Australian senator apologises for wiping blood on ex-leader’s door after parliament brawl

Australian police are investigating a brawl between a senator and a top aide that left blood on the walls of the Australian parliament. Police and parliamentary authorities are looking into a Tuesday night altercation between 70-year-old Senator Brian Burston and a staffer for populist Senator Pauline Hanson. Mr Burston showed off a cut on his thumb…

Justin Trudeau Says Canada's Strong Credit Rating Should Alleviate Deficit Worries

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians worried about his government’s deficits should look at the country’s strong standing with international credit-rating agencies for reassurance. Speaking to The Canadian Press in a wide-ranging interview, Trudeau said Canada’s triple-A rating with agencies like Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s should provide comfort to taxpayers…

Alien: Blackout Reveal May Come During The Game Awards

A fresh trademark spotted here on the World Intellectual Property Organization’s site (via Eurogamer) appears to indicate Fox’s next Alien video game will be called Alien: Blackout. The trademark overtly specifies video games as the classification, not a film. The emergence of the trademark filing coincides with a peculiar exchange between Hideo Kojima and The…

2 Canadian Cities Make TripAdvisor's Best Travel Experiences Of 2018

From market visits and cooking classes in Florence to a guided climb atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, TripAdvisor has compiled an inaugural ranking of top travel experiences around the world. For their first Travelers’ Choice awards for Experiences, TripAdvisor used an algorithm that took into account a business’s reviews, opinions and popularity with…

Interest Rate Hikes Likely Off The Table For Now As Canadian Inflation Cools Way Down

Click:KVM switch over ip OTTAWA (Reuters) — Lower gas prices pulled Canada‘s annual inflation rate in November down to 1.7 percent, the first time in 10 months it has been below the Bank of Canada‘s 2.0 percent target, underscoring market expectations that imminent interest rate hikes are off the table. Analysts in a Reuters poll…

British Isil suspect ‘goes missing’ after being released in Syria amid row over returning jihadists

A British Isil suspect has been freed from detention in Syria amid a growing row over whether the UK should repatriate captured jihadists. The current location of Shabazz Suleman, 23, from High Wycombe, Bucks, is unknown, raising the prospect he could now be at large. He was being held by the rebel Free Syrian Army…

Kingsman: The Golden Circle Sequel Reportedly Still in the Works, to Star Taron Egerton and Colin Firth

A sequel to Kingsman: The Golden Circle is reportedly in the works, according to Collider. The film is entirely separate from Kingsman 3, which will reportedly be a prequel in the Kingsman universe. Matthew Vaughn is currently writing the sequel, and is planning to direct, while bringing back Taron Egerton and Colin Firth for the…

It’s Time To Stop ‘Ghettoizing’ The South Asian Experience, Actor Says

Narratives that explore the South Asian experience often focus around themes of marriage pressures, subservient women, and complicated relationships with parents. But Toronto-based actor and playwright Sarena Parmar is hoping to change that. “How can we be in narratives that are just about us being normalized in a Canadian context and not about our heritage…

Pakistan and India need help climbing down, or risk another war over Kashmir

While the eyes of the world have been on Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un’s Hanoi talks to denuclearise North Korea, a potentially more dangerous nuclear threat has erupted 2,000 miles away. As Mr Trump and his counterpart declare their bonhomie, India and Pakistan say they have been trading air strikes and engaging in aerial dogfights….