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July 1: Canada to mark 155th anniversary of its formation

As the country prepares to celebrate the 155th anniversary of the formation of the Canadian Confederation, Canada Day, the traditional centre of festivities, Parliament Hill in Ottawa, will be off limits as protesters linked to the Freedom Convoy begin...

Elon Musk’s Twitter hiatus, in 2nd week now, generates curiosity

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has not tweeted in about 10 days and it can’t go unnoticed. The 51-year-old business tycoon has 100 million followers on the microblogging site, which he is planning to buy. His continued absence is unusual as...

Two Indo-Canadian academics honoured with Order of Canada

Two Indo-Canadian academics, working on research to advance the betterment of mankind, have been honoured with one of the country’s most prestigious awards, the Order of Canada. Their names were in the list published by the office of the governor-general...

Why did a man in Mexico marry an alligator? It’s a ‘beautiful tradition’.

A small town Mexican mayor married his alligator bride in a colorful ceremony as traditional music rang out and revelers danced while imploring the indigenous leader to seal the nuptials with a kiss. San Pedro Huamelula Mayor Victor Hugo Sosa...

Yair Lapid officially becomes Prime Minister of Israel

Yair Lapid officially became the 14th Prime Minister of Israel at the stroke of midnight between Thursday and Friday. Yair Lapid officially became the 14th Prime Minister of Israel at the stroke of midnight between Thursday and Friday. This topic again...

US, Saudi Arabia among countries dumping wastes in Pakistan: Report

Amid the acute economic crisis, Pakistan has another headache to deal with. Islamabad's senate standing committee on climate change was left shocked when it learnt that the country was importing waste from countries including United States, United Kingdom, Canada,...

Russian missiles kill at least 19 in Ukraine’s Odesa region

Russian missile attacks on residential areas killed at least 19 people in a Ukrainian town near Odesa early Friday, authorities reported. The airstrikes pierced the cautious relief expressed a day earlier after Russian forces withdrew from a Black Sea...

West unites behind Ukraine

Western allies vowed on Tuesday to boost Nato’s defences and to back Ukraine to the end as Moscow demanded Kyiv’s surrender. Allied leaders were gathered in Madrid for a Nato summit, even as Russian missiles continued to pound Ukrainian cities. The...

Trump tried to grab steering wheel to go to US Capitol on January 6: Witness

An enraged President Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his limousine when his security detail refused to drive him to the Capitol on Jan, 6, 2021, former senior White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified. Hutchinson was delivering...

US: 50 migrants found dead in tractor-trailer

The death toll from a human trafficking incident on Monday in which migrants suffered under extreme Texas heat inside a truck rose to 50 on Tuesday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said. The migrants died inside a tractor-trailer in...

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SC orders deployment of judicial officers in Bengal’s SIR

Dismayed over the ongoing tussle between the West Bengal Government and the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Supreme...