During the fall 2015 campaign that would ultimately make Justin Trudeau prime minister, Stephen Harper had a problem he didn’t need. The Conservative candidate in the riding of Scarborough-Rouge Park, Jerry Bance, was in trouble. While fixing a dishwasher in a private home, Bance was caught on a home securityRead More →
Will the West Ban Swift Payment System from Russia Following Ukraine Invasion? By Mark Shapland for the Daily Mail Published: 6:42 p.m. EST, February 22, 2022 | Update: 7:03 p.m. EST, February 22, 2022 Western leaders could ban Russia from a crucial global payments system as they step up pressureRead More →
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday dismissed two petitions challenging the tender process for the Track and Trace System (TTS) introduced by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to comply with the requirements of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to combat tax evasion inRead More →
UNITED NATIONS: as he begins his second term as UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that the world is worse off in many ways than it was five years ago due to the pandemic of COVID-19, the climate crisis and geopolitical tensions that have sparked conflict everywhere – butRead More →
Copyright AFP 2017-2022. All rights reserved. Facebook posts with images of a political rally organized by Kenya’s Vice President William Ruto in his hometown of Eldoret on January 8, 2022, included an old, unrelated photo. The image of a huge crowd, which also circulated on Twitter, was captured in TanzaniaRead More →
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SYDNEY, Jan. 7 (Reuters) – The Omicron outbreak in Australia’s most populous state could peak by the end of January, official modeling showed on Friday, as authorities reinstated some restrictions in the aim to slow the record peak of infections. After containing the virus through lockdowns and strict border rulesRead More →
Omicron has established itself in the European Union, where daily cases of the coronavirus surpassed one million on Wednesday for the first time since the start of the pandemic, Bloomberg reported. Even though Omicron’s symptoms are largely relatively mild, governments are still concerned about the pressure on hospitals and broaderRead More →
Photographs of more than 100 prominent Indian Muslim women were listed on the bogus auction website, in a case that sparked outrage across the country. The website, which was shut down within 24 hours, was called “Bulli Bai,” a derogatory slang term for Indian Muslims. (Twitter / @ thewire_in) IndianRead More →
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said face-to-face learning “will continue to be the expected norm” in England Secondary schools in England have been asked to provide capacity for Covid testing on site before students return to class this week. The government has said it wants students aged 11 to 16 toRead More →
The current concept of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is flawed. Instead of serving a sustainable and fair climate policy, trading in CO2 emissions has become a tool of speculation, writes Mateusz Morawiecki. Mateusz Morawiecki is the Prime Minister of Poland. This opinion piece was written exclusively forRead More →
The number of snow leopards in Pakistan is increasing. It should be a good thing. But when Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan shared videos of snow leopards in the wild, he was taken over by rumors about jobs, prices and governance. Imran Khan posted several videos of his Twitter manageRead More →