ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Canada’s premiers reached a deal Friday on a national energy strategy that supports both project development and the need to act on climate change, ending days of bickering over finding a balance between economic growth and environmental protection. A communique released after the premiers met inRead More

Toronto– An Air Transat flight that was en-route to Toronto from Rome was diverted to Dublin on Friday morning after smoke was detected in the cabin. According to a spokesperson with the airline, Air Transat Flight 315 landed safely in Dublin “for a precautionary technical verification” after traces of smokeRead More

TORONTO — Suspending a single provision of the Conservative government’s new voter law with a federal election only months away at most is just too risky, an Ontario judge ruled Friday. In his 25-page decision, Superior Court Justice David Stinson refused to grant an injunction against the provision that stripsRead More

OTTAWA — The Canadian consumer price index was up 1.0 per cent in June compared with a year ago as higher prices for food and shelter were offset in part by lower gasoline prices, Statistics Canada said Friday. The increase was in line with economist expectations, according to Thomson Reuters.Read More

NAIROBI: US President Barack Obama won’t be visiting his Kenyan relatives in their home village in the west of the country during his trip to Kenya later this month, the US ambassador said. ‘I can confirm that unfortunately President Barack Obama will not travel to Kogelo during his visit toRead More

DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a rare public appearance on today for holiday prayers at a Damascus mosque, state media reported. Assad attended morning prayers at the Al-Hamad mosque in northwest Damascus on Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, the SANARead More

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel told the German parliament today that the deal for a third Greek bailout was hard for all sides but the last chance to resolve the crisis. Merkel was seeking to convince lawmakers that official talks should resume between EU-IMF creditors and Greece, based on a toughRead More

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today ordered a complete review of plans for Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic stadium amid growing public anger over its $2-billion price tag. “I have decided we need a full review of the plans and must go back to the drawing board,” Abe told reporters afterRead More

KIEV: President Petro Poroshenko called it a ‘moral duty’ today to punish the ‘murderers’ who killed 298 people by downing Flight MH17 over rebel-held eastern Ukraine one year ago. “Our moral duty to honour the memory of the fallen ones is to ensure a fair punishment for those guilty inRead More

GRABOVE, UKRAINE: Around 200 Ukrainian villagers gathered Friday on a field that was cleared of the scattered charred remains and personal belongings of 298 people killed aboard Flight MH17 one year ago. The locals nearly all of them bused in by pro-Russian separatists who control parts of eastern Ukraine wavedRead More