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“Stop, stop, stop!” The audio recording from air traffic control moments before Air Canada Flight 8646 collided with a fire truck on the runway at New York’s LaGuardia airport is harrowing. The CCTV footage showing the impact — the aircraft striking the side of the truck, and then colliding nose-first …
Read More »Pakistan and Afghanistan: How we got here and what might happen next
The Pakistan defence minister’s declaration of “open war” between his country and Afghanistan seemed both unexpected and inevitable. It’s unexpected because Pakistan and the Taliban were once close allies. Pakistan is one of only three countries to recognize the first Taliban government that seized power in Afghanistan in 1996, and …
Read More »Trump says regime change ‘seems’ to be ‘best thing that could happen’ for Iran
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signalled support for regime change in Iran and declared that …
Read More »Tsunamis: What are they and how do they happen?
On Tuesday, a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the area around Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, resulting in tsunami warnings being issued around the world. From Hawaii to Japan and the B.C. coast to Chile and Australia, people were warned that high water could inundate their coastlines. Many people remember the deadly 2004 Boxing …
Read More »The U.S. tax loophole that made Shein and Temu rich is changing. What will happen to the brands now?
For years, Shein and Temu used a U.S. tax loophole to keep their costs low and send items to the country ultra-quickly. Not anymore. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 2 to end the de minimis exemption — a rule that allows small packages worth less than …
Read More »वक्फ बिल पर विपक्ष के पास अब 3 तीर… जो धारा 370, CAA पर नहीं हुआ वो अब हो पाएगा? – opposition has three arrows on Waqf Bill what could not happen on Article 370 CAA will it be possible to happen now ntc
दो दिन के भीतर देर रात तक लगातार 12-12 घंटे से ज्यादा की चर्चा करके संसद के दोनों सदनों से वक्फ संशोधन बिल पास हो चुका है. हालांकि अब इसे रोकने की कोशिशें शुरू हो सकती हैं. तमाम मुस्लिम संगठनों समेत विपक्ष इसका लगातार विरोध कर रहे है. ऐसे में …
Read More »Trump dangles possibility of lower tariffs for China to make TikTok sale happen
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to reduce tariffs to get a deal done with TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, to sell the short-video app used by 170 million Americans. ByteDance has an April 5 deadline to find a non-Chinese buyer for TikTok or face a U.S. …
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Read More »Hospital shaving elderly Sikh patient without consent ‘cannot happen again’: WSO
An Ontario hospital network is investigating an incident from last month in which an older Sikh patient’s beard was shaved off without his consent, a move that has been condemned by the Sikh community as a severe breach of religious rights. As the investigation unfolds, Balpreet Singh, legal counsel and …
Read More »China plans to raise retirement age. Could it happen in Canada? – National
China is the latest in a slew of countries planning to gradually raise the statutory retirement age as an aging world population is forcing governments to reform their pension plans. Delaying retirement also “makes sense” and could have “a lot of benefits” in other countries, including Canada as the country …
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