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A former mayor campaigning on an anti-corruption ticket swept to victory in El Salvador’s presidential election on Sunday, bringing an end to a two-party system that has held sway over the violence-plagued Central American country for three decades. Nayib Bukele, the 37-year-old former mayor of the capital, San Salvador, won 54 percent of votes with […]

Kanye West’s recent Twitter spree has led his wife, Kim Kardashian West, to fiercely defend him, and inspired President Donald Trump to express his gratitude. The rapper tweeted on Wednesday that his wife had instructed him to make it “clear to everyone” that he doesn’t “agree with everything Trump does.” He also said he doesn’t […]

When the letter dropped through Noel Benavides’ door in the dusty border town of Roma, Texas recently, it was something of a shock. The letter was from the "Wall Program Portfolio Manager" at US Homeland Security. Mr Benavides, it said, must grant "irrevocable right of entry for the United States of America" to survey his […]

Despite the federal government’s vocal commitment to human rights, the body in charge of Canada’s national pension plan has increased its investments in companies that profit off U.S. President Donald Trump’s migrant detention centres. As first reported by nonprofit news site Documented and The Guardian, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board — an independent agency […]

UPDATE: HuffPost Canada spoke to Faith Dickinson over Facebook. “I was in complete shock!” the 15-year-old said. “I was ecstatic! I was shaking, I had tears in my eyes. It was the most exciting phone call that I’ve ever received!!!!” Dickinson said she received the news last Tuesday from Tessy Ojo, the chief executive of […]

Europe’s top human rights court has ordered Italy to pay €18,400 (£16,000) to Amanda Knox after ruling that she was denied adequate legal representation when she was questioned over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher over a decade ago. Knox accused Italian police of slapping her around the head, threatening her verbally and not […]

Money is one of the biggest stressors in a relationship, and that may be why many Canadians are avoiding conversations about finances and even hiding debt from their significant others. According to Manulife Bank of Canada’s annual debt survey, one in five Canadians try to avoid talking about money altogether. Although two in five Canadians […]

Hundreds of Russians have protested talks over giving some of the Kuril Islands back to Japan ahead of a meeting between Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin. Demonstrators chanted “the Kurils are our lands!” and “dismiss the government!” in a park in front of the Russian army theatre in downtown Moscow on Sunday, bundled up against […]

“In a sense,” says Alex Hutchinson, creative director of Journey to the Savage Planet, “this is a game for middle-aged people.” And in an instant, I’m sold. “I want a game I can finish, I want a game that doesn’t take a thousand hours, I want a game that kind of reminds me of the […]

Among Canadians, Boxing Day is out and Black Friday is in, a new survey has found. The Retail Council of Canada (RCC)’s holiday shopping study, released Monday, shows 40 per cent of Canadians are planning to shop Black Friday sales, compared to 25 per cent who plan to shop Boxing Day deals. Michael Leblanc, senior […]