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A 24-year-old Kingston man is facing charges after several downtown homes were broken into and stolen from. Kingston police were called to a downtown home that was not in the university district on Jan. 17 around 12:40 a.m. after the occupants woke upon hearing someone inside their home. According to police, when the residents woke up, they saw a man […]
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The rapidly changing circumstances for Isabel dos Santos, widely known as “Africa’s richest woman,” is evident by her absence at the the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Instead of hobnobbing with world leaders in Davos, she is confronted with calls for her to be investigated for criminal corruption and is hotly defending herself on Twitter. Forum organizers said the participation […]
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More than 70 prisoners, including members of Brazil’s most powerful gang, have escaped from a jail in Paraguay after digging a tunnel. Cells filled with as many as 200 bags of earth were found as the government claimed some prison officials were believed to have known about the operation in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero. The facility’s director was […]
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The amount of unpaid property taxes that oil and gas companies owe Alberta rural municipalities has more than doubled over the last year, a trend some are calling a tax revolt. Rural Municipalities Alberta said Monday that a survey of its members shows that they are owed a total of $173 million —a 114 per cent increase since a similar survey was […]
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Authorities in Ivory Coast have evicted tens of thousands of people living near the country’s main airport in response to the death of a 14-year-old boy in the undercarriage of a plane earlier this month. The boy, Laurent Barthelemy, is believed to have snuck into Abidjan airport through the shantytown along the perimeter before jumping a fence. […]
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A Chinese theme park came under fire recently after forcing a 165-pound pig to bungee jump before being slaughtered on Saturday. Video footage of the disturbing incident at Mexin Red Wine Town theme park was shared widely across Weibo on Sunday, a Chinese website similar to Twitter. There was much outrage. In the video, the massive pig, tied to a […]
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CHILLING footage shows Chinese medics in hazmat suits scanning plane passengers for symptoms of a deadly new virus, it has been reported. Coronavirus, which can lead to a life-threatening form of pneumonia and can be passed between humans, is sweeping across China with at least 217 people already infected. However, there are fears the official figures are downplaying the spread […]
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Now that icy weather has come to Kingston in full force — temperatures are set to dip to nearly minus 20 Celsius on Monday night — the city has opened an overnight warming centre for those who need shelter from cold. The facility, located at 235 Wellington St. below GoodLife Fitness and next to H’art Centre, is open all week […]
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A PETRIFIED parent believes the Frozen toy her daughter was gifted for Christmas is haunted – it wouldn't let the family go even after being thrown away. Emily Madonia claims the Elsa doll she first bought her daughter Aurelia in 2013 kept finding its way back into their home in Texas despite her husband throwing the toy in the garbage […]
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido will come to Brussels on Wednesday to hold talks with the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Borrell told a news conference. Recognized as Venezuela’s president by more than 50 countries including the United States and most European Union members, Guaido has already defied a travel ban by going on Sunday […]
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