By Chris Wattie and Nichola Saminather ST JOHN’S, Newfoundland/TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada became the first industrialized nation to legalize recreational cannabis on Wednesday, but a lawful buzz will be hard to come by in its biggest cities like Toronto and Vancouver, which will have no stores open. Weed enthusiasts in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada’s easternmost […]
By Phil Noble SYDNEY (Reuters) – Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are expecting their first child in the spring of 2019, around a year after their glittering wedding injected Hollywood glamour into the British royal family. Harry, 34, younger son of heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, married the U.S. television star Meghan Markle in May at […]
TORONTO (Reuters) – As Canadians prepare for the legalization of recreational cannabis this week, 24 students are becoming the first in the country to get formal credentials in growing pot. Canada will become the first industrialized nation to legalize the recreational use of cannabis on Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s […]
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said he would maintain pressure on Saudi Arabia over human rights despite a diplomatic row between the two nations, and brushed off suggestions he had botched ties with Riyadh. In August, Saudi Arabia froze new trade with Canada, expelled envoy Dennis Horak and ordered all […]
By Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) – The five nations in the world’s leading intelligence-sharing network have been exchanging classified information on China’s foreign activities with other like-minded countries since the start of the year, seven officials in four capitals said. The increased cooperation by the Five Eyes alliance – grouping Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand […]
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The deal between Turkey and the United States regarding the northern Syrian town of Manbij is delayed “but not completely dead”, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying by Hurriyet newspaper on Thursday. Turkey and the United States reached a deal in May over Manbij after months of disagreement. Under the deal, […]
TORONTO (Reuters) – Suspended more than a 1,000 feet (300 meters) above downtown Toronto, six new Canadians took the oath of citizenship on Tuesday from the edge of one of the world’s tallest structures. Canadian Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen administered the oath to the new citizens, hailing from six different countries, as they were held […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by telephone on Wednesday about boosting economic development in Mexico and Central America in order to stem illegal migration. The phone call came after Mexico, the United States and Canada agreed on a new trilateral trade deal […]
By Kylie MacLellan BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Sighing at the sight of a queue of hundreds of people that snaked its way around the conference center and out of the door, one Conservative Party member complained: “They should have put him on the main stage”. The hot ticket? Not Prime Minister Theresa May or any […]
