• Reuters

    Serbia leases ex-army HQ in Belgrade to Trump son-in-law's firm

    The Serbian authorities and Jared Kushner's U.S.-based investment firm Affinity Global Development, signed a 99-year lease deal on Wednesday, allowing the company to overhaul two buildings which housed the headquarters of the former Yugoslav People's Army. The Serbian construction ministry said in a statement that the "reputable American company" connected to Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. former President Donald Trump, was chosen for the work it described as "revitalisation of the compound." It did not specify the value of the investment, nor the deadline for its completion.

  • Associated Press

    FIFA members to vote on the host of the 2027 Women's World Cup

    The FIFA Congress will pick from a winnowed field of two candidates to host the 2027 Women's World Cup at its meeting in Bangkok this week. A joint bid by the United States and Mexico was pulled late last month, and South Africa withdrew its candidacy in November. It's the first time that all 211 of FIFA's members associations will have the opportunity weigh in on the host of the women's tournament.

  • The Canadian Press

    Judge refuses McGill's bid for injunction to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment

    MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused McGill University's request for an injunction to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment that has been set up on its downtown Montreal campus since late April. Justice Marc St-Pierre ruled Wednesday that the school did not prove the situation at the encampment was sufficiently urgent to justify the measure. In a written decision, he said the case also raises questions of conflicting rights — in this case, the protesters' freedom of expression