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Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas is rolling out what city officials are calling a new business CCTV registry, but the initiative appears to be a relaunch of a program that already existed. The registry is being promoted as part of a five-point plan announced Tuesday to help address crime in the city.“We are launching the new business CCTV registry to help the RCMP identify nearby cameras during investigations,” Dyas said during the announcement.But a look back suggests the idea isn’t new.A similar program was introduced six years ago under a previous mayor and council. A pilot CCTV registry was launched in…

Police have found the bodies of two 28-year-old men at a property in Sydney’s northwest, with circumstances still under investigation.

BEIJING: China conducted naval and air patrols around the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Saturday (Jan 31), the China Southern Theater Command said.The shoal is in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, but China also claims it as part of its territory.The Philippine embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.China has stepped up combat readiness patrols in the area in January, “resolutely countering the infringement provocations of individual countries within the region,” the post said.The militaries of the Philippines and the United States carried out joint exercises in the Scarborough Shoal area earlier…

The approved sale includes 30 Apache helicopters, which Israeli forces have used to attack Palestinians amid the genocide in Gaza.Published On 31 Jan 202631 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareWashington has approved $6.67bn in United States arms sales to Israel amid a fragile ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.The US Department of State said on Friday that Israel has been cleared to buy US-made weapons, including 30 Apache attack helicopters for $3.8bn and infantry assault vehicles to a value of $1.98bn.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe Apache helicopters will be sold to Israel…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Left-wing activists disrupted an event at a Jewish temple in New York this week while Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi was speaking, protesting his vote in favor of a government spending bill that included increased funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).The demonstrators, affiliated with the activist group Climate Defiance, interrupted Suozzi on Wednesday night at the temple on Long Island, unleashing a barrage of crude theatrics and profane insults, according to the New York Post.”We confronted Congressman Tom Suozzi,” Climate Defiance posted to X. “He is one of seven Democrats casting the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an arrest detainer Friday against a criminal illegal alien from Egypt accused of raping a 16-year-old girl on New Year’s Eve while she was asleep in her bed in Tennessee.Mena Mohsen Farez Nmn Awad, 31, allegedly broke into an apartment in Nashville and began sexually assaulting the victim while she was asleep in her bed next to her nephew, WSMV-TV reported.The girl allegedly found Awad in her bed with a handgun tucked into his waistband and was sexually assaulted, the outlet reported. She later broke free,…

A chain link fence is the only barrier between a Penticton, B.C., heavy duty truck dealership and the Fairview homeless encampment. “Our property boundary is about 30 metres away from the main encampment,” said Luke Bradley, truck sales consultant at Inland Truck and Equipment.  “”It’s too close for comfort.”Despite signage prohibiting fire activity in the area, three blazes have erupted at the encampment in just the past two weeks.Two broke out within hours of each other on Jan. 19 and destroyed two tent structures.The third fire happened this past Tuesday.While fire officials said no one was hurt in any of…

China’s factory activity faltered in January as ‍weak domestic demand dragged down production at the start of the new year.The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) dropped to 49.3 ​in January, from 50.1 in December, below the 50-mark separating growth from contraction.It missed a forecast of 50.0 in a Reuters poll of analysts.Sub-indexes ⁠of new orders and new export orders also saw declines, respectively down to 49.2 from 50.8 in December and 47.8 from 49.0 in December.The non-manufacturing PMI, which includes services and construction, dropped to 49.4 from 50.2 in December, falling to its lowest since December 2022.Huo Lihui, a statistician…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s armed forces, which has been hit by a recent wave of corruption allegations involving its top brass, has chosen a new chief. Malek Razak Sulaiman, who is currently the Army Western Field Commander Lieutenant-General, has been promoted to the 24th Chief of the Armed Forces, effective from Feb 1. He was appointed with the consent of Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, Defence Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin said.”Malek has been promoted to the rank of General upon assuming the post. His appointment followed the recommendation of the 633rd (Special) Armed Forces Council meeting held on Thursday and subsequently received the consent…

A man has been arrested by police in Spain after they recovered a stolen statue of the late golfer Seve Ballesteros.Published On 31 Jan 202631 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareA ‌statue of the late golfer Seve Ballesteros, which ‍had vanished ‍from his hometown of Pedrena in northern Spain’s Cantabria region, was found chopped into pieces as the alleged thief prepared to sell it for its ⁠bronze, police have said.Valued at about 30,000 euros ($35,820) ​but holding significant sentimental importance for locals and ‍fans, the statue was discovered in a storage room in Santander. It had been cut…