Modi’s Canada visit in April cost taxpayers dearly: Report
NEW YORK (TIP): The information on the expenditure on Modi's visit to Canada in April includes 17,600 Canadian dollars ($13,340)…
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UK jihadi complains of ‘rude Arabs’ who steal, eat like kids
LONDON (TIP): A British IS member living in Syria has complained about the "bad manners" of Arab fellow militants he…
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One million evacuated in Chile after 8.3-magnitude earthquake
SANTIAGO, CHILE (TIP): A strong 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile's coast on Wednesday, shaking buildings in cities around the country…
Read MoreFire at Mecca hotel, 1,000 pilgrims evacuated
MECCA (TIP): About 1,000 Asian pilgrims were evacuated early on Sep 17 from their hotel in the Saudi city of…
Read MoreStolen diamond found in woman’s intestine
BANGKOK (TIP): The good news for the Chinese visitor to Bangkok was that a doctor had successfully removed a foreign…
Read MoreAt least 85 killed in South Sudan oil tanker blast
JUBA (TIP): At least 85 people were killed in South Sudan when a crowd tried to gather fuel from an…
Read MoreOne of 2 Indians abducted in Libya flees from captivity
NEW DELHI (TIP): One of the two Indians, who were abducted in Sirte in war-torn Libya, has managed to flee…
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2000-year-old Ashoka stupa restored in China
NANGCHEN (TIP): A 2000-year-old lost stupa, one of the 19 built with Lord Buddha's relics sent by Emperor Ashoka to…
Read MoreSpurned Italian wife bites off love rival’s finger
ROME (TIP): An Italian woman who discovered her husband was cheating bit off his mistress's finger in a street brawl…
Read MoreSpanish enclaves’ towering fences offer glimpse of fortress Europe
MELILLA (SPAIN) (TIP): In September 2005, hundreds of African migrants stormed the barbed wire fences in the Spanish enclaves of…
Read MoreChina appears to be working on third airstrip on disputed South China Sea islets: Expert
WASHINGTON (TIP): China appears to be carrying out preparatory work for a third airstrip in contested territory in the South…
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700 Scottish families pledge to open their homes for refugees
LONDON (TIP): In a moving gesture of solidarity, over 700 Scottish families have officially registered with the government pledging to…
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Northern Ireland first minister steps down amid impasse
LONDON (TIP): The future of the Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government in Northern Ireland is hanging by a slender thread with first…
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Man bites off wife’s nose, eats it for not picking his calls
BEIJING (TIP): In a gruesome incident in China, an estranged husband reportedly bit off his wife's nose and ate it…
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Jihadists put squeeze on Syria’s Assad as Russia defends aid
BEIRUT (TIP): Jihadists advanced on a regime airbase in eastern Syria on Sept 10 after the fall of one in…
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NHS makes desperate bid to retain Indian nurses back in UK
LONDON (TIP): Britain's National Health Service has made a desperate bid to keep Indian nurses from leaving UK, due to…
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No hard landing of economy, no currency war, says China
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese premier Li Keqiang has assured global business leaders that his government was determined to prevent a hard…
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Saudi Arabia offers Germany 200 mosques — one for every 100 refugees who arrived last weekend
SAUDI ARABIA (TIP): Saudi Arabia has reportedly responded to the growing number of people fleeing the Middle East for western…
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Islamic State’s attacks in Saudi Arabia test security of haj
DUBAI (TIP): The Islamic State group is extending its reach in Saudi Arabia, expanding the scope of its attacks and…
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5 Indo-Canadians Bag Prestigious STEM Scholarships
Five Indo-Canadian high school students have received this year's prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarships. Nimra Dar, Manpreet Deol, Aditya Mohan, Aishwarya…
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UK School Asks Sikh Girls to Remove Turbans, Apologises
LONDON: Two minor Sikh girls in the UK were ordered to remove their turbans by teachers who mistook the traditional…
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Aunt had tried to sponsor family who drowned off Turkey
ANKARA(TURKEY) (TIP): Aylan Kurdi, whose 3-year-old body was captured face-down in the surf in images that have horrified the world,…
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Iran’s Khamenei backs parliamentary vote on nuclear deal with powers – state TV
ANKARA (TIP): Iran's supreme leader said on September 3 he favoured a parliamentary vote on its nuclear deal reached with…
Read MoreMigrant crisis could damage ‘idea of Europe’, Germany says
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (TIP): A failure to handle the migrant crisis effectively could adversely affect the "idea of Europe", Germany's labour minister…
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UN calls for up to 200,000 refugees to be shared among EU states
GENEVA (TIP): The UN High Commissioner for Refugees called Friday on the European Union to admit up to 200,000 refugees…
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Julian Assange’s secret escape plan made public
LONDON (TIP): Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012 had plans to escape his…
Read MoreWorld’s largest children’s museum displays Hindu Lord Ganesh
INDIANAPOLIS (TIP): The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (CMI), said to be world's largest children's museum, in partnership with National Geographic,…
Read MoreLOST AUSTRALIAN SHEEP YIELDS 30 SWEATERS WORTH OF FLEECE
CANBERRA: A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 40…
Read MoreIndonesian city may ban teen dating after dark
WEST JAVA (TIP): Dating just got harder for Indonesian teenagers in West Java, with a local leader on September 3…
Read MoreConversions, drugs reason for declining population: Sikh diaspora
TORONTO: Sikh leaders in North America blame conversions, drugs and migration for the decline in the growth rate of Sikh…
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