Famed for its sandy beaches, timeworn temples and Unesco-listed rice terraces, the Indonesian island of Bali has developed a less desirable reputation of late – for rubbish. Now the authorities are considering introducing a tourist tax to help tackle the rising tide of waste. According to the Bali Environment Agency, the island produces 3,800 tons of…
It was pure coincidence that both meetings happened on the same day. Fourteen participants in Ontario’s basic income pilot project met Aug. 8 at a business incubator in the south end of Thunder Bay after the Progressive Conservative government announced it would wind the program down early. They had been receiving cheques from the province…
Henri d’Orléans never achieved his goal of ascending the throne of France, but the presence of Prince Albert of Monaco and other royals lent his funeral the solemn pomp of a state occasion. Queen Sofia of Spain, the mother of King Felipe VI, Crown Prince Moulay Hassan of Morocco and a host of European aristocrats paid their respects to Henri,…
VICTORIA — A Vancouver businessman banned for life from entering the United States over his investments in American marijuana companies says he plans to seek a waiver that permits him to cross the border. Canadian Sam Znaimer said he was recently denied entry at a Washington state border crossing by officials who said his investments…
Malta has reached a deal with other EU member states to allow 49 migrants aboard two rescue ships off the coast of the island nation to disembark, Joseph Muscat, the prime minister, said Wednesday. "An ad hoc agreement has been reached," Mr Muscat told journalists, adding that it also included a decision on the fate of 249…
OK, so is there actually anything Tessa Virtue can’t do? She’s a gold medal ice dancing champion (and the most decorated figure skater in Olympics history, alongside her skating partner Scott Moir), which, honestly, is enough. We could stop here and we’d all be suitably impressed. But we won’t, because since the Olympics Virtue has…
A Swiss MP has accused the Turkish government of passing off olive oil plundered from Syria as Turkish in order to sell it in European Union countries, including Spain. Bernhard Guhl of Switzerland’s Conservative Democratic Party has alerted the Swiss government to the possibility of olive oil seized as loot from the conflict in Syria entering…
So much for the honeymoon! Just three days after they got married, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are back at work. On Tuesday, the newly minted Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace to celebrate Prince Charles’ forthcoming 70th birthday. This will be the newlyweds’ first royal public engagement since…
Italian police have arrested the French flight instructor who survived a deadly mid-air collision that killed seven people in Italy’s Val d’Aosta region on Friday. Prosecutors believe Philippe Michel, 63, was on a training flight with two passengers and attempting to land on the Rutor glacier when their ultralight aircraft collided with a helicopter, which was…
Craig McLachlan, the former Neighbours star, has been charged with multiple counts of indecent assault, believed to be connected to his role in an Australian stage production of The Rocky Horror Show. Police in the state of Victoria said detectives from a sexual offences and child abuse investigation team had charged a 53-year-old man from New South…