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Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo has been arrested after he was removed from office by the Congress in an impeachment trial. Left-wing leader Castillo announced on Wednesday that he was dissolving the Congress, introducing a curfew and using emergency powers to call new elections. The move was condemned by the constitutional court as a “coup d’etat” and legislators soon gathered and overwhelmingly voted in favour of removing Castillo. The former president was later arrested and accused of the crimes of “rebellion” and “conspiracy” for breaking the constitutional order. Hours after the impeachment, Vice President Dina Boluarte was sworn in as…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle surprised the British public — and multiple royal relatives, apparently — by announcing in January 2020 that they intended to “step back” from their duties as senior members of the royal family. “After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution,” they wrote in an Instagram statement released on Wednesday. “We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty…

Abraham Caro Marin/AP/Shutterstock   Update: 12/8/22, 9 p.m. ET A rep for Carter denied Ruth’s allegations in a statement to Us Weekly.  “This claim about an incident that supposedly took place more than 20 years ago is not only legally meritless but also entirely untrue,” the rep’s statement read on Thursday. “Unfortunately, for several years now, Ms. Ruth has been manipulated into making false allegations about Nick – and those allegations have changed repeatedly and materially over time. No one should be fooled by a press stunt orchestrated by an opportunistic lawyer – there is nothing to this claim whatsoever,…

A big-name Vancouver architecture firm has signed on to work on the design of the planned Greater Vernon Cultural Centre. Revery Architecture hopes to transform the site, a downtown Vernon, B.C. parking lot, into a community meeting place at the city’s heart.Picking a design company is a big step forward for the long-planned project that had previously stalled.“Revery Architecture is an amazing architectural firm that we are very excited [to have] them here because they are world-renowned,” said Amanda Shatzko, vice-chair of the Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) board. Revery’s previous work includes major projects like the University of…

A Georgia man is accused of killing his ex-wife’s divorce attorney and setting his office building on fire.The Lawrenceville Police Department arrived to a fire on Stone Mountain Street around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday night. After crews put out the fire, they found the body of attorney Douglas Lewis inside the building.Officials say they saw a man walking away from the scene with burn injuries, and found a pistol among the ashes.ILLINOIS BROTHERS CHARGED AFTER ROBBING MORE THAN $1 MILLION FROM ARMORED TRUCK, ATM NEAR CHICAGO: PROSECUTORS “The suspect that was detained actually had injuries that were consistent with being…

China reported 21,165 new local COVID-19 infections on Dec 7, down from the previous day and below a peak of 40,052 local cases on Nov 27. Cases have been trending lower recently as authorities across the country dropped testing requirements. China and Hong Kong stocks lifted Asian equity markets on Thursday, as these still cautious steps towards reopening were seen giving the world’s second-largest economy a chance to regather momentum. Macau casino operators in part led the rally, finishing up 12.2 per cent, sending their quarterly gain to 46.5 per cent. China’s yuan, which has also recovered some ground against…

As cost-of-living pressures continue to rise, Salvation Army’s Major Bruce Hamer says it is “alarming” many families are going into debt to pay for Christmas. “Many people are going to find themselves in a hole that’s simply too deep for them to climb out and they’re going to need our support right through the new year,” Mr Hamer said. “We believe again that the Australia public will respond our call for support this Christmas.” Source: Sky News

Bari Weiss, the founder and editor of The Free Press posted part two of the Twitter Files on Thursday night, titling the post “Twitter’s Secret Blacklists,” which filtered visibility of content from users.MUSK REVEALED EXTENT OF HUNTER BIDEN CENSORSHIP BY RELEASING TWITTER FILES”Twitter once had a mission “to give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers,” Weiss tweeted. “Along the way, barriers nevertheless were erected.”She said Stanford’s Dr. Jay Bhattacharya argued that COVID lockdowns would harm children, and as a result, Twitter “secretly” put him on a “Trends Blacklist,” preventing his tweets from trending. Bhattacharya…

A $16.5 M grant from the federal government is welcome news to municipal politicians in Loyalist township. The money will be used to refurbish the aging pool at the W.J. Henderson recreation centre in Amherstview.“It’s going to be a new eight-lane, 25-metre pool with a new public area, the seating area and amenities to go with it as well,” Loyalist Township mayor Jim Hegadorn told Global Kingston.The township was forced to close the pool last spring due to a lengthy list of issues that ultimately led to the pool being deemed structurally unsafe. “Once it was removed from service, it…

Mayor Eric Adams again decried the mob of rodents having the run of the city’s streets — as he defended failing to tackle an infestation so close to home it was literally in his Brooklyn building and resulted in a hefty fine. “Upper East Side, Upper West Side, rats are everywhere,” Adams told reporters, when asked if the rat czar City Hall is seeking to hire might pay a visit to his four-building brownstone in Bedford-Stuyvesant. “I hate rats as you know, I’m scared of them and when I see one I think about it all day. So, I am…