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Canada's largest public sector strike leaves thousands in immigration limbo

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As Canada's largest strike by federal workers approaches its third week, thousands of people are in immigration limbo amid canceled hearings and stalled applications, which could make it harder for the country to compete for global talent as employers face a tight labour market.About 155,000 federal public servants have been on strike since April 19. While wages are a primary sticking point, the union also wants remote work included in its collective agreement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/IxKgdtV via IFTTT

'Britain's real monarch' gets coronation invitation

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As the son of a farmhand from the Australian outback, Simon Abney-Hastings might be an unlikely choice to receive an invitation to King Charles III's coronation.But when he takes his seat in Westminster Abbey next week, he will be the one person other than those in the line of succession who could actually have a claim on the throne.Unlikely though it might seem, the scenario is based on research by British medieval historian Michael Jones. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/9vIXwcq via IFTTT

Tens of thousands gather for Pope's mass in Hungary

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Polls open in Uzbekistan constitutional referendum

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Jack Dorsey rues Elon Musk deal, says it all went south

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Now, ageing China looks to give single women IVF access

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Russian official: Ukrainian drones strike Crimea oil depot

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A huge fire broke out at an oil depot in Sevastopol after two Ukrainian drones targeted the city's harbor, said Mikhail Razvozhayev, the governor of Crimea's Russia-appointed Sevastopol, on Saturday. Four oil tanks were destroyed, while a third drone was downed from the sky and another one wasn't functioning because of radio-electronic measures. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Yn0lSA3 via IFTTT

Pakistani parents lock daughters' graves to avoid rape

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In a shocking revelation, parents in Pakistan now guard their dead daughters against rape by putting padlocks to their graves, reported Daily Times. Reports have revealed that necrophilia cases are on the rise in the country. That a woman is raped every two hours in a country taking great pride in its family-oriented values has been hammered to the point of repetition in our collective conscience. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/xnGl4mz via IFTTT

Afghan women protesters urge against foreign recognition of Taliban

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Afghan women protested in Kabul on Saturday, calling on foreign nations not to recognise the Taliban government ahead of a UN summit next week. Since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, protesters have been beaten or detained for opposing curbs on women's rights. About 25 women marched through a residential area of Kabul, chanting "Recognition of Taliban—violation of women's rights." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/D6LSvij via IFTTT

Police: 5 people killed in shooting at home north of Houston

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Russian strikes across Ukraine kill 26 including five children

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Russian strikes battered cities across Ukraine on Friday, killing 26 people including five children, as Kyiv said preparations for a counter-offensive against Moscow's forces were nearly complete. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/nmCxHA2 via IFTTT

Cash-strapped Pakistan urges US to restore military financing, sales

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Addressing the seminar in Washington, Pakistan's envoy to US Masood Khan, on Thursday said, "It is important that the US restores, for Pakistan, Foreign Military Financing and Foreign Military Sales, suspended by the previous administration." Since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the US-Pakistan relationship has been stuck in a prolonged period of uncertainty. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/U2FNf74 via IFTTT

'My daughter made her husband PM': Sunak's mother-in-law

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Rishi Sunak's mother-in-law, Sudha Murty, has claimed in a video circulating online that because of her daughter, Rishi Sunak became the youngest prime minister of UK. In the video, Sudha can be heard saying: "I made my husband a businessman. My daughter made her husband prime minister of the UK." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/my-daughter-made-her-husband-a-prime-minister-rishi-sunaks-mother-in-law-sudha-murty/articleshow/99844007.cms via IFTTT

Russia sacks dy defence minister sanctioned by West over Mariupol

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Donald Trump, in New Hampshire speech, turns focus to Biden rematch

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'At $58bn, China's CPEC railway to Pak to be its costliest transport infra'

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China’s plan to build a railway link to Pakistan through the disputed Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) region could cost about $57. 7 billion, according to an official feasibility study, which recommended the government to go ahead with the project for its strategic significance, a media report said on Thursday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Za5ipvw via IFTTT

Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose accusations led to murder of Emmett Till, dead

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Chinese ship blocks Philippine vessel in South China Sea

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Tucker Carlson emerges on Twitter, targets US media and political system

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Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host, has released a video statement criticizing the state of public discourse on US television. He did not mention his recent departure from Fox, but took aim at American media and political parties. Carlson said, "Both political parties and their donors have reached consensus on what benefits them and they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/A1XSHfm via IFTTT

Washington becomes 9th state to ban selling AR-15-style rifles in US

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Brics nations call for ceasefire in Sudan

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Trump danger to democracy, Biden says after 2024 launch

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US President Joe Biden suggested on Wednesday that he could defeat Donald Trump again in a 2024 rematch, and warned the former Republican president was a threat to the country. One day after launching his re-election bid, Biden marked the occasion not on the campaign trail but in a Rose Garden news conference following a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/C6WOqML via IFTTT

Ex-US president 'lied and shattered my reputation': Trump rape accuser

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The writer suing Donald Trump for allegedly raping her nearly 30 years ago told jurors at a civil trial on Wednesday that the former United States president sexually assaulted her and defamed her by lying about it. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/zIpE57x via IFTTT

Japan's ispace says moon lander likely crashed

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Iran says senior cleric on Assembly of Experts shot dead

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2024 race won't be like 2020. That's good and bad for Biden

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New Zealand ex-PM Jacinda Ardern to take up Harvard fellowships

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Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern plans to take up fellowships at Harvard University, including the 2023 Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellowship, and has also volunteered as a special envoy for a group that combats violent extremism online. Ardern will also take up a technology fellowship to work on challenges related to the growth of generative AI tools. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/KlHeJQV via IFTTT

'Be a real man': Russian army launches recruitment drive

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Russia has launched a massive PR campaign in which the government is trying to recruit around 400,000 volunteers. Those that sign a contract with Russia's defence ministry are promised a monthly salary worth at least $2,450, a daily bonus of around $100 for taking part in offensive military operations and at least $615 if they capture or destroy enemy weapons and military equipment. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/T9Wgrsp via IFTTT

Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport

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The Taliban killed the Islamic State militant responsible for the suicide bombing that left 13 US troops and 170 Afghans dead at the Kabul airport during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. US intelligence confirmed that the Islamic State leader was killed in southern Afghanistan during battles between the Taliban and the group’s affiliate early this month. The US played no role in the killing and did not coordinate with the Taliban. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/U8KtyQC via IFTTT

UN humanitarian office reduces Sudan operations due to fighting

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Covid-19: China to scrap PCR test for travelers to country

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From April 29, travelers can instead show negative rapid antigen test results while airlines won’t be required to check the proof, foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Tuesday at a regular press briefing in Beijing. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/mFichXd via IFTTT

19 countries express interest in joining BRICS group

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The emerging-markets bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will meet in Cape Town on June 2-3 to discuss its enlargement. Saudi Arabia and Iran are among the countries who’ve formally asked to join the group. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/i2OMrvy via IFTTT

'Indians now see China as their greatest military threat'

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Influential Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has stated that India sees China as its greatest military threat, not Pakistan. Khanna emphasized that there is a need to constructively rebalance relations with Beijing through an economic reset, effective military deterrence, open lines of communication, and respect for other Asian partners. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/iBUEzpm via IFTTT

Fox News, Tucker Carlson part ways days after Fox settles Dominion lawsuit

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Fox News Media and top-rated host Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the media company said, less than a week after it and its parent Fox Corp settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.Carlson was expected to be a key witness in the trial centering around Fox's false claims that the 2020 presidential election had been manipulated in favor of Democrat Joe Biden. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/CKPeJGh via IFTTT

South Sudan receives about 10,000 refugees fleeing Sudan fighting

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France says closing Sudan embassy until further notice

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Exodus of diplomats from Sudan

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Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes Kermadec Islands region: USGS

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A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Kermadec Islands region near New Zealand on Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 kms (6.21 miles). from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/mVCxvhP via IFTTT

Baltics condemn China envoy's stance on ex-Soviet nations

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Sudanese help one another find medicine, water as state collapses into war

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21 bodies dug up in cult investigation of pastor in Kenya

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Twenty-one bodies have been found so far on land owned by a pastor in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death. Malindi sub-county police chief John Kemboi said more shallow graves have yet to be dug up on the land belonging to pastor Paul Makenzi, who was arrested on April 14 over links to cultism. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/y7dtKSU via IFTTT

US, other nations scramble to evacuate citizens as Sudan battles rage

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US troops swooped in on helicopters to evacuate embassy staff from Sudan's battle-torn capital, President Joe Biden said Sunday, as other nations sought to help their citizens flee deadly fighting between rival generals. France and Turkey on Sunday also launched evacuation operations from the troubled northeast African nation, where ongoing fighting has entered its second week. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/gJsmWaN via IFTTT

Sudan lions reserve warns running low on food amid fighting

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US temporarily suspends operations at embassy in Khartoum

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At least 10 killed as car bomb explodes in central Mali

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At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured on Saturday in a complex attack near a military base in central Mali, said the army. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/HD7528G via IFTTT

Philippines, China to set up more lines of communication to resolve maritime issues

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Philippines raises concerns over Taiwan in talks with China

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The Philippines' foreign secretary, Enrique Manalo, expressed concerns about escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait to Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang during a meeting in which the two countries discussed deepening economic ties. While they reaffirmed their commitment to dialogue and cooperation, China has been conducting military exercises around Taiwan this month after a meeting between the Taiwanese President and the US House Speaker. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/xXAzh2K via IFTTT

Japan gets ready to shoot down North Korea spy satellite debris

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There’s no silver bullet for Ukraine against Russia: Top US general

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General Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has said that there is no “silver bullet” weapon which the US and its allies can deliver to Ukraine to give them the edge over Russia in the ongoing conflict. The US has tried to provide increasingly advanced weaponry, however, the front line has remained unaltered for months, proving that no specific weapon is a “game-changer”. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/wYF6KHs via IFTTT

'This visit should not be seen as a bilateral...': Pakistan FM Bilawal Bhutto on SCO meet in Goa

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Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that his participation in a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council in India reflected Islamabad's commitment to the charter of the SCO and should not be seen in terms of bilateral ties. "We are committed to the SCO charter and this visit should not be seen as a bilateral one but in the context of the SCO," Bhutto-Zardari said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/O4pKBZo via IFTTT

India captain Rohit Sharma joins JioCinema to boost digital-first sports proposals

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Police investigating $15 million gold heist at Toronto airport

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The gold and valuables arrived Monday evening in a container that was offloaded from a plane and securely stored in a cargo holding facility, Peel Regional Police Inspector Stephen Duivesteyn told a news conference. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/hb4JAsj via IFTTT

Sudan's top general says military committed to civilian rule

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Sudan's top general said Friday the military remains committed to a transition to civilian rule, in his first speech since brutal fighting between his forces and the country's powerful paramilitary began nearly a week ago. In a video message released early Friday to mark the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan said: “We are confident that we will overcome this ordeal with our training, wisdom and strength, preserving the security and unity of the state." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/1CcovaQ via IFTTT

China's nuclear buildup deeply concerning, raises questions about country's intent: US

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China is not inflaming Ukraine situation, says Chinese foreign minister

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