Politics

BRISTOL, Pa. – The presidential debate this week was the final affront to Rosie Torres’ lifelong Republicanism. She said her allegiance to Donald Trump, already strained by his stand on abortion, snapped in the former U.S. president’s “eye opener” encounter with Kamala Harris. It’s time to put “country before party,” Torres, 60, said Wednesday in Bristol, a riverfront town in suburban …

VIENNA, Austria –  Austrian security forces carried out raids against 72 alleged Islamic extremists this week ahead of the 23th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, citing the potential for copycat violence on the date of the plane hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people. The raids occurred across the European country on Tuesday, before Wednesday’s anniversary, because …

https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.666.0_en.html#goog_883388734 PARIS –  Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is getting its bells back, just in time for the medieval landmark’s reopening following a devastating 2019 fire. A convoy of trucks bearing eight restored bells — the heaviest of which weighs more than 4 tons — pulled into the huge worksite surrounding the monument Thursday on an island in the Seine …

WARSAW –  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a three-nation, Ukraine-focused European tour in Poland after hearing repeated appeals from Ukrainian officials to use western-supplied weaponry for long-range strikes inside Russia. Blinken travelled to Warsaw on Thursday after spending a day in Kyiv with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy during which they pledged to bring the Ukrainian …

https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.666.0_en.html#goog_1990095012 KYIV – After spending years in what she described as “boring, sedentary” roles in the offices of several Ukrainian companies, Liliia Shulha landed her dream job as a truck driver with Ukraine’s leading retailer, Fozzy Group. “I always dreamed about big cars. Instead of (playing with) dolls, I drove cars when I was a child,” she told Reuters. “Now …

SEOUL, South Korea –  North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to put his nuclear force fully ready for battle with its rivals. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the missiles launched from North Korea’s capital flying 360 kilometres …

LIMA, Peru –  Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died. He was 86. He had been pardoned in December from his convictions for corruption and responsibility for the murder of 25 people. His daughter …

https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.666.0_en.html#goog_1841932828 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –  A billionaire stepped out for the first private spacewalk Thursday, teaming up with SpaceX on the daring endeavour hundreds of miles above Earth. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and his crew waited until their capsule was depressurized before popping open the hatch. Isaacman emerged first, joining a small elite group of spacewalkers who until now had …

https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.666.0_en.html#goog_688359348 As contract negotiations continue, passengers face potential headaches from cancelled flights and trip disruptions as early as Sunday. While Air Canada has shared advice for travellers ahead of a possible pilots strike, an airline passenger rights advocate has more tips for Canadians who may be affected. Gabor Lukacs, president of Air Passenger Rights, an independent non-profit advocacy group in …

Police said 76-year-old Juan Bernal has been charged with misdemeanor assault. A hate crime investigation has been opened in the alleged attack on the owner of a New York City clothing boutique who says a confrontation erupted last month over a large poster of Vice President Kamala Harris displayed in her window and led to the arrest of a 76-year-old suspect, authorities …