South Sudan closes schools after students collapse due to extreme heat
JUBA (TIP): South Sudan on Feb 20 announced the closure of all schools for two weeks due to an ongoing…
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Brazil’s top court justice orders X to pay $1.4 million fine for non-compliance
SAO PAULO (TIP): Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to pay 8.1 million Brazilian reais ($1.4 million)…
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Zelensky accuses Trump of living in a Russian-made ‘disinformation space’
KYIV (TIP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb 19 of living in a Russian-made “disinformation…
Read MoreArab leaders gather in Saudi Arabia to hash out recovery plan for Gaza
RIYADH (TIP): Arab leaders were gathering in Saudi Arabia on Feb 21 to hammer out a recovery plan for Gaza…
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Netanyahu slams ‘cruel and malicious violation’ of Gaza ceasefire deal over release of body
JERUSALEM (TIP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge on Feb 21 for what he described as a “cruel and…
Read MorePope Francis marks one week in hospital fighting pneumonia
ROME (TIP): Pope Francis marked the one-week point February 21 in his hospital stay, getting up to eat breakfast as…
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Ontario elections: Will the Indo-Canadian community improve its tally in the February 27 polls?
TORONTO (TIP) : Of the two ensuing elections - the new leader of the Liberal Party and next Prime Minister…
Read MoreCanadian Olympic medalists awarded cash incentives, thanks to the Malaviya Foundation
OTTAWA (TIP): All 50 Canadian athletes, who won medals in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, have been awarded cash incentives…
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First Sikh RCMP officer Baltej Dhillon among three nominated to Canadian Senate by Justin Trudeau
Baltej Dhillon, the first turban-wearing Sikh to become a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in 1991, is one of the…
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Tariff War: Former Prime Ministers want Canadians to fly Maple Leaf on Saturday as Premiers land in Washington
While Canadian premiers landed in Washington in a historic solidarity effort to convince US lawmakers, business groups, and lobbyists to…
Read MoreKosovo set for parliamentary polls on February 9
PRISTINA (TIP): Kosovo goes to the polls February 6 in a parliamentary election expected to be a key test for…
Read MoreHow a wave of antisemitic attacks roiled Australia and provoked claims of foreign influence
WELLINGTON (TIP): A wave of antisemitic attacks has roiled Australia, with a dozen arrests for vandalizing or setting homes, schools,…
Read MoreTwo dead after small plane crashes into bus in Sao Paulo
SAO PAULO (TIP): Two killed and six people injured on February 7 when a small plane crashed on a major…
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Tainted alcohol kills 33 in Ankara: governor’s office
Ankara (TIP): Thirty-three people have died in Ankara after drinking bootleg alcohol and another 20 are in intensive care, the…
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Hamas to free three more Israeli hostages for dozens of Palestinian prisoners under Gaza ceasefire
DEIR AL-BALAH: Hamas-led militants are set to free three more hostages, all Israeli civilian men, on Saturday, and Israel will…
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The start of the tariff war sets to hit people-to-people relations
More than “tariffs,” a war of attrition set in motion by both the US Administration and the Canadian government may…
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Liberal Party leadership race: “It is ironic. The people that broke the system certainly cannot fix it,” says Ruby Dhalla
OTTAWA (TIP): “I just found it ironic that all the people that are running as candidates wanting to be the…
Read MoreBelarus strongman Lukashenko set to win seventh term in election opposition calls ‘senseless farce’
Belarus (TIP): The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on January 26 as…
Read MoreSouth Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law: Reports
SEOUL (TIP): South Korean prosecutors on January 26 indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his…
Read MorePutin hails Soviet army for ending ‘total evil’ of Auschwitz
MOSCOW (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 27 praised Soviet soldiers for ending the "total evil" of Auschwitz on…
Read MoreFour South African soldiers killed in DR Congo, taking toll to 13
JOHANNESBURG (TIP): Four more South African soldiers have been killed in fighting against the M23 armed group in eastern Democratic…
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22 killed in Lebanon before agreement to extend deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw
LEBANON (TIP): On January 26, Israeli forces opened fire on protesters in southern Lebanon demanding their withdrawal in accordance with…
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‘Extremely unlikely’ Covid pandemic came from lab leak: China
BEIJING (TIP): China said on January 27 it was "extremely unlikely" Covid-19 came from a laboratory, after the US Central…
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‘My soul and life have returned’: Palestinians return to north Gaza, shocked by war’s destruction
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES (TIP): Thousands of displaced Palestinians were returning to the north of war-ravaged Gaza after Israel and Hamas reached…
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Montreal Sikh businessman endorses Mark Carney
TORONTO (TIP): After the closing of nominations for the Liberal Party leadership, all aspirants for the top political post have…
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The Indian Diaspora is in a piquant situation
TORONTO (TIP): Notwithstanding its political clout, the Indian diaspora is locked in a piquant situation. Starting last year, when an…
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Six Chinese firms including Xiaomi, TikTok hit by privacy complaints in Europe
VIENNA (TIP): Online privacy campaigners said Thursday they had filed complaints in several European countries against six Chinese companies including…
Read MoreBootleg alcohol claims lives of at least 30 people in Istanbul while dozens are hospitalized
ANKARA (TIP): At least 30 people have died in Istanbul over the past three days after drinking bootleg alcohol, Turkey's…
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Death toll rises to 87 as standoff between police and miners ends in South Africa
STILFONTEIN, (TIP): The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned…
Read MoreThree lawyers of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny jailed by Russian court
PETUSHKI (TIP): Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were convicted by a court Friday…
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