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Canada elections 2025: Key candidates, major parties, issues – All you need to know

[ad_1] Canadians head to the polls today in a crucial federal election after a dramatic few months shaped by political changes at home and tensions with the United States. Prime Minister Mark Carney, who took office in March following Justin Trudeau’s resignation, called the snap election in response to growing political pressure and a worsening […]

‘Major points agreed to’: Trump claims Russia-Ukraine ceasefire ‘very close’

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that Russia and Ukraine are nearing a ceasefire agreement, saying “most of the major points are agreed to” and urging both sides to hold high-level talks to “finish it off”. Posting from Rome on Friday, where he is attending the funeral of Pope Francis, Trump took to […]

Detained over frog embryos: Why this Russia-born Harvard scientist’s arrest in Boston could stall a major medical advance

[ad_1] A Harvard scientist integral to a promising breakthrough in cancer diagnostics has spent the past two months in an immigration detention centre, sparking fears that her absence could stall crucial advances in early detection technology, NBC News reported.Kseniia Petrova, 30, a Russian-born researcher at Harvard Medical School’s Kirschner Lab, was detained by US immigration […]

Pope Francis Tomb: ‘With lively hope in eternal life’: Pope Francis wanted a humble tomb at Rome’s St Mary Major Basilica, reveals his will

[ad_1] Pope Francis wanted a humble tomb at Rome’s St Mary Major Basilica, reveals his will (Picture credit: AP) Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday at the age of 88, had long expressed his desire to be buried in the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major in Rome, instead of the traditional burial site […]

Drones pose increasing risk to airliners near major US airports

[ad_1] Representative Image (AP) WASHINGTON: A commercial airliner was on final approach to San Francisco’s international airport in November when the crew spotted a drone outside the cockpit window. By then it was too late “to take evasive action,” the pilots reported, and the quadcopter passed by their windshield, not 300 feet away. A month […]

Hard truth: Elon Musk agrees with Bill Ackman as Trump gets major legal blow on deportation

[ad_1] Elon Musk and Bill Ackman commented on the Supreme Court ruling against Trump administration’s deportation. The Donald Trump administration received a major blow from the court as it has paused the deportation of immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act that the administration recently invoked. It was a 7-2 verdict as conservative Justices Samuel Alito […]

Taiwan News: Taiwan again detects major Chinese military presence around its territory

[ad_1] Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) Taiwan’s ministry of national defence (MND) reported a major spike in Chinese military activity around its air and maritime zones on Thursday, marking a continued pattern of pressure from Beijing. According to the MND, 34 aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), six naval vessels from the People’s Liberation […]

‘They’ve taken a hatchet’: Joe Biden accuses Trump of wrecking social security in first major speech post-presidency

[ad_1] In his first major public appearance since leaving the White House, former president Joe Biden accused his successor, Donald Trump, of causing deep harm to the social security administration. Speaking at a national conference for disability advocates, Biden said Trump had “taken a hatchet” to the agency, which provides benefits to tens of millions […]

US air force and naval academies remove race and gender from admissions process in major policy shift

[ad_1] In a major policy shift, the United States’ air force academy has removed race, gender, and ethnicity as factors in its admissions process. This move comes after a lawsuit alleged that the institution’s approach to building class diversity was discriminatory. According to a justice department court filing on Friday, the decision was formalised in […]

Kmala Harris: Kamala Harris’ ‘I’m not here to say I told you so’ jibe in her first major statement against Trump administration

[ad_1] Kamala Harris made her first crucial comment against the Trump administration at an event in California. Former vice president Kamala Harris spoke out against the Donald Trump administration for the first time in months after her election loss at the Leading Women Defined Summit in California and said, “I am not here to say […]