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A 21-year-old man has been charged following a traffic stop that led to a breakthrough in an ongoing extortion investigation involving members of Calgary’s South Asian community, according to police. The Calgary Police Service said officers pulled over a vehicle on March 7 in the city’s northeast and quickly identified it as matching one linked to an extortion-related shooting days earlier, on March 4, in the 8000 block of Saddleridge Drive N.E.The vehicle was seized and officers worked with investigators at the scene to document evidence and continue gathering information over the following weeks.The evidence, combined with information gathered from…

When a commercial trawler sank off Victoria with four crew members needing rescuing, police became suspicious about an alleged drug trafficking operation.

new video loaded: High Gas Prices Hamper Holy Week Pilgrimage in the PhilippinesWorshipers have scaled back and adjusted plans for the Visita Iglesia, a Holy Week tradition in which Catholics travel to seven churches in one day for prayer, as the war in Iran has doubled gas prices in the Philippines.By Christina Kelso, Daniel Fetherston and Ezra AcayanApril 3, 2026

President Trump submitted a 2027 budget, requesting an additional $1.5 trillion in military spending, the most in decades. Nancy Cordes reports.

Judge dismisses Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims in legal case against Justin Baldoni – CBS News Watch CBS News A federal judge dismissed actor Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims in the legal battle between her and “It Ends With Us” director and her former co-star Justin Baldoni. Jericka Duncan has more.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder after authorities say he randomly stabbed a woman to death in a quiet South Florida neighborhood, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.Kersten Francilus, who lives in a nearby community, is accused of attacking a woman in her 70s as she walked her dog Friday in the Southwood neighborhood in Stuart, Sheriff John Budensiek said.Neighbors had called deputies shortly before the attack to report a suspicious man going door to door and asking unusual questions.”We receive multiple calls in this community. The Southwood community,…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has found no reasonable grounds to charge a Toronto Police Service officer in the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old man at Danforth GO station. In a release issued on Saturday, director Joseph Martino said the officer acted to protect himself from a “reasonably apprehended attack” when he opened fire on Dec. 6, 2025.The SIU said police were called around 1:40 a.m. about a man with a firearm at the station. Officers arrived minutes later and located the man in a stairwell leading to Track 3. Get breaking National…

American forces rescued an airman whose warplane was shot down over Iran on Friday, but the uncertain fate of a second crew member prompted a risky search operation on Iranian soil, US and Israeli officials said.The loss of the warplane, an F-15E Strike Eagle, is the first known instance of a US combat aircraft going down over Iran since the war began more than a month ago.Iran’s ability to shoot down the fast and agile F-15E came three days after the leaders of the Pentagon claimed “an increase in air superiority” over the skies in Iran.The downing of the jet…

A STRUCTURAL AND STRATEGIC IMPERATIVEExpanding China’s capital markets is not only a financial imperative, but also a structural and strategic one, as it is essential to reducing reliance on external capital.Capital markets channel savings into more productive sectors – particularly services and high-tech industries – and give households opportunities to invest their savings and participate in sustainable wealth creation. They are thus vital to enable a shift from property-based to financial wealth and from investment-led growth to consumption-driven demand.But, as the 15th Five-Year Plan also recognises, expanding China’s capital markets will require deep institutional reforms to improve initial public offering systems, strengthen…

Some countries threaten action against Iran’s blockade of waterway.When the US and Israel launched their joint offensive on Iran more than a month ago, Tehran moved quickly to block the Strait of Hormuz.Since then, the Revolutionary Guard has allowed some vessels to transit. But the majority, about 3,000, are stranded.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAnd Iran is accused of holding the global economy hostage.On Thursday, the UK hosted a meeting of 40 countries to discuss the situation.The gathering yielded no concrete results, except for an acknowledgement that further consultations were needed.So, how should the Strait of Hormuz and…