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Robert Mailman turns 77 later this month, and as a birthday gift there is nothing he would like more than answers about what led to him spending 18 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. The New Brunswick man is hoping to get his hands on a copy of the external review commissioned by the Saint John, N.B., police chief into the force’s handling of his case. Mailman and his friend Walter Gillespie served lengthy prison sentences after being convicted of a 1983 murder, and it was only in January 2024 that a court ruled they had been…

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Every once in a while, Derek Bender will send a text to one of his former teammates. Or he’ll call, and leave a voicemail.But, after what happened on Sept. 6, he has not received one text back. Not one call. He’s been left on read, a ghosted pariah to a team that has nothing left to do with him.More than five months have passed since the day the former Minnesota Twins minor league catcher was accused of giving away pitches to opposing batters on the Lakeland Flying Tigers, trying to ensure his team would miss the playoffs…

A number of countries have indicated they wanted to be part of Europe’s planned “coalition of the willing” to help Ukraine, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says, without naming those countries.”On the coalition of the willing, yes, a number of countries indicated today that they want to be part of the plan that we are developing,” Starmer told a news conference following a meeting of European leaders in London.”I’ll leave them to make their own statements about exactly how they want to make that contribution but we’ve been able to move that forward,” he said.”I accept, without criticism and with…

“The situation is urgent,” said Muthukumara Mani, World Bank lead environmental economist, based in Hanoi.Even state media, after years of near silence on air quality, has become noticeably vocal in Vietnam, a one-party state.VietnamNet, the official news site of the ministry of information and communications, published a rare call for action in January, warning air pollution was “a crisis demanding immediate attention”.Authorities declined to talk to AFP but Mani said there was recognition of the problem “at the highest level in the country”, citing a trip to China made by senior Hanoi officials to learn how Beijing fixed its once-awful…

In SummaryUrbanization in Africa is booming, but will its cities be sustainable or overwhelmed by pollution and congestion? Some nations are taking the lead, investing in smart infrastructure, renewable energy, and climate-adaptive planning.In 2025, Rwanda’s Kigali will remain Africa’s cleanest and most efficiently planned city while South Africa expands its smart city projects. As climate change and rapid population growth pose new challenges, these 10 African countries stand out for their innovative policies, forward-thinking urban development, and commitment to building greener, more livable cities.Deep Dive!!What do Rwanda, South Africa, and Morocco have in common? They are among the African countries driving…

One cartel leader says he’s trying to figure out how to protect his family in case the American military strikes inside Mexico. Another says he’s already gone into hiding, rarely leaving his home. Two young men who produce fentanyl for the cartel say they have shut down all their drug labs.A barrage of arrests, drug seizures and lab busts by the Mexican authorities in recent months has struck the behemoth Sinaloa Cartel, according to Mexican officials and interviews with six cartel operatives, forcing at least some of its leaders to scale back on fentanyl production in Sinaloa state, their stronghold.The…

We found huge errors in the “wall of receipts” for Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, where the group lists what it has saved by canceling federal contracts. After The New York Times and other news organizations pointed out the errors, the team quietly removed all five of the largest savings it originally claimed. But David A. Fahrenthold, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, describes how Mr. Musk’s group then added new errors.

Martin E. Marty, a pre-eminent religious historian, prolific author, dependable exponent of mainstream Protestantism and staunch champion of pluralism, died on Tuesday in Minneapolis. He was 97.His death at a retirement home, where he had lived since 2022, was confirmed by his son Peter. In more than 60 books, thousands of articles and as what he described as a “peregrinating lecturer,” Dr. Marty promoted what he called public theology, or the confluence of fundamental cultural and religious conventions for the common good.He had “a knack for translating complex ideas into graspable takeaways for diverse audiences,” Peter Marty wrote in an…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Halifax votes are set to go to the polls this April after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a by-election to fill the seat vacated by Andy Filmore. Filmore resigned from the seat in August 2024 to run for mayor of Halifax, a position he won in the regional municipality’s October election.The by-election, set to take place April 14, will be a lengthy one at 44 days. The longest a by-election can be is 50 days, though it can be held as quickly as at least 36 days after the writ is dropped.Federally,…

Australian F1 driver Jack Doohan has won praise from his Alpine team boss Oliver Oakes for a ‘punchy’ pre-season response to speculation about his future with the French outfit.Doohan, 22, made his debut for the Renault-owned team in Abu Dhabi last December and is starting his first season on home soil in Melbourne on March 16.But there’s been uncertainty about how long he will keep the seat, with Argentine Franco Colapinto waiting in the wings after joining from Williams on a multi-year deal.Doohan hit back last month when asked if he felt undermined.”I was quite proud of him being punchy…