CANADIAN ACADEMICS ADVISED AGAINST NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO US

Thu 17 April 2025: Canadian academics are being advised against all non-essential travel to the United States, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) said in a travel advisory to its members on Tuesday. Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly […]

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HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN ABUSED BY CATHOLIC CLERGY IN GERMANY – REPORT

Thu 17 April 2025: More than 200 children were sexually abused by Catholic clergy in southern German cities over the past decades, a new independent report revealed on Monday. According to the Catholic Diocese of Wurzburg, since 1945 at least 226 children and juveniles have been victims of sexual abuse. Investigators identified 51 perpetrators, including […]

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PUTIN PRAISES MUSK, COMPARES HIM TO SOVIET SPACE HERO

Thu 17 April 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin has told university students that the world’s richest man was a pioneer comparable to legendary rocket engineer Sergei Korolev, a hero of the Soviet communist era. The comments came as Russia and the United States forged closer ties under Trump’s administration, of which billionaire SpaceX founder Elon […]

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UK ANTI-ISLAM ACTIVIST ‘TOMMY ROBINSON’ LOSES APPEAL AGAINST PRISON SENTENCE

Wed 16 April 2025: British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon on Wednesday lost his appeal against his 18-month sentence after he previously admitted contempt of court for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee. Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, was jailed in October after he admitted contempt of court by breaching an injunction banning him from […]

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EU’S VON DER LEYEN: ‘THE WEST AS WE KNEW IT NO LONGER EXISTS’

Wed 16 April 2025: EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday said US President Donald Trump’s policies are bringing “historic” changes, compelling the EU to “play a very active role” in shaping this new world order. “The West as we knew it no longer exists,” von der Leyen told German newspaper Die Zeit, […]

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UK INVESTIGATES ‘ISLAMOPHOBIC HATE CRIME’ AFTER 85 MUSLIM GRAVES VANDALISED IN WATFORD CEMETERY

Wed 16 April 2025: The UK Police, on Tuesday, launched an investigation into what is being treated as an Islamophobic hate crime after 85 graves, many belonging to babies and young children, were desecrated in the Muslim section of Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Watford. Hertfordshire Police said the criminal damage, discovered by a grieving […]

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COUNTRIES REACH LANDMARK DEAL ON TACKLING FUTURE PANDEMICS, WHO SAYS

Wed 16 April 2025: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says draft agreement shows multilateralism is ‘alive and well’. The members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have reached a landmark agreement on how to respond to future pandemics after more than three years of negotiations, the global health body has said. The draft agreement, drawn […]

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BRICS MEMBERS DISCUSS US’ RECIPROCAL TARIFFS, EXPRESS ‘SERIOUS CONCERN’ ABOUT TRADE TENSIONS

Sun 13 April 2025: China said Saturday that BRICS members discussed US reciprocal tariffs and expressed “serious concern” about trade tensions. Beijing said Washington’s tariffs have “severely undermined the international trade system, disrupted global industrial and supply chains, and caused prolonged impact on the world economy,” during the second meeting of the BRICS Contact Group […]

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‘DOZENS DEAD AND WOUNDED’ IN RUSSIAN ATTACK ON UKRAINE’S SUMY: ZELENSKYY

Sun 13 April 2025: The Ukrainian president condemns ‘terrible’ missile attack days after Trump envoy Steve Witkoff met President Putin in Russia. A Russian ballistic missile attack on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has killed more than 20 people, according to local authorities. “On this bright Palm Sunday, our community has suffered a terrible […]

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