Germany scraps fast-track citizenship programme amid shifting public mood
Germany has ended its fast-track citizenship programme, reflecting a shift in public attitudes toward migration and integration....
Over 300,000 Canadians were left without power on Sunday as a severe ice storm battered parts of Ontario, according to electricity provider Hydro One. The storm brought freezing rain and ice pellets over the weekend, with power outages continuing into Monday morning in some regions.
Environment Canada issued winter storm warnings for freezing rain across Ottawa, parts of Quebec, and Ontario. The agency warned of snow mixed with or transitioning to ice pellets, with some areas also facing flooding risks, particularly in central Ontario.
“Outages are largely being caused by tree limbs and branches being weighed down from the accumulation of freezing rain,” Hydro One stated on its website. More than 350,000 customers were affected as of Sunday afternoon, with power expected to be restored by April 1.
Alectra, another utilities provider, reported around 35,000 customers without power, primarily in Barrie, a town north of Toronto. “Progress has been slow due to the ice on the lines, but all available resources have been deployed,” the company said.
The city of Orillia declared a state of emergency due to the storm, citing widespread power outages, hazardous road conditions, downed trees and hydro lines, and damage to public and private infrastructure.
“This is a very serious situation with hazardous road conditions, downed trees and hydro lines, and damage to public and private infrastructure,” the city said on its website.
Residents across Ontario shared reports on social media of road closures due to uprooted trees and crashing branches throughout the storm.
The severe weather event comes amid broader concerns about climate resilience and infrastructure vulnerabilities across Canada.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Russia’s central bank has ruled the state violated minority shareholders’ rights in seized assets, signaling rare pushback against nationalisation.
A newly elected German mayor survived multiple stab wounds in a shocking family attack.
Cristiano Ronaldo has become football’s first billionaire player, according to Bloomberg, which tracks the world’s richest individuals.
Germany has ended its fast-track citizenship programme, reflecting a shift in public attitudes toward migration and integration.
Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of the U.S.-proposed Gaza deal, which will see the release of all Israeli hostages, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday.
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