New Delhi: Australia wants to strengthen security cooperation with India while also deepening economic and cultural ties, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday ahead of talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “We are partners and building that partnership even stronger each and every day,” Albanese told reporters after a ceremonial reception at the Indian...
Toronto district school board has passed a motion recognizing caste oppression and, with this, Toronto has become Canada's first school board to recognize caste discrimination. It is the second significant development in North America on the issue as the Seattle City Council less than three weeks ago banned caste discrimination. Toronto-based Hindu groups had strongly...
Paris: Young people in France — including some who haven’t even entered the job market yet — are protesting Thursday against the government’s push to raise the retirement age. Students blocked access to some universities and high schools, and several hundred students led a protest in Paris as part of nationwide strikes and demonstrations against...
Tel Aviv, Israel: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to be airlifted Thursday to the country’s main international airport for an overseas trip after throngs of cars and protesters prevented him from driving there. The demonstrations were part of nationwide protests underway for more than two months against Netanyahu and his government’s contentious plan to...
Beijing: Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as president Friday, putting him on track to stay in power for life at a time of severe economic challenges and rising tensions with the U.S. and others. The endorsement of Xi’s appointment by the ceremonial National People’s Congress was a foregone conclusion for...
Berlin: Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, with several people killed and wounded, police said. Early Friday morning, investigators could be seen working outside the building as a light snow fell, placing yellow cones on the ground and windowsills to mark evidence. “We...
New York: More women than ever hold political decision-making posts worldwide but gender parity is still far off, according to a report jointly released by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the UN Women. The report, presenting the latest rankings and regional distribution of women in executive positions and national parliaments as of January 1 of this...
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that an independent special rapporteur will probe alleged Chinese interference in their recent elections. The appointed investigator will review classified reports about the 2019 and 2021 federal elections and will make recommendations for future contests, the BBC reported. Rival political party leaders have called for a public inquiry. China...
Beijing: China’s new foreign minister, Qin Gang described the US’s “Indo-Pacific Strategy” as an effort to “gang up” against Beijing, in what was seen as a direct response to the China-focused joint statement issued by the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, foreign ministers in New Delhi. “The US’s ‘Indo-Pacific Strategy’ seeks to gang up to form...
