Looking to rent in Edmonton? Don’t fall for this scam property, police warn – Edmonton

Descrease article font size Increase article font size With more and more people moving to Alberta, Edmonton has a hot real estate and rental market. However, police are warning would-be tenants to do their due diligence after several people interested in a home on the north side were scammed out of their money. The Edmonton … Read more

Albanese tight-lipped amid calls for answers over foreign interference claims

The prime minister is being urged to divulge more information about the potential of foreign actors paying local criminals to carry out antisemitic attacks in Australia. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Reece Kershaw briefed state and territory leaders virtually at a meeting of the National Cabinet on Tuesday over efforts to stamp out a … Read more

California attorney general charges L.A.-area landlord with price gouging in wake of wildfires

A real estate agent in La Cañada Flintridge is facing criminal charges for allegedly raising the price of his rental property by 38% after the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said Wednesday. “May this announcement serve as a stern warning to those who would seek to further victimize those who … Read more

Joe Biden’s letter to Donald Trump left in Oval Office revealed by Fox News

A letter from former President Joe Biden to President Donald Trump, left in the Oval Office, has been exposed, revealing Mr Biden’s parting words to his successor. Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy obtained the letter left by the former president, reading it aloud to viewers on air. Depearting presidents leaving letters for their predecessors has … Read more

How Donald Trump’s withdrawal from WHO could impact global health

In one of his first official acts as president of the United States, Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). The withdrawal will take effect in 12 months, once the United Nations (UN) has been formally notified. The US is the global health agency’s biggest donor and contributes … Read more

Senate Democrats Block G.O.P. Effort to Criminalize Some Abortion Providers

Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-written bill on Wednesday that could subject some doctors who perform abortions to criminal penalties, thwarting the G.O.P.’s first attempt to restrict reproductive rights since the party has secured its governing trifecta. With Democrats unanimously opposed, the measure stalled in the Senate on a party-line vote of 52 to 47, falling … Read more

Prime minister to attend events marking 80 years since liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will fly to Poland next week for events marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Trudeau’s office says he’ll be travelling Sunday to Tuesday and visiting the site of the Nazi regime’s largest camp, where more than one million people were murdered during the Holocaust. He will … Read more