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India summons Canada envoy over Trudeaus comments about farmers protests
The ministry said "ill-informed" comments by Trudeau and other Canadian politicians had encouraged "extremist" gatherings in front of Indian missions in Canada. Earlier this week, on the occasion of the 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, Trudeau had said that the situation related to the protest by farmers was "concerning and we're all very anxious about family and fr... [Full Article...]
Qatar foreign min says there has been movement on resolving Gulf dispute
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed a diplomatic, trade and travel boycott on Qatar in June 2017, accusing Doha of supporting terrorism and having ties with Iran that were deemed too close. "We believe the end of the crisis is important for the security of the region and for sake of our people". Responding to rumours over normalisation, Al Thani confirmed, "The Gulf... [Full Article...]
Azerbaijan says thousands of its troops were killed in separatist clashes
Large areas in Nagorno-Karabakh previously controlled by ethnic Armenians were handed over to Azerbaijan , whose forces had captured territory including areas that Baku lost in an earlier war in the 1990s. Turkey has extended its clout in the region by strongly backing Azerbaijan. Earlier this week, Russian and Turkish military officials signed documents to set up a joint monitoring centre to e... [Full Article...]
In first case, Muslim man held under 'love jihad' law in India
At least four other Indian states are drafting laws against "love jihad". It is not a term officially recognized by Indian law. I know Washington is working on putting that all together."In a more recent call, when another staff member suggests that the "real craziness is the client", referring to President Trump, "not the lawyers", the voice ID'd as Zucker agrees before saying, "I think you raise... [Full Article...]
'Significant increase' in catalytic converter thefts leaving more drivers out of pocket
Replacing a catalytic converter costs up to $2,000. Thieves are targeting vehicles in parking lots, with the most thefts reported downtown, along Highbury Avenue between Oxford and Brydges streets, and in the area of Adelaide Street South and Commissioners Road East, police said. [Full Article...]
USA hits record COVID cases and hospitalisations
The grim death toll hasn't been been so high since the deadliest days of the pandemic in the spring when the highest daily tally for deaths reached 2,752 on April 15 according to The New York Times' count. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , warned on Wednesday that a hard winter awaits. Record-high COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations have be... [Full Article...]
US Virus Deaths 'Obliterate' Single-Day Record
More than 100,000 people were in the hospital battling the virus Wednesday, also a record, CBS News reported. The nation - which has logged almost 14 million cases and over 273,000 deaths since the pandemic began - also recorded 200,070 new daily COVID-19 illnesses, though not surpassing a previous daily case record set November 27 at 205,557. [Full Article...]
Facebook to remove COVID-19 vaccine-related misinformation
The requirement of an extreme low temperature of -70 deg C for storing the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer poses a big challenge for its delivery in a developing nation like India, especially in its smaller towns and rural areas where maintaining such cold chain facilities would be very hard, Guleria said. [Full Article...]