Miguel Uribe Turbay, the rightwing Colombian presidential candidate who was shot at a campaign rally, has reportedly shown little response to medical interventions and needs “a miracle” to survive, his wife said on Monday. The update on his condition comes as a judge confirmed the arrest of the 15-year-old suspect, after the prosecutor’s office submitted…
South Sudan has criticised the revoking of US visas for all its nationals, saying it was based on an incident involving a citizen of a different African country. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the visa ban on Saturday, citing South Sudan’s refusal to accept the return of its citizens being removed from the…
The thorny topic of MPs’ pay and funding will be debated by randomly selected members of the public at a new citizens’ forum, as parliament’s watchdog said it was launching an “open and honest conversation” about what democracy is worth. Invitations are being sent out by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), which this year…
Tyrese Haliburton made a go-ahead 3-pointer midway through the fourth quarter that sparked a decisive burst for the Indiana Pacers, who stunned the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers 121-112 on Sunday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Haliburton finished with 22 points and 13 assists, and he also made key plays on the defensive…
Donald Trump has said he will “most likely” will give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a ban that is due to take effect on Sunday, on the eve of his swearing-in as the 47th US president. Trump told NBC News an announcement on the matter would probably come on Monday once he takes office. It…
The Trump administration has replaced Covid.gov – a website that once provided Americans with access to information about free tests, vaccines, treatment and secondary conditions such as long Covid – with a treatise on the “lab leak” theory. The site includes intense criticism of Dr Anthony Fauci, who helmed national Covid policies under Donald Trump…
Leaders of both major parties have been spotted making stops in Saskatoon, ahead of the election.
Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-high 39 points, and the Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks, 114-109, on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Myles Turner added 16 points and Tyrese Haliburton had 14 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds for the Pacers, who head home halfway to their…
Mark Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of “pirated” versions of copyright-protected books to train the company’s artificial intelligence models, a group of authors has alleged in a US court filing. Citing internal Meta communications, the filing claims that the social network company’s chief executive backed the use of the LibGen dataset, a vast online archive of…
A Marks & Spencer Group Plc (M&S) store in Kingston-upon-Thames, UK. Bloomberg | Getty Images British retailer Marks & Spencer said Wednesday that a recent cyberattack, which left food shelves bare and brought online sales to a standstill, will wipe out almost one-third in its annual profits. The company, known for its clothing, homeware and…
