Headlines- Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
- According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
- At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
- Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..
Tag: Canada
Canada Offers Opportunity for Afghan Journalist...
After fleeing Taliban repression back home, a former political reporter for TOLOnews in Afghanistan found a new job with a Canadian broadcaster.
Press Briefing on Canadian Indigenous Women...
About Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada, a press briefing is held. Seated from left to right are: Michèle Audette, Senator of Canada; Coralee McGuire-Cyrette, Ontario Native Women’s Association; Bailey Oster, Director of Youth Programs and Services of the Métis Nation of Alberta; and RoseAnne Archibald
Experts: Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Games...
Experts say that for the U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics to be effective, more countries will need to participate. But that could be challenging given some countries’ economic ties to China or recognized prowess in winter sports
Immigrant Island of Canada:PEI
Prince Edward Island is Canada’s smallest province, made famous through the Anne of Green Gables novels. It has attracted immigrants from all around the world in recent years
Canadian Lawmakers Approve Motion Labeling Xinjiang...
Canada’s House of Commons on Monday passed a motion designating rights abuses in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as genocide, making it the second nation to do so following the U.S. last month
South African Medics to Row Northwest...
Two South African medics are swapping their medical gear for oars as they train for a risky 4,000-kilometer (2,500-mile) journey by rowboat through the Arctic Northwest Passage