At least 15 people were wounded Thursday night in an explosion at a restaurant in Mississauga, Ontario.
Reports quoting Peel Regional Police Constable, Iryna Yashnyk, said, the explosion occurred about 10:30p.m. at Bombay Bhel Indian restaurant in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga.
Among those injured, three people suffered critical injuries and were taken to a Toronto trauma center, the reports said.
Their injuries were “consistent with those of an explosion,” said Brian Gibson, deputy chief at Peel Regional Paramedic Services.
There was no information on any incendiary devices being found at the restaurant, it further said.
North Korea ready to talk ‘at any time’ with Donald Trump
North Korea has said it is still willing to talk “at any time in any form” after US President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled his meeting with Kim Jong-un.
Vice-Foreign Minister, Kim Kye-gwan, said Mr. Trump’s decision was “extremely regrettable.”
President Trump blamed the North’s “open hostility” for the cancellation.
The summit would have been the first time a sitting US President had met a North Korean leader.
Mr. Trump announced the cancellation in the form of a letter personally addressed to Mr. Kim.
A senior administration official in the US who gave further details, said North Korea had shown “a profound lack of good faith.”
There were a series of “broken promises” from Pyongyang, the official told reporters, including when the White House sent the deputy chief of staff to Singapore to meet North Korean diplomats ahead of the summit.
“The North Koreans didn’t show up. They simply stood us up.”
The official also said President Trump had “dictated every word” of his letter to Kim Jong-un after talking with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Mr. Trump said he had been “very much looking forward” to meeting Mr. Kim. “Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have the long-planned meeting,” Mr. Trump said in a letter to Mr. Kim.
Hollywood mogul, Harvey Weinstein, is expected to surrender to New York police on sexual misconduct charges, US media report.
He faces arrest on Friday following an investigation, the reports said
He has been hit with numerous allegations, including rape and sexual assault, but has denied non-consensual sex with anyone.
It would be the first time Weinstein has been charged since the accusations emerged.
The allegations triggered the #MeToo movement, which sought to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual abuse and harassment.
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Weinstein will face charges over an allegation brought by actor Lucia Evans, the New York Times reported. It is not clear if he faces more charges brought by other accusers.
His lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, has not commented on the report that his client would imminently turn himself in.
In November last year, New York police said they were investigating allegations of rape made by actress Paz de la Huerta against Weinstein.
The allegations have left Weinstein’s career in tatters.
Taiwan slams China after Burkina Faso cuts ties
Taiwan’s President, Tsai Ing-wen, has accused China of “serial acts of suppression” and “dollar diplomacy” after Burkina Faso became the second country in a month to break off diplomatic ties with the island in favour of Beijing.
The move by the African nation, which was welcomed by China, came after the Dominican Republic announced it had severed ties with Taiwan, switching its allegiance to Beijing.
China refuses to maintain diplomatic relations with any country that recognizes Taiwan, a self-governed and democratic island off China’s southeastern coast that Beijing considers an integral part of its territory.
According to report, Taipei reacted angrily to the news, which left the island with 18 diplomatic allies around the world — mostly small and poor countries in the Pacific and the Caribbean.
“This is a warning to the Chinese government: This behavior is detrimental to cross-strait relations and China’s international image, and does nothing to ease the international community’s concerns about China,” President Tsai told reporters in an unusually strongly worded statement late Thursday.
“China’s suppression will only make Taiwan’s partnerships in the international community even closer. We will never give in,” she added.
US must reject $1bn arms sales to Bahrain: HRW
The United States must reject two planned arms sales totaling nearly $1bn to Bahrain in light of the Gulf country’s “dismal record on human rights”, a rights group said on Thursday.
The US approved a possible sale to Bahrain of 3,000 bomb bodies worth an estimated $45m last week. In April, the State Department approved a possible sale of attack helicopters worth an estimated $911m.
“These two weapons sales make clear that the Trump administration intends nothing short of a free pass on human rights for Bahrain,” said Sarah Margon, Washington director at Human Rights Watch.
A close US and British ally, Sunni Muslim-ruled Bahrain has cracked down on the opposition, hailing mostly from the Shia Muslim majority, since it crushed pro-democracy demonstrations they led in 2011.
Rights groups have accused authorities of seeking to stamp out dissent.
The government says the opposition is linked to fighters backed by their arch-enemy Iran who have carried out years of deadly bombing and shooting attacks on security forces.
“In the past year, Bahrain has sharpened its crackdown on activists, lawyers, and journalists,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement.
“It has arbitrarily revoked a record number of citizenships of nationals, carried out unfair trials of civilians in military courts, and harassed, intimidated, imprisoned, and prosecuted rights defenders and their family members,” the statement said.
