Category: News Desk

Sat 01 February 2025: The BRICS countries are not discussing the creation of a common currency, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “There are no talks about establishing a common BRICS currency. Such discussions have not taken place and are not taking place now. Instead, BRICS is focused on developing new joint investment platforms […]

Sat 01 February 2025: Rights group urges Canada to end ‘closed’ work permits that leave migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Montreal, Canada – Canada has failed to take meaningful action to address systemic abuses in a decades-old foreign worker programme, subjecting thousands of labourers to an “inherently exploitative” system, Amnesty International says. In a 71-page […]

Fri 31 January 2025: President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there is no chance for BRICS countries to replace the US dollar. “The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar, while we stand by and watch, is OVER,” Trump said on the social media platform Truth Social, referring […]

Fri 31 January 2025: German lawmakers debated the possibility of banning the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party during a heated session Thursday, as concerns mounted over the party’s anti-democratic activities. Social Democrat lawmaker Johannes Fechner warned that right-wing extremists pose a serious threat to democracy and voiced his support for a motion to initiate proceedings to ban […]

Fri 31 January 2025: 85 percent of the local population in Greenland are against the idea of becoming part of the United States, according to new polling conducted by research company Verian, for national newspaper Sermitsiaq in Greenland and media outlet Berlingske in Denmark. The poll was based on web interviews conducted between January 22 […]

Thu 30 January 2025: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government will retain a ban on asylum seekers being able to claim protections under modern slavery and other human rights laws, even as its ministers have previously criticised those measures, Reuters has reported. Starmer is under pressure to deal with tens of thousands of people who arrive in […]

Thu 30 January 2025:   A regional plane collided in midair with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night, according to authorities. “A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport […]