Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the Voice to Parliament debate is the opportunity for national “unity” instead of “division”, following the government’s decision to release information pamphlets detailing the legislation.“If someone has a suggestion, by all means put it forward, I’m up for it,” Mr…

Yanomami Indigenous leaders in Brazil’s Amazon blame illegal gold miners for a health crisis and surge in violence.Brazil has launched raids against illegal gold miners blamed for a humanitarian crisis on the country’s largest Indigenous reservation, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promised to…

Suspected gangs have kidnapped another Haitian journalist as colleagues demanded his release, a government office announced Wednesday.The journalist was identified by the Office of Citizen Protection as Jean Thony Lorthé, who works for Radio Vision 2000.Local media reported that Lorthé was headed to a funeral…

An Olympic gold medallist, former Ontario deputy premier, and London Health Sciences president are among the eight women who will be honoured in May at this year’s YMCA Women of Excellence Gala. Officials with the YMCA of Southwestern Ontario unveiled the eight honourees on Wednesday.…

SYDNEY: The Australian government on Thursday (Feb 9) said it had acknowledged the decision by international prosecutors to suspend their investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over Ukraine in 2014. MH17 was shot down by a Russian BUK missile system as…

Senior U.S. military and national security officials confirmed Wednesday that the Chinese spy balloon shot down off South Carolina’s coastline over the weekend was tied to a major surveillance program run by China’s military.  The program has been largely run out of China’s Hainan Island…