Sat 10 May 2025: Statistics Canada showed an unemployment rate of 6.9 percent, with most cuts in the manufacturing sector. Canada’s unemployment jumped to its highest level since November as United States President Donald Trump’s imposed tariffs affect the export-dependent economy. Statistics Canada showed a 0.2 percent increase for the month of April, bringing the country’s unemployment […]
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Fri 09 May 2025: India has ordered X to block more than 8,000 accounts, the platform said, adding that it was reluctantly complying with what it described as government-imposed “censorship.” The move appears to be part of India’s sweeping crackdown targeting social media accounts of Pakistani politicians, celebrities and media organisations amid heightened tensions and […]
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Fri 09 May 2025: US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the United States will not interfere in the conflict between India and Pakistan. “We want this thing to de-escalate as quickly as possible. We can’t control these countries, though,” Vance told Fox News. “What we can do is try to encourage these folks […]
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Fri 09 May 2025: WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is aiming to bring the first group of white South Africans to the United States via its refugee program as soon as next week, three people familiar with the matter said, a divisive effort given that Trump has been blocking refugee admissions […]
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Fri 09 May 2025: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Department of Defense to start removing transgender troops from the military in a memo issued Thursday. “Approximately 1,000 service members who have self-identified as being diagnosed with gender dysphoria will begin the voluntary separation process,” Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement. […]
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Fri 09 May 2025: Israel has dropped 100,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip since launching its genocide 19 months ago, killing or leaving missing over 62,000 Palestinians and committing more than 12,000 massacres, the Gaza government media office said on Thursday, Anadolu reports. The statement detailed key statistics of the war that began Oct. […]
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Fri 09 May 2025: Chinese leader, the highest-profile guest of Moscow’s WWII commemorations, keen to maintain ‘deep’ relationship with Russia. Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Russian leader Vladimir Putin that his country will stand with Moscow against “unilateralism and hegemonic bullying” during a visit to the country to commemorate the defeat of Nazi Germany […]
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Fri 09 May 2025: Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BFV) report highlighted the far-right Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) strong xenophobic and anti-Islamic stance, according to local media on Thursday. The BfV report referred to “ongoing agitation” against migrants, refugees, and Muslims by party officials. The AfD portrays migrants as a “threatening collective.” According to Der Spiegel […]
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Thu 08 May 2025: Before his name was proclaimed from St. Peter’s Basilica’s balcony, the crowd below cheered “Viva il Papa” — Long live the Pope. Robert Prevost, aged 69, will be the 267th pope, reigning as Leo XIV. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born September 14, 1955, in Chicago, is the first American pope, elected […]
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Thu 08 May 2025: Trump administration wants Israel ‘to come to its senses’ and strike a ceasefire deal on Gaza, Israeli media reports. A senior United States official has reportedly warned that Washington could move forward with its deal with Saudi Arabia without Israeli involvement, unless Israel changes course, according to Israeli media. The Jerusalem […]
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