Saturday's headlines: Canterbury man arrested in MA bank robbery, Small Business Saturday
Omar Johnson, of Canterbury, was arrested in Connecticut after allegedly robbing a bank in Martha's Vineyard.
Omar Johnson, of Canterbury, was arrested in Connecticut after allegedly robbing a bank in Martha's Vineyard.
A train derailed in an Ohio town near the Pennsylvania border and caused a large fire followed by orders for area residents to evacuate their homes Friday night, reports said. A post on the East Palestine, Ohio, city Facebook page around 11 p.m. said an evacuation order had been issued for an area 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) from the James Street crossing, with shelter available at East Palestine High School. A previous post by the city shortly before 10 p.m. told residents in the area to shelter in place.
Comparisons have been made over how gendered violence is shown across different artforms.
Louise Cunningham asks people to keep open mind as search for missing 45-year-old enters ninth day
The United States warned Turkey in recent days about the export to Russia of chemicals, microchips and other products that can be used in Moscow's war effort in Ukraine, and it could move to enforce existing bans, according to a senior U.S. official. Brian Nelson, the U.S. Treasury Department's top sanctions official, visited Turkish government and private sector officials on Thursday and Friday to urge more cooperation in disrupting the flow of such goods. In the meetings in Ankara and Istanbul, Nelson and a delegation highlighted tens of millions of dollars of exports to Russia that raised concerns, the official said, requesting anonymity to discuss the talks.
Pope Francis sought Saturday to console the long-suffering people of South Sudan as he opened his first full day in a country beset by conflict, poverty and humanitarian crises, encouraging priests and nuns to serve their flocks by joining in their tears. After arriving in the world’s newest country on the first-ever papal visit Friday, Francis was spending Saturday ministering first to church personnel and then to South Sudanese who have been forced by fighting, flooding and other crises to leave their homes. Francis was highlighting in particular the plight of South Sudanese women, half of whom are married before age 18, are subject to rampant sexual violence and then face the world’s highest maternal mortality rate.
The UK Health Security Agency have warned that a cold snap could have ‘serious consequences’ for health
Japan's government will begin restricting exports of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China in Spring after it amends a foreign exchange law to allow the change, Kyodo News reported on Saturday. The new regulation will not mention China specifically in a bid to reduce the risk of retaliation by Beijing, the report said, without saying where it obtained the information. Japan and the Netherlands have agreed to join the United States in halting shipments of semiconductor manufacturing equipment produced by the likes of Nikon Corp and ASML Holdings in a bid to stop China developing and advanced chips that could be used to enhance its military power, sources told Reuters, confirming earlier media reports.
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The Met Police has appealed for information following the incident
The former City defender may follow the path of other new signings by starting among the substitutes.
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The war is a battle with Putin’s Russia, and a life plagued by darkness, says Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov
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Colin Williams, associate principal trombone for the New York Philharmonic, compares the sound of Geffen Hall at the Lincoln Center before and after the revamp.
While growing up in the small, French-speaking town of Rouyn-Noranda in Quebec, Zach Zoya didn't have access to a lot of hip hop music. The artist, whose first language is French but who performs in English, says his sisters introduced him to a new sound as a teen. "That's when I got my first taste of hip hop: the first Kanyes, the first Drakes, the first 50 Cents," he told CBC News. Zoya is part of a fledgling anglophone hip hop and rap scene in Quebec, parallel to the province's signature rap
Keylor Navas has lifted more European trophies than his new club Nottingham Forest, and his arrival this week stunned football fans around the world.
Standing on the steps of Goodwood House, the Duke of Richmond is photographed amidst a circle of poodles in anticipation of this year's 'Goodwoof' event.
TORONTO — Marit Stiles is expected to be confirmed as the new leader of the Ontario NDP today. Stiles, who has been a New Democrat member of provincial parliament since 2018, was the only person to run for the leadership. The party is set to officially announce her as its new leader at an event today in downtown Toronto. Stiles represents the Toronto riding of Davenport, served for years as the party's education critic, and has previously been a school trustee and president of the federal NDP. S