Amid the brewing trade tensions and tariff war with the United States, Canada and Indonesia signed a bilateral free trade agreement to reduce 95 per cent of Ottawa’s exports to its largest market in Southeast Asia. Several experts have also said that the two nations have signed the agreement in …
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THE US Supreme Court has allowed the Donald Trump administration to continue with its freeze of over $4 billion in foreign aid. The aid was approved by Congress but retracted by the Trump administration, saying it appears to have more disadvantages for the US than benefits. The court ruled that …
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THE US is “preparing options” for strikes against Venezuelan drug dealers inside the country, a report citing US officials said on Saturday. In recent times, the United States Navy has destroyed three boats after alleging that they belonged to the drug mafia (Cartel de Soles), killing at least 17 people. …
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US President Donald Trump, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, accused India and China of being “primary funders” of Russia’s war in Ukraine. He claimed that their continued purchases of Russian oil and gas were providing Moscow with the financial resources to sustain …
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Several countries plan to formally recognise a Palestinian state during a conference in New York on Monday, ahead of the annual gathering of global leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting the UN conference jointly with Saudi Arabia, starting at 3 pm (1900 GMT), to …
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NATO is launching a new initiative to protect its eastern European members following Russia’s violation of Polish airspace, NATO Secretary, Gen. Mark Rutte, says. The new mission will “bolster our posture even further along our eastern flank and will involve a range of assets from several NATO members, said Rutte, …
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THE death toll from Nepal’s youth-led protests has climbed to 51 after authorities recovered previously unreported bodies, police said on Friday. Police spokesman DIG Binod Ghimire said the dead include an Indian woman, with casualties reported in Kathmandu Valley and other districts. “The death toll has reached 51 so far, …
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UN climate experts at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on Friday highlighted the damage air pollution, especially from the smoke from wildfires, was coming. UN climate experts highlighted how damaging microscopic smoke particles from wildfires play their part, travelling halfway across the world. According to WMO, polluted air causes more …
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Sporting director Oscar Guerrero said his Israel-Premier Tech cycling team has received death threats. “We are afraid,” he said, local media reported. In view of the pro-Palestinian protests during this year’s Vuelta a Espana, he asked for “the team not to be attacked.” The protests disrupted stage 11 of the …
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RUSSIAN officials, a military commander and a nongovernmental organisation (Mother of Kremlin-backed Chechen) have been sanctioned by the UK over the kidnapping and forced re-education of Ukrainian children. The sanctions follow reports that Moscow has forcibly deported almost 20,000 Ukrainian children to Russia and Russian-held territory in Ukraine since the …
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