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The BBC seeks to dismiss Trump’s $10B defamation lawsuit in a Florida court
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
LONDON (AP) — The BBC will ask a court to throw out U.S. President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the British broadcaster, court papers show. Trump filed a lawsuit in December over the way the BBC edited a speech he gave on Jan. 6, 2021. The claim, filed in a Florida court, seeks $5 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hong Kong court moves closer to sentencing activist Jimmy Lai after hearing lighter penalty pleas
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court heard sentencing arguments Tuesday for former publisher Jimmy Lai’s co-defendants as it moved closer to sentencing the prominent democracy advocate whose conviction under a national security law could land him in prison for life. The jail term’s potential length remained unclear. Former executives of the now-defunct, pro-democracy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw after the exclusion of a Palestinian writer
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival canceled the event Tuesday after more than 180 writers and speakers withdrew over the scrapping of an appearance by an Australian-Palestinian writer and academic. The uproar began when the board of the Adelaide Festival, which runs Adelaide Writers Week, announced on Jan. 8 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Apple Daily staff plead for lighter sentences in landmark Hong Kong national security case
By Canadian Press on January 12th, 2026
HONG KONG (AP) — Former executives of a now-defunct, pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong who were convicted under a national security law pleaded for lighter sentences Tuesday in a landmark case widely seen as a barometer of media freedom in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia. The former journalists ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Priest by day, DJ by night: Padre Guilherme’s rave in Beirut draws cheers and controversy
By Canadian Press on January 12th, 2026
BEIRUT (AP) — Ravers danced and swayed to the loud bass at a popular night club in the heart of the city of Beirut. It was another sold-out Saturday in the party capital of the Middle East. What was different this time was the DJ at the helm. Before putting on his headphones, he had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Dances with Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse standing trial in Las Vegas
By Canadian Press on January 12th, 2026
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The jury trial for Nathan Chasing Horse, the former “Dances with Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls, is expected to begin Tuesday in Las Vegas. Prosecutors allege he used his reputation as a spiritual leader and healer to take advantage of his victims over two decades. Chasing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PBS weekend newscasts shut down due to funding cuts, replaced by single-topic programs
By Canadian Press on January 12th, 2026
PBS will premiere separate programs on science and foreign affairs next weekend after shutting the doors on its Saturday and Sunday breaking newscasts because of the federal government’s cut of $1.1 billion in funding to public broadcasting. “PBS News Weekend” signed off Sunday, “at least for the foreseeable future,” anchor John Yang said. The weekend ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Joe Dirt’ tribute takes top prize in Pennsylvania Farm Show mullet contest
By Canadian Press on January 12th, 2026
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A packed crowd celebrated the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle Monday in a contest at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. The short-in-the-front, long-in-the-back coiffure, once the province of Canadian hockey players and hair metal bands, attracted about 150 competitors and more than a thousand spectators for the day’s “mane” attraction. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Music honcho L.A. Reid settles with ex-recording executive who accused him of sexual assault
By Canadian Press on January 12th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy award-winning music producer Antonio “L.A.” Reid reached a settlement Monday with a former record company executive who alleged in a lawsuit that he sexually assaulted her and ruined her career. Kenya Davis, a lawyer for plaintiff Drew Dixon, said the terms of the settlement were confidential. Smiling with her family ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rachel Reid to publish another book in ‘Heated Rivalry’ universe
By Canadian Press on January 12th, 2026
TORONTO — The “Heated Rivalry” boys are coming back sooner than expected — at least in book form. Harlequin announced Monday that Nova Scotia author Rachel Reid would publish the seventh instalment in her “Game Changers” series in September. “Unrivaled” returns to the love story of Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, the subjects of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Milan prison hosts concert with instruments made by inmates from migrant smugglers’ boats
By Canadian Press on January 12th, 2026
ROME (AP) — Instruments made from smugglers’ boats that brought migrants to Italy’s shores told their tale of desperation and redemption in a special performance at a prison in Milan on Saturday, in front of the inmates who made them. World-renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti led the Cherubini Youth Orchestra, whose members played on violins, ... Read More »
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