Quebec is challenged by spread of viruses, thousands of students miss classes
Oct 20, 2022, at 04:50 am
Quebec/IBNS: There has reportedly been a jump in absences of Canada's Quebec students in recent weeks with approximately 4,000 of them missing classes during the week of Oct 12 due to illness.
Oct 20, 2022, at 04:44 am
Toronto/IBNS: Canada’s grocery bills continue to soar, though the annual inflation rate dropped slightly in September to 6.9 per cent, Statistics Canada reports.
US lawmakers seek immigration protection from Joe Biden administration for Pakistani migrants
Oct 19, 2022, at 10:21 pm
Washington: A large section of the US lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden-led administration to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Pakistani nationals currently residing in the US due to this year’s unprecedented floods.
China speeding up Taiwan unification plan: Antony Blinken
Oct 18, 2022, at 09:32 pm
Stanford: China is pursuing unification with Taiwan "on a much faster timeline" than previously expected, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.
Advance voters' turnout sees 6.75 pct decrease from last time in 2022 Toronto municipal election
Oct 18, 2022, at 04:37 am
Toronto/IBNS: The advance vote period for Toronto’s municipal election lasted for eight consecutive days from Oct 7 to 14 during which 115,911 voters visited one of 50 advance voting places across the city to vote, a 6.75 per cent decrease from 2018, a news release has reported.
North Carolina shooting leaves five people dead
Oct 14, 2022, at 02:19 pm
Washington: At least five people, including an off-duty police officer, died in a shooting incident which took place in North Carolina on Thursday, police said.
Oct 10, 2022, at 04:05 am
Washington: Several Republican House lawmakers sent a letter to Biden Cabinet Secretaries Antony Blinken and Merrick Garland and demanded a response on reported Chinese police presence in New York City.
Oct 10, 2022, at 03:42 am
Washington: The US Department of Defense released the names of “Chinese military companies” operating directly or indirectly in the United States in accordance with the statutory requirement of Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.
Reconsider travel to Pakistan due to terrorism and sectarian violence: US tells citizens in advisory
Oct 08, 2022, at 09:45 pm
The United States has issued travel advisory to people of Pakistan and asked them to reconsider travelling to the country due to 'terrorism and sectarian violence'.
US: New York emergency over migrants
Oct 08, 2022, at 06:39 pm
New York: New York City Mayor Eric Adams has declared a state of emergency to address a "crisis situation" over an influx of migrants.
California kidnapping: Three Indian-origin adults and eight-month-old found dead
Oct 06, 2022, at 11:29 pm
San Francisco/UNI: Four kidnapped members of a family in Merced County, in the US state of California, were found dead, the Merced County Sheriff Vernon Warnke said.
Death toll from Hurricane Ian jumps to dozens in US
Oct 02, 2022, at 05:33 pm
Washington/UNI: As of Saturday evening, more than 30 people have been reportedly confirmed dead in the United States due to Hurricane Ian, including 28 in the southeasternmost state of Florida.
Canada braces for Hurricane Fiona after a week of lashing wind and rain in Caribbean
Sep 24, 2022, at 07:24 pm
New York: After lashing parts of Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands with 140 kilometres-per-hour winds, Hurricane Fiona is expected to make landfall in Canada late Friday and Saturday, the UN said.
China targeted scientists working in US labs to advance military technologies, claims report
Sep 24, 2022, at 05:13 am
Washington: Strider Technologies, Inc. on Friday released a new report detailing the People’s Republic of China’s decades-long recruitment of leading scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
Biden denounces Russia’s ‘shameless violation’ of UN Charter, urges world to stand with Ukraine
Sep 23, 2022, at 06:29 pm
New York: Strongly denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, United States President Joe Biden warned United Nations Member States on Wednesday that “if a nation can pursue imperial ambitions without consequences, then we put at risk everything this great institution stands for.”
Sep 23, 2022, at 03:24 pm
Washington: The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday said it has decided to designate Iran’s Morality Police for abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors.
Hurricane Fiona approaches Atlantic Canada, officials urge Nova Scotians to be prepared
Sep 23, 2022, at 03:07 am
IBNS: With Hurricane Fiona reportedly advancing toward Atlantic Canada and landfall expected later this week, preparations for the storm by the officials across the province are underway and residents are being urged to do the same before it hits.
Fauci not as confident about pandemic end as US President Joe Biden
Sep 20, 2022, at 10:48 pm
Washington: US top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci does not sound as confident as the American President when it comes to the nation's current Covid status.
Covid-19 pandemic over in US: Joe Biden
Sep 20, 2022, at 03:19 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden has declared the pandemic over in the US, even as the number of Americans who have died from Covid continues to rise.
Ontario successfully concludes mission to strengthen economic ties with South Korea and Japan
Sep 17, 2022, at 07:21 pm
Toronto/IBNS: A successful trade mission (Sep 2-10) led by Vic Fedeli, Ontario's Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade to South Korea and Japan to strengthen economic partnerships and forge new alliances has reportedly been concluded.
Package explodes inside Northeastern University campus in Boston, 1 hurt
Sep 14, 2022, at 03:04 pm
At least one person was hurt as a package detonated inside a Northeastern University building in the US city of Boston, media reports said on Wednesday.
USAID announces additional USD 20 million in humanitarian aid in Sri Lanka
Sep 12, 2022, at 06:23 pm
Washignton: United States Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power on Sunday announced an additional $20 million in humanitarian assistance to support Sri Lankans during the complex emergency that has resulted in a severe economic crisis leaving 5.7 million people in urgent need of food, agriculture, livelihood support, protection.
9/11: US Embassy alerts US citizens in Bangladesh
Sep 11, 2022, at 06:38 pm
Dhaka, Sep 11 (UNI) The US Embassy in Dhaka has called upon all US citizens in Bangladesh to take adequate personal precautions in view of the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States on September 11.
She defined an era: US President Joe Biden condoles demise of Queen Elizabeth II
Sep 09, 2022, at 03:17 pm
London: US President Joe Biden on Thursday condoled the death of Queen Elizabeth II and said she had 'defined an era'.
Education abroad: U.S. Mission in India issues highest-ever student visas in 2022
Sep 08, 2022, at 10:32 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The U.S. Mission in India has issued a record-breaking 82,000 student visas in 2022 till date.
Digital currency may become new point of tension between US-China
Sep 07, 2022, at 03:33 am
Washington: China's move to implement the start of a new digital currency may trigger a new battle with the US which is also trying to create its own digital dollar.
Saskatchewan mass stabbings: One suspect found dead
Sep 06, 2022, at 02:25 pm
Saskatchewan: Canada Police on Tuesday said one of the suspects in Sunday's mass stabbings in Saskatchewan has been found dead.
Sep 06, 2022, at 03:38 am
Saskatchewan/IBNS: A dangerous person alert across Canada's Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba has been issued by RCMP following a stabbing spree early Sunday morning in 13 different locations.
Two killed in Northern California wildfire
Sep 05, 2022, at 05:04 pm
Los Angeles/UNI: Two people were killed in a fast-moving wildfire in the Northern California town of Weed in Siskiyou County, the county's Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue said.
Canada: Stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan leaves 10 dead, police searching for two suspects
Sep 05, 2022, at 02:55 pm
At least 10 people were killed in a stabbing rampage in Canada's central Saskatchewan province on Sunday, media reports said on Monday.