Tuesday, January 26, 2021

#MeToo: Harvey Weinstein to pay sexual abuse victims $17 million January 26, 2021 at 06:10PM

Weinstein, 68, was sentenced to 23 years in prison last year after being convicted of rape and sexual assault. The money will be split between 37 women, meaning they are each likely to receive six-figure sums.

Ottawa residents seek to dump Trump street name January 26, 2021 at 05:32PM

The Central Park neighborhood, known for New York City-themed street names, was built in the late 1990s -- long before a certain Big Apple real estate mogul entered politics.

UK PM extends condolences to deceased kin in UK January 26, 2021 at 05:55PM

As the United Kingdom on Tuesday crossed the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths due to Covid-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson extended condolences to the kin of victims and said it was hard to "compute the sorrow contained in the grim statistic". Johnson during a Covid-19 briefing on Tuesday said that he and his government take "full responsibility" for the decisions taken by him and his Cabinet to curb the spread of the virus and reduce the fatalities due to the pathogen

From sunny Florida, Trump casts shadow over Republican Party January 26, 2021 at 04:59PM

If many Americans -- perhaps discreetly including a number of senior Republicans -- wished Trump would just disappear at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, they're in for a sore disappointment.