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Indigenous women call on Canadian federal government to act in light of Winnipeg killings.

Deepak BoraDecember 12, 2022December 12, 2022

Cambria Harris, daughter of Morgan Harris, speaks during a news conference calling on the federal government to take action to end violence against Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people,...

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US plans new sanctions on Russia, China: report

ION correspondentDecember 9, 2022December 9, 2022

The United States plans to impose new sanctions against Russia and China on Friday that include punishing Moscow for its use of Iranian drones in its war against Ukraine,...

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Western Balkans Could Be Europe’s New Energy Gateway.

Deepak BoraDecember 6, 2022December 6, 2022

Hungary. Today, 2022.12.06. The Western Balkans could be Europe’s new energy gateway: a region from which Europe can get energy more reliably through other routes and suppliers, the European Commissioner...

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London Court Rejects Pro-Polisario Legal Action Against Morocco-UK Agreement.

ION correspondentDecember 6, 2022December 6, 2022

The signing ceremony of the Morocco-UK Association Agreement in 2019. Morocco. The Administrative Court in London rejected today a pro-Polisario legal action filed by British NGO WSC against the...

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Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin dies aged 96

ION correspondentDecember 1, 2022December 1, 2022

Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin – the first Chinese President to visit India, dies at 96 China’s former leader Jiang Zemin, who led the country at the time of...

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Colombian Govt. and ELN begin talks to reach “total peace”. End of Guerilla Militancy?

Deepak BoraNovember 25, 2022November 25, 2022

Colombia’s Peace Commissioner Danilo Rueda shakes hands with the ELN’s Pablo Beltran in Caracas./Presidencia. The peace delegations of the Colombian government and National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla sat down on...

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Sweden makes changes in its constitution to strengthen up the Anti Terror laws.

Deepak BoraNovember 25, 2022November 25, 2022

Moderate MP Susanne Nordström speaks in the debate in parliament on the changes to Sweden’s freedom of association law. Photo. Swedish Parliament/Screenshot. Scandinavia(n) Countries. Sweden’s parliament on Wednesday passed...

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162 killed in Indonesia earthquake, hundreds injured

ION correspondentNovember 22, 2022November 22, 2022

A powerful earthquake killed more than 160 people in Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday, with rescuers searching for survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks....

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China sees rise in COVID cases as Guangzhou begins lockdown; Beijing shuts businesses, schools

ION correspondentNovember 22, 2022November 22, 2022

China is again facing a grim battle with COVID-19 as Southern manufacturing hub Guangzhou locked down its largest district while capital Beijing is in semi-lockdown amid record new infections...

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Latam Airlines plane crashes on runway, kills two firefighters.

Deepak BoraNovember 21, 2022November 21, 2022

A LATAM Airlines jet collided with a firetruck on the runway as it was taking off from the airport in Peru’s capital Lima on Friday, resulting in the death...