10-02-2022 OTTAWA: Canada’s Saskatchewan province announced Tuesday the lifting of all COVID restrictions including wearing of masks and proof of vaccination for indoor dining as truckers continued occupying Ottawa with similar demands. Alberta was expected to soon follow suit despite some pushback from doctors and nurses while Quebec announced it …
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10-02-2022 PARIS/ KYIV: French President Emmanuel Macron, the first leader of a major Western power to meet Vladimir Putin since Russia massed troops near Ukraine, said on Tuesday he believed steps can be taken to de-escalate the crisis and called on all sides to stay calm. Macron, who in contrast …
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09-02-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies KARNATAKA/ NEW DELHI: A video posted on Twitter showing a hijab-wearing Muslim student being heckled by a Hindu far-right mob at a college in Karnataka state has caused outrage amid intensifying protests over ban on Islamic headscarves in the southern state. Muskan Khan was surrounded …
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09-02-2022 MOSCOW: Russia’s EU ambassador has told the BBC his country still believes diplomacy can help de-escalate the crisis over Ukraine. Vladimir Chizhov said his country had no intention of invading anybody, but warned it was important not to provoke Russia into changing its mind. It comes after a flurry …
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09-02-2022 WASHINGTON: The husband of US Vice President Kamala Harris was evacuated Tuesday after a reported bomb threat at the Washington high school he was visiting to celebrate African American history, officials said. Douglas Emhoff, whose official title is second gentleman, was pulled away by his security detail during commemorations …
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09-02-2022 Bureau Report + Indian Express KARNATAKA/ NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing hijab row controversy in the Karnataka state of India, another video of a girl being heckled by over 100 male students wearing saffron scarves has gone viral on social media. The video caused a stir among people in …
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By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ TEHRAN/ ISLAMABAD: Local officials in Nimruz province said that in less than six months “nearly 100 Afghan refugees have been shot dead by Iranian security forces” and their bodies transferred to Afghanistan. According to the officials, Afghan citizens who wanted to enter Iran …
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09-02-2022 DENVER: As US oil rises toward $100 a barrel, producers in some high-cost shale basins are buying properties and adding rigs and frack crews in places that fell silent when prices crashed early in the pandemic two years ago. Benchmark US prices last week topped $93 a barrel, up …
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09-02-2022 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on Tuesday announced that all foreign Umrah pilgrims coming to the Kingdom must submit a negative PCR test report taken within 48 hours before arrival, Radio Pakistan reported. According to a statement issued in this regard, this rule applies to all, …
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09-02-2022 NEW YORK: The number of Americans dying while homeless has surged dramatically in the past five years. An analysis by the Guardian in conjunction with an academic expert at the University of Washington has shown that an examination of 20 US urban areas found the number of deaths among …
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