An international panel of experts is classifying the radiation from cellphones as “possibly carcinogenic” to humans. After reviewing dozens of published studies on the matter, the International Agency for Research on Cancer placed cellphone radiation in the category of 2B: “possibly carcinogenic.” Other substances the cancer agency of the World Health Organization has placed in [...]
Canada Post and its postal workers appear far apart on substantive labour and compensation issues only three days before a strike could be in full effect. The union representing the postal workers has submitted its final offer to the Crown corporation and is in a legal position to strike as of Thursday night. If a [...]
Conrad Black says he will keep fighting for his freedom after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from the former media mogul challenging his two remaining convictions on fraud and obstruction of justice. “That court almost never takes a case back and so its decision was expected,” Black said in an email [...]
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Three IKEA stores in the Netherlands, France and Belgium have been hit by firework attacks. No injuries have been reported and the stores are reopening as scheduled on Tuesday. Police in Son en Breugel, near Eindhoven, Netherlands, said Tuesday an explosion destroyed a trash can shortly before the store was due to [...]
Winnipeg is one step closer to its NHL return today, after True North Sports and Entertainment announced an agreement to purchase the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers. It’s not a done deal, however, as the league must approve the sale and move of the yet-to-be-named team first. At a press conference in Winnipeg’s MTS Centre Tuesday, True [...]
TRIPOLI – Libya Tuesday accused NATO of killing 718 civilians and wounding 4,067 in 10 weeks of air strikes, as African efforts for a truce stalled and Italy said Moamer Kadhafi’s regime is “finished.” The toll of dead and injured was given at a news conference in Tripoli by government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim, who also [...]
SANAA, Yemen – Islamist militants who overran a southern town killed five soldiers in an ambush Tuesday while fresh clashes erupted between government forces and fighters loyal to the country’s top tribal leader. The violence pushed Yemen closer to the edge of a civil war. Nearly four months of mass protests calling for democratic reforms [...]
TRIPOLI – Muammar Gaddafi is emphatic he will not leave Libya, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday after talks with the Libyan leader that left prospects for a negotiated end to the conflict looking dim. But new questions emerged over how long Gaddafi could hold on after a senior U.N. aid official said [...]
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