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How Meta’s News Ban Could Disrupt Canada’s Election

After Meta blocked news from its platforms in Canada, hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing Facebook pages such as Canada Proud have filled the gap. Our Canada bureau chief explains the effect on voters. Source link

‘Will analyse and decide’: Vladimir Putin on Zelenskyy’s offer to halt strikes on civilian infrastructure

Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said he would “analyse” his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy‘s proposal, under which the warring neighbours would halt airstrikes targeting the other’s civilian infrastructure.“We will analyse everything and take the corresponding decisions,” Putin told state TV reporters in Moscow, according to news agency AFP. […]

Lion attacks and kills 14-year-old girl in Nairobi in presence of another teenager

Lion 14-year-old in Kenya. (IANS photo) In Nairobi, a 14-year-old girl lost her life following a lion attack, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) announcement on Sunday.The tragic event took place on Saturday at a ranch situated south of Nairobi National Park.Another teenager witnessed the incident and alerted authorities, as per the KWS statement.“KWS […]

Global tributes pour in to honor Pope Francis after his death | World News

1. US Vice President JD Vance, who met with the pope on Easter Sunday before traveling to India, wrote on social media that his “heart goes out” to the millions of Christians who loved him, and said: “I was happy to see him yesterday, though he was obviously very ill.” 2. King Charles III praised […]

Who is the Camerlengo? the man now at the helm of the Vatican after Pope Francis’ death

Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announces the death of Pope Francis at the Vatican. As the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, Pope Francis, died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the responsibility of leading the Catholic Church has fallen to Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican‘s camerlengo, during its period of mourning and […]

International students caught in legal limbo: US agencies downplay SEVIS termination impact, but attorneys warn of dire consequences

As legal challenges mount against the US agencies for termination of the SEVIS records of hundreds of international students and district courts are increasingly granting temporary restraining orders (TROs) against such termination, the stand adopted by US agencies to downplay the irreparable harm caused to students is being widely discussed by immigration attorneys.An affidavit submitted […]

Wisdom of Pope Francis: Key quotes that define his Papacy

Pope Francis died at the age of 88 (Image: AP) After a prolonged illness, Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta. His death came just a day after he delighted the crowds of worshippers at the Vatican on Easter […]

How Russia recruits troops in occupied Ukrainian territories

This spring marks the highest rate of military conscription that Russia has seen in 14 years. In late March, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree ordering 160,000 men aged 18 to 30 to be called up. Their year of service began on April 10.Russia’s Defense Ministry claims that the latest round of conscription, which […]

What happens if Trump trashes the AGOA pact?

Donald Trump (ANI file photo) The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a trade agreement at the core of US economic policy on Africa, is soon set to expire.The US Congress enacted the AGOA Trade Act in May 2000. The pact has been renewed several times, most recently in 2015, when Congress extended it to […]

Pope Francis waved goodbye: Easter Sunday tour was his final public appearance

Pope Francis‘s last public appearance came just a day before his death, as he made an unexpected tour of St Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday — a farewell that now stands as the closing chapter of his papacy.The 88-year-old pontiff, who had recently been discharged from hospital after a five-week battle with a severe infection […]