(SQUAMISH, British Columbia) -- Ukrainian Plast, the country's largest scouting organization, is becoming another center of gravity for Ukrainian families who fled the Russian war against their homeland.Maria, 9, and her family were forced to relocate to Canada from Ukraine in 2022, several weeks after Russian armed forces invaded the…
(NEW YORK) -- Beryl has weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall earlier Friday in Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane.The storm has maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, as tropical storm conditions continue over portions of the northern Yucatan Peninsula, according to the National Hurricane Center.Beryl was packing…
(LONDON) -- A change election in the United Kingdom has taken place as the center-left Labour Party won a huge landslide, putting a crushing end to the 14-year rule of the Conservative Party, which suffered a record devastating defeat -- perhaps the worst in its history.Voters have inflicted a historic…
(LONDON) -- Polls opened Friday in Iran for the run-off presidential election as none of the four candidates won more than 50% of the votes in the first round on June 28.Lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist, and former nuclear negotiator for Iran, Saeed Jalili, a conservative, found their way to…
(LONDON) -- For 50 weeks a year, the southwest London borough of Merton is regarded by many Londoners as an almost-sleepy area of the hulking capital city that offers peaceful open spaces and – often expensive – family-friendly housing to just 200,000 of London’s estimated 9 million residents.But when more…
(LONDON) -- After 14 years in power with five consecutive prime ministers, the Associated Press' exit poll suggests the U.K.'s Conservative Party has been voted out of power on Thursday, ceding control to Labour, a center-left party that had run on a platform calling for "change."The results were widely expected,…
(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Beryl is slamming Jamaica with life-threatening impacts.As of Wednesday evening, Beryl remains at Category 4 criteria, with winds now at 130 mph as it starts its push away from Jamaica, still passing near the southwest corner of the island.Beryl is expected to continue weakening as it…
(LONDON) -- The remains of a missing 12-year-old girl in Australia have been found after she was attacked and taken by a crocodile while swimming in a creek, police said.The incident took place on Tuesday evening at about 5:30 p.m. local time in the remote community of Palumpa -- approximately…
(LONDON) -- An ant species can amputate each other's legs and can also determine whether it is needed depending on the location of the wound, a new study finds.Ants are territorial and can get into rough encounters with rival colonies which can lead to injuries, according to scientists. But Florida…
(LONDON) -- On the Fourth of July, Americans across the country will be taking much of the day to relax and take a break with family. But in the UK it's Election Day.The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scheduled elections for the Fourth of July and it's shaping up to…
