Category Archives: Entertainment
Pope book backs George Floyd protests, blasts virus skeptic
ROME — Pope Francis is supporting demands for racial justice in the wake of the U.S. police killing of George Floyd and is blasting COVID-19 skeptics and media organizations that spread their conspiracies in a new book penned during the
Angst around French language boils over in Quebec, as politicians warn of ‘decline’
MONTREAL — Perennial anxieties around the state of the French language in Quebec have boiled over in the past week, with politicians seizing on a Liberal legislator's initial brush-off of the issue as evidence of indifference to a crisis. Outside of
Trump-friendly Newsmax a sudden competitor to Fox News
NEW YORK — Now that his largely invisible network has suddenly been flooded by fans of President Donald Trump, Newsmax television personality Grant Stinchfield is puffing out his chest. “They don't know what to do with all of us,” Stinchfield said
BBC names ex-judge to lead probe into 1995 Diana interview
LONDON — The BBC’s board of directors has approved the appointment of a retired senior judge to lead an independent investigation into the circumstances around a controversial 1995 TV interview with Princess Diana, the broadcaster said Wednesday. The a...
Winning design announced for N.S. art gallery to be built on Halifax waterfront
HALIFAX — The winning design for Nova Scotia’s new art gallery has been revealed. The new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is slated to cover 13,000 square metres on Halifax’s waterfront, nearly doubling the space of the gallery’s current downtown home,
Bloc to promote bill on French-language proficiency for new citizens
OTTAWA — The Bloc Québécois will get to debate a bill Thursday that would require anyone applying for Canadian citizenship in Quebec to demonstrate functional proficiency in French. Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet says that familiarity with the offi...
Weinstein accusers endorse Manhattan DA candidate Lucy Lang
NEW YORK — A group of women who say they were victimized by Harvey Weinstein, including one who testified at his trial, have endorsed former prosecutor Lucy Lang to replace the Manhattan district attorney who put the movie mogul behind
Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train
PARIS — Head lowered, an Islamic State operative listened silently as a Paris judge on Monday detailed his alleged plot to unleash mass slaughter on a high-speed train before he was tackled and subdued by American vacationers whose heroics inspired
Bound despite Brexit: Prince Charles hails UK-Germany ties
BERLIN — Prince Charles called Sunday for Britain and Germany to remember their long and close ties, reaffirmed by the nations' reconciliation after two world wars, as the U.K. tries to find its place outside — but also alongside —
Bound despite Brexit: Prince Charles hails UK-Germany ties
BERLIN — Prince Charles called Sunday for Britain and Germany to remember their long and close ties, reaffirmed by the nations' reconciliation after two world wars, as the U.K. tries to find its place outside — but also alongside —
