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TD Bank probe tied to laundering of illicit fentanyl profits, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - A U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) investigation into TD Bank is focused on how Chinese drug traffickers and crime groups used the Canada's second-largest lender to launder their money from fentanyl sales, the Wall Street Journal ...
Pro-Palestinian encampments at US universities
(Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protests demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from companies linked to Israel have spread across U.S. universities in the two weeks since Columbia University administrators called in police to dismantle an ...
Scientists discover possible hammerhead shark nursery in Ecuador's Galapagos
QUITO (Reuters) - A team of researchers has discovered a potential breeding ground for smooth hammerhead sharks off an island in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago, in what would be a "very rare" sighting, the national park said in a statement on ...
Exclusive-Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger's junta to expel U.S.
US oil executive censure puts spotlight on shale-OPEC meetings
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. regulator's censure of a top U.S. oil executive over private meetings with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) group of oil producers has put a spotlight on dinners attended by ...
Exclusive-US to provide nearly $55 million in humanitarian aid for Burkina Faso
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will provide nearly $55 million to address a dire humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso, U.S. aid chief Samantha Power will announce on Thursday, according to a statement seen by ...
GSK knew about Zantac cancer risk, attorneys tell jury in first trial
By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) - U.S. attorneys for a woman who claims her colon cancer was caused by the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac on Thursday told a jury in Chicago that pharmaceutical companies GSK and Boehringer Ingelheim knew ...
City of St. John's cruise ship season starts with 900-passenger vessel arrive Sunday, May 5
The City of St. John's and the St. John's Port Authority are looking forward to a busy cruise season starting earlier than normal this year in May. On May 5, the first ship — Phoenix Reisen Amera — will bring up to 900 passengers to the province's ...
HRM tightening up illegal dumping bylaw
Investigations of illegal dumping in HRM have more than quadrupled in three years — but that’s a good thing. HRM toughened up the waste bylaw in 2021 by increasing the fines, placing the onus on the offender instead of the property owner to clean up, ...
Dozens arrested after London protest blocking removal of asylum seekers
LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested 45 people on Thursday after a violent protest in London against the transfer of asylum seekers staying in a hotel to a barge off southern England. Dozens of protesters outside the hotel in Peckham, ...