Polling in Ecuador closed with President Daniel Noboa poised for re-election, leading with nearly 50% in early counts—just enough to potentially bypass a runoff. Challenger Luisa Gonzalez trails at 38%. With only 40,000 votes tallied and millions cast, final results are pending in the country’s most critical election in decades.
Vancouver’s illegal rental properties compared to Hong Kong’s coffin apartments
News Desk
Unregulated subdivisions of homes in East Vancouver have drawn scrutiny after landlords were fined $90,000 for transforming a single-family residence into a rooming house accommodating
U.S. Marshals Service official placed on leave over alleged racist incident
Loisa Lane
Peter Marketos, assistant director of the U.S. Marshals Service’s Investigative Operations Division, has been placed on administrative leave amid allegations of his involvement in a