At least 49 people have died in flooding in South Africa, officials say

On June 24, 2025 RCMP arrested 53 year old Michael Paul Snow for Fraud over $5000. Sunshine Coast RCMP began an investigation into this alleged offence in June 2023 when a Sunshine Coast woman reported a man she had met online had stolen $110,000 from her. Over the course of several months, Michael Paul Snow gained this woman’s trust and convinced her to participate in a business venture that was later learned to be non-existent. This type of offence is commonly referred to as a romance scam. As a result of a comprehensive investigation by Sunshine Coast RCMP a charge of Fraud over $5000 was

Punjab's Bhagwant Mann government has removed Kuldeep Dhaliwal from the cabinet and newly elected MLA from Ludhiana Sanjeev Arora has been made a minister. Arora has been given the industries and NRI departments. The NRI department was earlier with Kuldeep Dhaliwal, from whom his resignation was taken. According to reports, before the reshuffle in the Punjab cabinet, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had called Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal to his residence today and asked him to resign. . Earlier, the agriculture and panchayat departments were also taken away from Dhaliwal.

German police say a man attacked and injured at least one person with an axe on a long-distance train in Bavaria on Thursday before he was detained by police. Munich police said the attack happened on an ICE express train between Straubing and Plattling in southern Germany. They did not immediately provide any more details.

Statistics Canada says the country's merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $5.9 billion in May as gold exports climbed higher. The result compares with the record trade deficit of $7.6 billion seen in April. Exports were up 1.1 per cent in May at $60.8 billion as exports of metal and non-metallic mineral products increased 15.1 per cent in May. Driving the change was a 30.1 per cent increase in exports of unwrought gold, silver and platinum group metals and their alloys — a category largely composed of unwrought gold. Excluding metal and non-metallic mineral products, Statistics Canada says

A section of a trail in Banff National Park remains closed to visitors two weeks after a rockfall killed two hikers and injured three more. Parks Canada spokeswoman Amy Krause says an area around Bow Glacier Falls remains closed for a geotechnical assessment and adds there's no estimated reopening date. She says Parks Canada hasn't heard of anyone violating the closure order but adds that those who do could be ticketed or arrested. The agency says on its website that fines could be as high as $25,000. The area has been closed since June 19 after a rock slide along the popular h