TORONTO: Canada’s foreign minister said Thursday the country is considering the expulsion of Chinese diplomats over an intelligence agency report saying one of them plotted to intimidate the Hong Kong relatives of a Canadian lawmaker. Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said her department was summoning China’s ambassador to a meeting to underline that Canada won’t tolerate […]
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BELGRADE: Eight people were killed and 14 wounded in Serbia’s second mass shooting in two days and a suspect was arrested, authorities said on Friday, causing horror in a nation that had just started three days of mourning for victims of the first shootings. The latest incident occurred late on Thursday in the village of […]
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The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide. WHO first declared COVID-19 to be an emergency more than three years ago. The U.N. health […]
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British Parliamentarians, renowned human rights activists, thinkers, lawyers, journalists, authors and Kashmiri Diaspora in UK participating in an International Conference organised by United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP) in London earlier this week at the House of Commons, expressed strong views on the scourge of extremism and violence conceived and spread by Pakistan. “The conference […]
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DAMASCUS: Iran and Syria agreed to boost ties and develop economic relations, with a focus on reconstruction, as the Islamic republic’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday concluded a landmark visit to Damascus. Tehran has been a key ally to Damascus throughout Syria’s long-running war, offering vital economic and military assistance that has helped the Syrian […]
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Indian authorities deployed hundreds of military personnel and cut off internet services to a northeastern region on Thursday, after the deaths of six people in violent ethnic clashes. The troops were sent to the state of Manipur, along the border with Myanmar, after a protest march by tribal groups turned violent on Wednesday. “Curfew has […]
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Gunmen have stormed a school in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, killing several teachers and gunning down another teacher from the school in a separate attack, according to officials. In Kurram, a district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan, a group of gunmen on Thursday stormed a government school where students were taking exams. […]
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Brussels is currently withholding nearly €28 billion in EU funds from Hungary and Budapest will not get the totality of the money until it implements 27 so-called “super milestones” negotiated with the Commission. Hungary on Thursday accused the European Commission of being biased against the country “for political reasons” and withholding EU funds “unfairly”. Foreign […]
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Comments on migration by the French interior minister have triggered a diplomatic spat with Italy. In an interview on Thursday, Gérald Darmanin said Italian PM Georgia Meloni was “unable to solve the migration problems on which she was elected”. Italy’s foreign minister called the remarks “unacceptable” and pulled out of a scheduled trip to Paris. […]
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The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that China has noted the relevant reports, and China calls on all parties to avoid any action that could further escalate the situation. The statement came amid Ukraine’s denial of Russia’s accusations that it had tried to attack the Kremlin with drones in an attempt “to kill Russian […]
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