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47 buried in China
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47 buried in China's landslide

Beijing, Jan 22: A total of 47 people were buried in a landslide that struck southwest China's Yunnan Province early Monday. More than 200 rescuers together with 33 firefighting vehicles and 10 loading machines were combing the debris to search for the missing, after the disaster happened in the...
Brampton mayor suggests changes in foreign student visa to tackle housing crisis
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Brampton mayor suggests changes in foreign student visa to tackle housing crisis

Toronto, Jan 22: Calling for a cap on the number of international students arriving in Canada, Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown announced that the City Council has unanimously passed a motion urging the government to require study visas to include an accommodation address. The move comes in the wake...
Maldivian teens death linked with Prez Muizzus rejection to Indias plane service
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Maldivian teen's death linked with Prez Muizzu's rejection to India's plane...

Guwahati, Jan 21:In a tragic incident, a teenage boy from the Maldives lost his life due to delays in crucial medical treatment on Saturday.According to several media reports, the tragedy unfolded after Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu refused approval to use India's Dornier aircraft to airlift...
Plane crash in Northern Afghanistan, not Indian: DGCA clarifies identity
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Plane crash in Northern Afghanistan, not Indian: DGCA clarifies identity

Guwahati, Jan 21: In a tragic incident reported by Reuters, a plane crashed in the remote mountainous region of northern Afghanistan’s Badakshan province on Saturday night. Contrary to the initial speculations, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) clarified that the involved aircraft was...
Foreign students cross 1 million mark in Canada: Report
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Foreign students cross 1 million mark in Canada: Report

Toronto, Jan 20: The number of international students in Canada now goes beyond one million, official figures say, just as the country mulls capping their arrival amid growing cost of living crisis. Tt the end of December last year, there were 1,028,850 study permit holders, with just over half...
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SFJ's Pannun threatens Kejriwal, Mann after aides arrested in Punjab

New Delhi, Jan 20: The leader of pro-Khalistan Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, has warned that the Chief Ministers of Delhi and Punjab will face a "political death" if his associates were not released by next month. Pannun's threat comes hours after the arrest of Jagdish Singh,...
Canada to reduce number of international students
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Canada to reduce number of international students

Toronto, Jan 20: Canada is set to reduce the number of international students coming to the country for post-secondary education. The cut in study visas will likely come later this year. After the Covid-19 pandemic, Canada issued a record 579,075 study visas in 2023. As a result, the number of...
13 students dead in China school dormitory fire
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13 students dead in China school dormitory fire

Beijing, Jan 20: Thirteen students were killed in a fire that erupted at a school dormitory in China's Henan province, local authorities said on Saturday. At 11 p.m. on Friday night, the local fire department received an alarm about the fire in a male dormitory of Yingcai School in Yanshanpu...
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Int'l tourism to reach pre-Covid levels in 2024: UNWTO

Madrid, Jan 20: International tourism numbers are set to recover to pre-Covid pandemic levels in 2024, according to data published by the Madrid-based UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The first UNWTO World Tourism Barometer of the year shows there were an estimated 1.3 billion international...
Tensions with Iran wont affect Feb 8 polls: Pak election commission
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Tensions with Iran won't affect Feb 8 polls: Pak election commission

Islamabad, Jan 19: General elections scheduled in Pakistan for February 8 won't be affected by the escalating tensions with Iran, the caretaker government and the election commission have said following the tit-for-tat exchange of strikes between the two neighbours this week. Pakistan on...
N.Korea tests underwater nuclear weapon system
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N.Korea tests underwater nuclear weapon system

Seoul, Jan 19: North Korea on Friday said it has tested an underwater nuclear weapon system under development in response to the latest joint maritime exercise between South Korea, the US and Japan. According to Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the North Korean Defence...
US Congress passes stopgap bill to extend govt funding until March
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US Congress passes stopgap bill to extend govt funding until March

Washington, Jan 19: The US House of Representatives has passed a short-term spending bill that would extend government funding until March, a few hours after the bill was approved by the Senate, as funding for some federal agencies and programs is set to expire on Saturday. The lower chamber of...
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