild, rainy stretch
It’s a foggy start to Wednesday as the GTA settles into a relatively mild stretch of weather expected to bring significant rain over the next few days.
A fog advisory is in place for Toronto and the western and northern parts of the GTA with Environment Canada warning of dense fog and reduced visibility throughout the morning.
“Visibility may be significantly and suddenly reduced to near zero,” says the weather agency. “If visibility is reduced while driving, turn on your lights and maintain a safe following distance.”
Restaurant company MTY Food Group raising quarterly dividend 12%
MONTREAL — MTY Food Group Inc. says it is raising its quarterly dividend by 12 per cent.
The restaurant franchisor and operator says it will now pay shareholders a quarterly dividend of 28 cents per share, up from 25 cents per share.
The increase comes after MTY chief executive Eric Lefebvre says the company posted record results in the first nine months of 2023.
Lefebvre says acquisitions of Wetzel Pretzel’s and Sauce Pizza and Wine in the first quarter of 2023 as well as
Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. January 21, 2024.
Editorial: Start negotiating
Earlier this session it appeared the Wisconsin Legislature had come around on the concept of medical marijuana. It’s something that is overwhelmingly favored by Wisconsin residents, and the public support isn’t fading.
Legislative support? That may be a different question. Now we have a standoff between Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu.
Vos supports a proposal he said was the result of “months and months of
Ford to recall nearly 1.9 million Explorer SUVs to secure trim pieces that can fly off in traffic
DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling nearly 1.9 million Explorer SUVs in the U.S. because a trim piece can fly off and create a hazard for other drivers.
The recall covers Explorers from the 2011 through 2019 model years.
Documents posted Wednesday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say that clips holding the trim that covers the roof supports close to the windshield can come loose.
If that happens, the trim piece can fly off and increase the
Visa enters F1 with Red Bull, rebrands AlphaTauri with wordy new team name
Visa will enter Formula One this year with Red Bull Racing in its first new global sports sponsorship agreement in 15 years.
Visa has taken over the title sponsorship of Red Bull’s second team, which has been called Scuderia AlphaTauri since 2020 when Red Bull put its fashion label on its two junior cars. The team said Wednesday it will be called Visa Cash App RB F1 Team when Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda start the season.
The rebrand is the second one in F1 ahead of this
A Libyan delegation reopens talks in Lebanon on missing cleric, release of Gadhafi’s detained son
BEIRUT (AP) — A Libyan delegation visited Beirut this week to reopen talks with Lebanese officials on the fate of a prominent Lebanese cleric who has been missing in Libya for decades, and on the who has been held in Lebanon for years, officials said.
The talks were aimed at reactivating a dormant agreement between Lebanon and Libya, struck in 2014, for cooperation in the probe of the 1978 disappearance of Shiite cleric Moussa al-Sadr, judicial and security officials said.
The fate of
How to book a unique all-inclusive vacation that’s not terrible
All-inclusive vacations can conjure images of food under heat lamps, too many poolside piña coladas, and being trapped on resort grounds. But sun-soaked packages are not the only type of all-inclusives.
Sure, sprawling mega-resorts exist — and their numbers are growing. All-Inclusive by Marriott Bonvoy has spent the last couple of years building a portfolio of nearly three dozen all-inclusive hotels worldwide, mostly in Mexico and the Caribbean. One of the most highly anticipated is the Marriott Cancun