Taipei, Taiwan (TIP): Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao, whose romance novels were wildly popular in the Chinese-speaking world, has died, authorities said December 4. She was 86. The body of Chiung Yao, which was the pen […]
Seoul (TIP): South Korean lawmakers on December 4 called for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law only to reverse the move hours later, triggering the biggest political crisis in […]
Dubai (TIP): Hamas said it had information that Israel intended to carry out a hostage rescue operation similar to one conducted in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp in June and threatened to “neutralize” the captives if any […]
TORONTO (TIP): Canadian Prime Minister and members of his delegation who had a closed-door meeting with the US President-elect Donald Trump last Friday, November 29, were reportedly stunned when, during the deliberations on the 25 […]
TORONTO (TIP): Patrick Brown, mayor of Brampton and one of the candidates in the run, says there was no foreign interference in the Conservative Leadership election in 2022. Appearing before a Parliamentary Committee looking into […]
OTTAWA (TIP): After losing the first two battles to bring down the minority Liberal government, Conservatives, the Official Opposition Party, tabled its third successive no-confidence motion in the penultimate week sitting of the House of […]
Sydney (TIP) : Australia on November 28 approved a social media ban for children aged under 16 after an emotive debate that gripped the nation, setting a benchmark for jurisdictions around the world with one […]
Manila (TIP): Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos vowed on November 25 to fight back against what he called reckless threats against him, speaking out after his estranged vice-president said he would be assassinated if she herself […]
Vietnam (TIP): While the outcome on the climate finance deal at COP29 in Baku was derided by the developing nations, days later, 175 countries assembled in Busan, South Korea, for the fifth session of the […]
Kyiv (TIP): Russia unleashed its second big attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure this month on November 28, triggering deep power cuts across the country. President Vladimir Putin said Moscow had struck in response to Ukraine’s […]
Israel’s Netanyahu threatens ‘intense war’ if Hezbollah violates truce JERUSALEM (TIP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, November 28, during an interview with Israeli Channel 14 that he had ordered the military to […]
Hungary (TIP): Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday (November 22) extended an invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Hungary, openly defying an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). […]
Brazil (TIP): Brazil’s federal police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others for allegedly attempting to orchestrate a coup to keep him in power following his defeat in the 2022 elections. The findings, […]
Ottawa (TIP): The Canadian government has lifted the enhanced security measures for passengers flying to India. The office of Transport Minister Anita Anand confirmed to CBC News on Thursday that the additional measures had been […]
Norwegian (TIP) : A Norwegian student in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia and Iran while working as a security guard at the US Embassy in Oslo, Norwegian authorities announced […]
Pyongyang (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted over 70 animals, including an African lion, brown bears, and cockatoos, to North Korea, highlighting the growing ties between the two nations. This unusual diplomatic gesture symbolises […]
Kyiv (TIP): NATO and Ukraine will convene emergency talks on Tuesday after Russia escalated the nearly 33-month war by attacking the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new hypersonic missile. The missile, named Oreshnik, represents […]
Paris (TIP): Protests erupted in Paris on November 13 against a controversial gala organised by far-right figures in support of Israel. The event, intended to raise funds for the Israeli military, included Israeli Finance Minister […]
Sydney (TIP): New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on November 14 after a powerful haka, performed by Maori MPs, disrupted a vote on a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country’s 184-year-old Treaty of Waitangi. […]
Brussels (TIP): NATO and the European Union are intensifying efforts to persuade China to help curb North Korea’s military support for Russia in its war against Ukraine. According to US, South Korean, and Ukrainian intelligence […]
Shanghai (TIP) : China is eager to strengthen its partnership with the United States, with the country’s ambassador to Washington, Xie Feng, emphasizing the importance of dialogue between the world’s two largest economies. In a […]
London (TIP): Britain’s Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital, a story about a single day aboard the International Space Station, which she wrote during COVID-19 lockdowns. The novel, Harvey’s […]
Tokyo (TIP): Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. She was 101. Yuriko died […]
SURREY, BC (TIP): Leaders of various moderate Sikh bodies joined by leaders of other South Asian communities, including Hindus, denounced incidents of violence, intimidation and coercion that marred the post-Diwali celebrations in Surrey, British Columbia. […]
BRAMPTON (TIP): Echo of the violent incidents outside Brampton Hindu Temple and Malton Singh Sabha Gurdwara was heard in the House of Commons when it resumed its sitting on Monday, November 4, as Mayor of […]
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