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The Toronto Dominion (TD) bank logo is seen on a building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2017.

TD Bank probe tied to laundering of illicit fentanyl profits, WSJ reports

Reuters |Updated just now |1 min read

(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 ...

Police stand guard near an encampment of protesters supporting Palestinians on the grounds of Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2024.

Pro-Palestinian encampments at US universities

Reuters |Updated just now |2 min read

(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 ...

A hammerhead shark swims close to Wolf Island at Galapagos Marine Reserve August 19, 2013.

Scientists discover possible hammerhead shark nursery in Ecuador's Galapagos

Reuters |Updated 11 minutes ago |1 min read

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 ...

Nigeriens gather in a street to protest against the U.S. military presence, in Niamey, Niger April 13, 2024.

Exclusive-Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says

Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart |Updated 50 minutes ago |3 min read

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.

Scott Sheffield, CEO of Pioneer Resources, speaks during the IHS CERAWeek 2015 energy conference in Houston, Texas April 21, 2015.

US oil executive censure puts spotlight on shale-OPEC meetings

Sabrina Valle |Updated 51 minutes ago |3 min read

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 ...

A child who fled with his parents from attacks of armed militants in the Sahel region watches a woman on a bicycle at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kaya, Burkina Faso November 23, 2020.

Exclusive-US to provide nearly $55 million in humanitarian aid for Burkina Faso

Daphne Psaledakis |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

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 ...

A view shows GlaxoSmithKline headquarters in London, Britain, January 17, 2022.REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

GSK knew about Zantac cancer risk, attorneys tell jury in first trial

Diana Novak Jones |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

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 ...

The Phoenix Reisen Amera is arriving at the St. John's Port Authority on May 5, kicking off this year's cruise ship season. Handout

City of St. John's cruise ship season starts with 900-passenger vessel arrive Sunday, May 5

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read Premium content

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 ...

Illegally dumped garbage is strewn about the ground at the end of White Hills Run in Hammonds Plains on Thursday, May 2, 2024.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

HRM tightening up illegal dumping bylaw

Jen Taplin · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 1 hour ago |5 min read Premium content

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, ...

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Dozens arrested after London protest blocking removal of asylum seekers

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

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, ...

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