Canada announced Wednesday it was slashing international student permits next year, and tightening foreign worker rules to further bring down the number of temporary residents in the country. The move comes after several recent rounds of restrictions aimed at taming record immigration levels that pushed Canada’s population past 41 million earlier this year. Prime Minister
Authorities in the United Kingdom (UK) are investigating a Metropolitan police officer seen in a video advising a group of Nigerian women not to report their abusive husbands. The footage, said to have been recorded six years ago, has resurfaced on social media. The UK Mirror said the video captured in 2018 at Divine Restoration
The move is part of a broader effort by the U.S. to strengthen ties with Africa and Pacific Island nations, both of which are seen as increasingly crucial in global geopolitical dynamics. According to Reuters, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Linda Thomas-Greenfield, will formally announce the proposal on Thursday (today) at the Council on
Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been declared the winner of Saturday’s presidential election in Algeria. Mohamed Charfi, head of the Algerian electoral commission, told journalists on Sunday that Tebboune, the incumbent president, had won with over 90 percent of the votes. “Of 5,630,000 voters recorded, 5,320,000 voted for the independent candidate Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accounting for 94.65 percent,”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he supported Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential election, an apparent wry remark a day after Washington accused Moscow of seeking to influence the vote. Putin often comments on political and social issues in the United States, often with sarcasm. He said last year that the US political
The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have introduced a set of rules governing everyday lifestyle based on their strict interpretation of Islamic law. The justice ministry announced on its website on Wednesday that the 35-article law had been approved by the Taliban’s supreme leader, the reclusive Hibatullah Akhundzada. A range of prohibitions and guidelines for social
Kamala Harris, US presidential hopeful, aimed jabs at Donald Trump during her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC). Harris’ speech late Thursday night ended four days of a star-studded and super-charged DNC in Chicago. Centering her speech around themes of patriotism and freedom, the vice-president reminded Americans of the “chaos and calamity” her
Iran’s investigation into the May helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi has found it was caused by bad weather, Iranian media said Wednesday citing an official. The helicopter carrying 63-year-old Raisi and his entourage came down on a fog-shrouded mountainside in northern Iran, killing the president and seven others, and triggering snap elections. Fars
Congressional Republicans lodged a formal case Monday for the impeachment of US President Joe Biden, using the opening day of the Democratic National Convention to launch a political assault unlikely to gain serious traction. The report from three powerful committees in the Republican-led House of Representatives accuses Biden of corruption linked to his son Hunter’s
Britain’s annual inflation rate rose in July for the first time this year and is now back above the Bank of England’s target official data showed on Wednesday. The Consumer Prices Index, CPI, climbed 2.2 per cent in the 12 months to July compared with a 2.0 per cent annual gain in June, the Office