QUEBEC, CANADA) – Amid a housing crisis, C$37 million (about US$26.6 million / £19.6 million / €22.9 million) intended to help tenants under the Rent Supplement Programme (PSL) remains unspent in Quebec government coffers. Community groups and private landlords criticise poor management of the funds even as the programme wasContinue Reading
(LANAUDIÈRE, QUEBEC, CANADA) – A section of Quebec’s Autoroute 40 has been closed westbound near Saint Cuthbert after a cavity was found beneath the road, forcing authorities to divert traffic and prepare a temporary traffic arrangement on the opposite carriageway. The affected section, about 60 kilometres from Montreal, was closedContinue Reading
(HALIFAX, CANADA) – Canada is providing C$34 million (about US$24.4 million or £21.1 million) for 141 projects aimed at helping 128 communities across the country prepare for the effects of climate change. The federal funding will support measures including protection against extreme heat and flooding, with projects spread across severalContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukraine halted a campaign of drone strikes against oil tankers using a major Black Sea port after a direct request from US Vice President J.D. Vance, who warned that the attacks risked destabilising global oil markets and harming American energy companies. The request was made during aContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – The National Bank of Ukraine set the official exchange rate of the hryvnia against the US dollar at UAH 44.86 per dollar on 12 August, a slight weakening of 3 kopiyok from the previous day, while the euro edged lower. The official rate for the euro wasContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukrainian banks will begin introducing new monthly transfer limits for certain individual entrepreneurs and companies from 14 August, under an updated memorandum designed to close channels used for tax evasion and money laundering. The restrictions will apply in two phases, with the second stage taking effect fromContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Russian drone strikes and artillery shelling caused fresh power cuts in five Ukrainian regions by the morning of 12 August, national grid operator Ukrenergo said, as repair crews worked to restore supply where security conditions allowed. The new outages affected consumers in the Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, KhersonContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – The number of Primary Care Networks across Kenya’s 47 counties rose 22 percent to 277 in the 2025/26 financial year, as devolved governments accelerate a model designed to move routine health services closer to households and ease the burden on referral hospitals. The networks, up from 227Continue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – A social media account manager has filed a KES 5.2 million ($40,200, £31,400) counterclaim against the head of Kenya’s urban roads authority, in a dispute that began with the official seeking to recover control of his X account. Eugene Mokua lodged the counterclaim after Kenya Urban RoadsContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – A pension fund covering more than 5,000 former telecommunications workers in Kenya is preparing to sell its four largest property assets to government ministries by September 2026, a move that could deliver improved monthly payouts to its ageing membership. The TelPosta Pension Scheme is in advanced negotiationsContinue Reading
