Canada loses its four-year bid to secure a seat on UN Security Council
Jun 18, 2020, at 08:45 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Liberal Government has lost a four-year bid for one of two available temporary UN Security Council seats by getting the third position, behind Norway and Ireland, media reports said.
US Supreme Court ruling ‘extremely positive’ for LGBT community, says UN Rights Expert
Jun 18, 2020, at 07:12 pm
New York/IBNS: A UN expert on Wednesday hailed an historic judgement issued by the United States Supreme Court on 15 June that firing a person on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is unlawful.
Jun 17, 2020, at 11:41 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said in his daily news conference in Ottawa that his government is open to the suggestion of the National Hockey League (NHL) operating a hub city in Canada but the same is subjected to the approval by local health authorities, media reports said.
LGBTQ activist Sarah Hegazi death:#RaiseTheFlagForSarah storms Twitter
Jun 17, 2020, at 11:25 pm
Toronto/IBNS: The death of 30-year old Sarah Hegazi, an LGBTQ activist, due to apparent suicide on June 13 in her Toronto apartment, has sparked affluence of support on social media, with many people using the hashtag #RaiseTheFlagForSarah in her honour, media reports said.
Ontario allows visits by family to long-term care, retirement homes under strict health protocols
Jun 15, 2020, at 08:57 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada has decided to gradually resume visits of family and friends to long-term care homes, retirement homes and other residential care settings in Ontario beginning June 18, authorities informed during a news conference on June 11.
US records over 25,000 new COVID-19 cases
Jun 14, 2020, at 10:23 pm
Washington/UNI: The United States has confirmed 25,540 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, up from 25,396 the day before, which brings the country's tally to 2,074,526, according to the latest data provided by Johns Hopkins University on Sunday.
Protests erupt in US's Atlanta after cop shoots and kills a black man, police chief resigns
Jun 14, 2020, at 11:32 am
Washington/IBNS: The Police Chief of Atlanta in the United States has resigned after an officer shot and killed a black man outside a fast-food restaurant while trying to make an arrest.
Arizona reports highest daily confirmed cases of COVID-19
Jun 13, 2020, at 09:49 am
Los Angeles/Xinhua/UNI: The number of COVID-19 cases in the western US state of Arizona spiked by 1,654 on Friday, the largest single-day increase, raising the total confirmed cases in the state to 32,918, reported the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS).
Canada Border Service Agency seizes over 1,400 kg of suspected cannabis
Jun 13, 2020, at 03:09 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said it has seized more than 1,400 kilograms of suspected cannabis from two locations in the Greater Toronto Area, CBSA reports said.
Windstorm rips through southern Quebec causing power outages
Jun 12, 2020, at 02:31 am
Montreal/IBNS: More than 100,000 Hydro-Québec customers across southern Quebec have been without electricity due to power outages caused by strong and gusting winds, media reports said.
US ignores Russia’s request to release imprisoned citizens amid COVID-19 pandemic: Envoy
Jun 11, 2020, at 11:05 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The United States has ignored Moscow’s requests to release Russian citizens from US prisons amid the novel coronavirus pandemic for humanitarian reasons, Russian Ambassador in Washington Anatoly Antonov said on Thursday.
Lack of safety upgrades in Ontario nursing homes made them more vulnerable to deadly COVID-19
Jun 11, 2020, at 10:43 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Absence of safety upgrades in Ontario's long-term-care homes for the past two decades has increased their vulnerability to the deadly spread of COVID-19, media reports said.
Canada: 6th International Day of Yoga to be virtually observed in Toronto on Jun 21
Jun 11, 2020, at 06:56 pm
Toronto/IBNS: The sixth International Day of Yoga will be virtually observed here on Jun 21, Consulate General of India, Toronto office reported.
Trump says 'domestic terrorists' have taken over Seattle, lashes out at local leaders
Jun 11, 2020, at 04:32 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out at the leadership in Washington state for refusing to disperse protesters from the streets of Seattle, the state's capital, claiming “domestic terrorists” have taken over the city.
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Canada-US border closure extends further to late July: Reports
Jun 10, 2020, at 10:39 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: The Canada-US border closure, set to expire on June 21, is further extended till late July, media reports said quoting sources.
Jun 10, 2020, at 03:51 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Liberal government is set to impose stricter rules for claiming the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), as well as fines and jail terms for fraudulent applicants, media reports said.
US to reopen consulate in Wuhan before end of June - State Department
Jun 10, 2020, at 09:41 am
Washington/Sputnik: The US State Department intends to reopen the consulate in Wuhan, China, on or before the end of June, Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs Mary Elizabeth Taylor said in a notice.
Jun 09, 2020, at 07:37 pm
Toronto/IBNS: Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders, who is the first Black to assume the position, has announced to step down from the Toronto Police Service (TPS) from Jul 31 "to do things for the city he wants to do free", media reports said.
Jun 09, 2020, at 03:04 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: The second phase of reopening in Canada's Ontario will allow gathering of up to ten people besides resumption of more business activities later this week.
Canada: Quebec reports employment increase of 231,000 in May, the largest among the provinces
Jun 08, 2020, at 11:14 pm
Quebec/IBNS: Quebec's increase in employment by 231,000 (+6.5 per cent) from April to May was the largest gain among Canada's provinces and recorded a recovery of nearly 30 per cent of the cumulative losses witnessed in March and April, according to the Labour Force Survey, May 2020, reported by Statistics Canada on June 5.
NY Times op-ed editor resigns after column triggers protests
Jun 08, 2020, at 05:20 pm
New York/IBNS: The New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet has resigned after the newspaper disowned U.S. Senator Tom Cotton's views supporting military action to put down public unrest.
Minneapolis City Council Members Commit to Ending Police Department in Coming Months
Jun 08, 2020, at 09:31 am
Minneapolis/Sputnik: The Minneapolis City Council plans to disband the city’s police department over the coming months but it needs the support of the population to shape a new model of safety, council members said in a statement.
Donald Trump thanks DC Police, national guard, saying bigger protests had been expected
Jun 07, 2020, at 09:21 am
Moscow/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump has thanked Washington police and the National Guard for their work during the major George Floyd protests in the US capital.
Justin Trudeau's 21-second pause on a question about Trump's actions in US receives criticism
Jun 06, 2020, at 12:45 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's 21-second pause on June 2 before answering a reporter's question about U.S. President Donald Trump's handling of nationwide protests against police violence, was condemned by the Civil rights leader Al Sharpton on Thursday, media reports said.
Canada: Ontario considering Stage 2 of reopening despite surge in COVID-19 cases
Jun 05, 2020, at 11:34 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Ontario Premier Doug Ford said during his daily brief conference on Thursday that he might announce the reopening of Ontario's Stage 2 as early as next week, despite a recent surge in new cases of COVID-19, media reports said.
Donald Trump faces lawsuit over attack on protesters outside White House
Jun 05, 2020, at 04:19 pm
Washington/UNI: United states President Donald Trump has been sued in federal court of America over his Monday act of forcefully removing the protesters outside White house.
Thousands Gather in New York City to Remember George Floyd
Jun 05, 2020, at 08:54 am
New York/Sputnik/UNI; Thousands of New Yorkers are marching from Brooklyn to Manhattan to mark the life and death of George Floyd, an African American man who died in police custody.
Nearly 60 percent of Canadians Do Not Have Confidence in Trudeau to Prevent Economic Crisis- Poll
Jun 05, 2020, at 08:40 am
Toronto/Sputnik/UNI: Nearly 60 percent of Canadians do not have confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s abilities to prevent a deepening economic crisis amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, an Angus Reid poll revealed.
Minnesota Governor Says All Protesters Should Be Tested for COVID-19
Jun 05, 2020, at 08:22 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said that all participants of the massive protests against racism and police violence should be tested for COVID-19.
Canada's unique species found nowhere else on earth, reports Dan Kraus
Jun 04, 2020, at 08:11 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: 308 species, subspecies, and varieties of plants and animals which are uniquely Canadian, are found nowhere else on the planet, said a new report released Jun 4 by Dan Kraus, a senior conservation biologist with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NSC) and a lead author of the report on endemic species, media reports said.