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A dozen people were injured in a shooting at a pub in eastern Toronto, police said Friday (March 7, 2025) night. Police said they were called to reports of multiple people being shot near Progress Avenue and Corporate Drive at around 10:40 p.m. Toronto paramedics had said 11 adults suffered injuries ranging from minor to … Read more
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File | Photo Credit: AP “The United Nations (UN) had warned Bangladesh Army that it would be banned from the UN peacekeeping missions if it got involved in violence during the July-August 2024 students’ protests,” UN human rights chief Volker Turk has said. The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement … Read more
A file photo of Afghan refugees used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP “The Pakistan Government has set March 31, 2025 as the deadline for Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders to leave Pakistan voluntarily as part of a plan to repatriate all illegal foreigners,” according to an official document. The document, purportedly leaked … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (March 6, 2025) attacked India’s tariffs regime, saying it is next to impossible to sell anything to India because of the “high tariffs.” Speaking to … Read more
Myanmar’s military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Myanmar’s military government will hold a general election in December 2025 or January 2026, state media said on Saturday (March 8, 2025), citing the junta chief giving the first specific time frame for the long-promised polls. Also read | Four years on, … Read more
Members of a French military flight crew talk on the tarmac at France’s military air base in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. | Photo Credit: AP France handed control of two military facilities to Senegal on Friday (March 7, 2025), beginning the formal process of withdrawing its military presence from the West African country … Read more
FIFA President Gianni Infantino presents President Donald Trump with the new FIFA Club World Cup official ball in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on March 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump created a task force Friday (March 7, 2025) to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will … Read more
Google Doodle celebrates International Women’s Day 2025. This International Women’s Day, Google decided to honour women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through its famous Google Doodle. The Doodle artwork spotlights groundbreaking contributions by women who revolutionised space exploration, uncovered ancient discoveries, and pioneered lab research that fundamentally shaped our understanding of physics, chemistry, … Read more
The United States Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C. Image for representation | Photo Credit: Reuters The son of a Mexican drug cartel boss has been sentenced to life in prison for helping his father run one of the country’s largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations. Rubén Oseguera, known as El Menchito, is … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in Washington, D.C. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump denied on Friday (March 7, 2025) a report that his senior advisor, billionaire Elon Musk, had clashed with Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a White House meeting. According to The New York Times, … Read more