TAIPEI (TIP): Representatives of China, Russia and Iran called on March 14 for an end to US sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program and a restart to multinational talks on the issue. […]
GENEVA (TIP): Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country’s mandatory headscarf in public, even as hard-liners push for harsher penalties for those protesting the […]
GENEVA (TIP): Russia has committed the crimes against humanity of enforced disappearances and torture in its war in Ukraine — part of a systematic attack on civilians, a United Nations investigation has concluded. The new […]
GAZA (TIP): Hamas on March 14 said it was ready to free an Israeli-American hostage and the remains of four other dual nationals, after the Palestinian militants and Israel gathered for indirect Gaza ceasefire talks. […]
Mark Carney never accepted any interim political position in the jinxed Justin Trudeau government. Instead, he chose the hard way of bagging the party leadership position through an open, transparent and democratic election process that […]
OTTAWA (TIP): Mark Carney, who was sworn in as Canada’s 24th Prime Minister on Friday, has three citizenships: Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. He has already initiated steps to renounce the last two. Earlier, Justin […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Pakistan government has set March 31 as the deadline for Afghan Citizen Card (ACCs) holders to leave Pakistan voluntarily as part of a plan to repatriate all illegal foreigners, according to an […]
HANOI (TIP): Vietnam is planning to merge provinces and eliminate district-level authorities, the government said March 6, as a streamlining drive aiming to slash billions of dollars from state budgets gathers pace. The cost-cutting measures […]
ROME (TIP): A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio message broadcast March 6, the first public sign of life from the 88-year-old pope since […]
SEOUL (TIP): A South Korean court on March 7 ordered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to be released from jail, more than a month after he was arrested and indicted over his short-lived imposition of […]
LATAKIA (TIP): Clashes between Syrian security forces under the country’s new, Islamist authorities and gunmen loyal to ousted President Bashar Assad in Syria’s western coastal region have killed more than 70 people and left an […]
DOBROPILLIA (TIP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on March 8 called for more sanctions against Russia as overnight strikes killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more, days ahead of talks between US and Ukrainian […]
Groups supporting “Made in Canada”; while in Canada “Buy Canada”; “Donald Trump Canada is no US Dump”; and “Canada First” have been gaining both popularity and acceptability as more than 3600 American brands of alcohol […]
OTTAWA (TIP): Canada’s Transport Minister and President of Treasury Board, Anita Anand, who announced earlier this year her decision to skip the 2025 federal polls, has changed her mind. Realizing the difficult times ahead because […]
PORT SUDAN (TIP): Forty-six people were killed when a Sudanese military transport plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Khartoum, the regional government said February 26. The Antonov aircraft went down on […]
SEOUL (TIP): South Korea’s spy agency said February 26 that North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia, after its soldiers deployed on the Russian-Ukraine fronts suffered heavy casualties. The National Intelligence Service […]
ROME (TIP): Pope Francis continued to improve from double pneumonia February 27, the Vatican said, working from his hospital room and going to his private chapel to pray, though doctors said he needs more days […]
MANILA (TIP): Two Russian tourists died when they were swept away by strong undercurrents while scuba diving in waters south of Manila, with one believed to have drowned and the other attacked by sharks, a […]
KHAN YOUNIS (TIP): Negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire began February 27, Egypt said, averting a collapse ahead of Saturday’s expiration of the agreement’s first phase. Officials from […]
PARIS (TIP): France is in discussions with Ukraine to access its mineral wealth, including for military use, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said February 27. “We are discussing this question for France’s needs,” he told the […]
Prabhjot Singh TORONTO (TIP): When Shafoli Kapur, an immigration consultant, moved to Canada in 2009, she couldn’t have imagined that she would be running for a seat in the Ontario Provincial Assembly in 2025. Her […]
JUBA (TIP): South Sudan on Feb 20 announced the closure of all schools for two weeks due to an ongoing extreme heatwave that has caused some students to collapse. This is the second time the […]
SAO PAULO (TIP): Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to pay 8.1 million Brazilian reais ($1.4 million) in fines for failing to comply with judicial orders, according to a judicial ruling. The […]
KYIV (TIP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb 19 of living in a Russian-made “disinformation space,” pointed comments that risk further souring relations with Washington as the American leader pushes […]
JERUSALEM (TIP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge on Feb 21 for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after a body that Hamas released as part of […]
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