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TORONTO: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he will appoint a special investigator to decide whether there should be a public inquiry into reports of Chinese interference in Canada’s elections.Trudeau also is having a Parliament national security committee examine classified information on the matter.The Globe and Mail, citing unidentified intelligence sources, reported last month that … Read more
WASHINGTON: New intelligence reviewed by US officials suggests that a pro-Ukrainian group carried out the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines last year, a step toward determining responsibility for an act of sabotage that has confounded investigators on both sides of the Atlantic for months. US officials said that they had no evidence President Zelensky … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a rare, direct aim at America, Chinese President Xi Jinpingcriticized the United States‘s attempts to suppress and contain China during his speech to delegates at an annual congress in Beijing.China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), began its annual session on Sunday and is expected to unveil the biggest government reshuffle … Read more
TEL AVIV: Shraga Tichover is hanging up his fatigues. After more than three decades as a reservist in the Israeli military, the paratrooper says he will no longer put his life on the line for a country slipping toward autocracy.Tichover is part of a wave of unprecedented opposition from within the ranks of the Israeli … Read more
HONG KONG: A woman accused of assisting a suspect in the gruesome killing and dismemberment of model Abby Choi in Hong Kong has been arrested in mainland China, Hong Kong police said Tuesday. The arrest of the 29-year-old woman brought the total number of people allegedly involved in the case to seven. Police said they … Read more
DHAKA: At least 15 people were killed and over 100 injured in an explosion at a building in Bangladesh’s Dhaka, local media reported.Five firefighting units were rushed to the spot after the blast, which occurred around 4:50 pm (local time), the bdnews24 news portal reported, citing the fire service control room.The cause of the blast … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended till March 13 the non-bailable arrest warrant against Pakistan‘s ousted prime minister Imran Khan for his failure to appear before a sessions court here for the fourth time in the Toshakhana case.The IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, announcing the verdict that he reserved earlier in the … Read more
LONDON: Thousands of people in Ukraine have sustained complex injuries linked to the war and need rehabilitation services and equipment to help them, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.Attacks on healthcare facilities, fewer healthcare workers due to displacement and power shortages were all making it difficult for people to get care, … Read more
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka‘s president said Tuesday that China had agreed to restructure its loans to the bankrupt island nation, clearing the final obstacle to a long-awaited International Monetary Fund bailout.An unprecedented economic crisis has seen Sri Lanka’s 22 million people suffer acute food, fuel and medicine shortages, along with extended blackouts and runaway inflation.President Ranil … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan‘s ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday failed to appear before an Islamabad court for the fourth time in the Toshakhana case even as the court refused to cancel the arrest warrant against him.The former premier’s counsel Sher Afzal Marwat, who appeared before the court, said 70-year-old Khan was unwell and “disabled” after … Read more