Canada is due to announce its answer to US President Donald Trump’s latest wave of tariffs Tuesday, as a trade war intensifies between the historically close allies. The new measures aim to support workers and businesses during “challenging times,” Canada’s government said late Monday, with officials to hold a press briefing to detail Ottawa’s response […]
Over 380 tourists, mostly foreigners, were out of contact on Wednesday in Nepal after a massive flood tore through the border region with Tibet. “A preliminary agency-wise record received from tourism and travel companies has identified 384 travellers, including 291 foreign nationals and 93 Nepali nationals, who were reported missing from the affected areas,” said […]
A huge wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and China’s Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding on the Nepali side that killed at least 95 people and left hundreds of tourists missing. In a still-unfolding disaster, verified videos showed dozens of people swept away at the […]
Meta agreed to pay a coalition of US states as much as $16.7 billion and to impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, according to a court filing on Wednesday that ends a landmark trial in California. The proposed settlement, filed in federal court, would resolve claims by 29 states that […]
President Donald Trump’s administration has issued a pause on visa appointments for applicants around the world during an ongoing immigration crackdown by the US government in the Republican leader’s second term in the White House. A US State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday that it launched a global training initiative at all US embassies and […]
Nine years after the mass Rohingya exodus into Bangladesh, hopes of returning home have faded into deepening uncertainty, with repatriation stalled, violence continuing in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and a worsening humanitarian crisis pushing growing numbers of refugees towards dangerous sea journeys. More than 1.2 million Rohingya are now living in 32 camps in Ukhiya and […]
