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The four executed Canadians were dual citizens, authorities say
China executed four Canadians for drug crimes
OTTAWA — Four Canadians were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities have confirmed.All of them were dual citizens, and their identities have been withheld upon the request of their families, Canada's foreign minister Mélanie Joly told reporters on Wednesday.She condemned the killings as "irreversible and inconsistent with basic human dignity", adding that she had "asked personally for leniency".A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Canada said evidence for the Canadian nationals' crimes was "solid and sufficient" and urged Canada to "stop making irresponsible remarks", according to reports.The Chinese embassy also added that Beijing had "fully guaranteed the rights and interests of the...
March 20, 2025

China executed four Canadians for drug crimes

Investigators generally agree that MH370 crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean
Malaysia green-lights new MH370 search in Indian Ocean
KUALA LUMPUR — The Malaysian cabinet has approved a fresh search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, more than a decade after the aircraft vanished.The search will cover a 15,000 sq km area in the southern Indian Ocean, under a "no find, no fee" agreement with the exploration firm Ocean Infinity.The company will receive $70m (£56m) if the wreckage is found, transport minister Loke Siew Fook announced.Flight MH370 disappeared in 2014 with 239 people on board while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Its disappearance is one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries, which continues to haunt the families of the passengers.Despite extensive searches in the years since it vanished, no wreckage has been found. Previous efforts, including a multinational...
March 20, 2025

Malaysia green-lights new MH370 search in Indian Ocean

Former minister Tulip Siddiq
UK ex-minister Tulip Siddiq attacks Bangladesh authoriites over 'false' corruption allegations
LONDON — Former Labour minister Tulip Siddiq has accused the Bangladeshi authorities of mounting a "targeted and baseless" campaign against her.In a letter to Bangladesh's Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), the MP's lawyers say allegations of corruption are "false and vexatious" and have never been formally put to her by investigators, despite being briefed to the media.Siddiq resigned as economic secretary to the Treasury, with responsibility for tackling corruption in the UK's financial markets, in January.The Hampstead and Highgate MP insisted at the time she had done nothing wrong but that she did not want to be a "distraction" to the government.ACC chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen told the BBC the allegations "are by no means 'targeted...
March 20, 2025

UK ex-minister Tulip Siddiq attacks Bangladesh authoriites over 'false' corruption allegations

The Taliban has imposed draconian restrictions on women, including banning them from universities
Reprieve for Afghan women students facing forced return after US aid cuts
SINGAPORE — More than 80 Afghan women studying in Oman on US-funded scholarships — terminated last month due to Trump administration's sweeping cuts to foreign aid — have received a temporary reprieve.A US State Department spokesperson has told the BBC that funding will continue until 30 June, 2025."This is great news, and we are very grateful," one student told the BBC, speaking anonymously for fear of reprisals. "But I hope there will be a permanent solution."The women fled Taliban ruled Afghanistan to continue their studies abroad, but the abrupt freeze on US Agency for International Development (USAID) funds put them at risk of being sent back.Since regaining power in Afghanistan nearly four years ago, the Taliban has imposed draconian restrictions on...
March 20, 2025

Reprieve for Afghan women students facing forced return after US aid cuts

Arun George, one of the victims, says the ordeal has set him back at least by a decade financially
Migrant carers from India's Kerala await justice in UK visa 'scams'
KOCHI — It took Arun George half a working life to scrape together £15,000 ($19,460) in savings, which he used to secure a care worker job for his wife in the UK.But in barely a few months, he lost it all.George — not his real name as his wife doesn't want to be identified within their small community for the shame associated with having returned without a job — paid the money in late 2023 to the managers of Alchita Care.The BBC has seen evidence of the payment to Alchita Care, the private domiciliary care home in Bradford that sponsored his family's visa. He did it at the behest of a local agent in his town in the southern Indian state of Kerala.It was the promise of a better life for their child who has special needs that prodded the couple to dip into their savings and...
March 19, 2025

Migrant carers from India's Kerala await justice in UK visa 'scams'

Violence erupted in central India's Nagpur city after groups demanded the removal of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb
Curfew in India city after violence over Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb
NEW DELHI — A curfew has been imposed in parts of a city in India's western state of Maharashtra after Hindu groups demanded the removal of the tomb of Aurangzeb, a 17th-Century Mughal emperor, sparking violence on Monday night.Vehicles were set on fire and stones were thrown in the Mahal area of ​​Nagpur city.Police say the situation is now under control and are appealing to people to keep the peace.The tomb of Aurangzeb, who died more than 300 years ago, has in recent years become a political flashpoint amid growing calls for its removal by hardline Hindu groups.It is located about 500km (311 miles) from Nagpur in the state's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, which was earlier called Aurangabad after the emperor.Monday's violence broke out after two Hindu...
March 19, 2025

Curfew in India city after violence over Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb

Modi shared a 2019 photo of him and Trump in his first post on Truth Social
India's Modi joins Trump-owned platform Truth Social
KOCHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become one of the few world leaders to join Truth Social, the social media platform owned by US President Donald Trump.In his first post on Monday, Modi shared a photo with Trump taken in Houston, Texas, during his 2019 US visit and said he was "delighted" to be on the platform.Trump launched Truth Social in February 2022 after he lost the presidential election to Joe Biden and was temporarily banned from major social networks like Twitter and Facebook, which accused him of inciting violence.As of 03:30 GMT, Modi had 21,500 followers and was following Trump and US Vice President JD Vance.On Monday, Trump shared a link to an interview that Modi did with podcaster Lex Fridman where the Indian prime minister spoke on a range of...
March 18, 2025

India's Modi joins Trump-owned platform Truth Social

In UP, each MP represents around three million people
South v North: The battle over redrawing India's electoral map
NEW DELHI — A political storm is brewing in India, with the first waves already hitting the southern part of the country.Leaders there are calling for mass mobilization to protect the region's political interests amid a heated controversy over the redrawing of electoral seats to reflect changes in population over time.In a high-stakes push, they are urging citizens to "have more children", using meetings and media campaigns to amplify their message: that the process of delimitation could shift the balance of power."Delimitation is a Damocles' sword hanging over southern India," says MK Stalin, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, one of India's five southern states, and an arch-rival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). (The...
March 18, 2025

South v North: The battle over redrawing India's electoral map

The Foreign Office said it was liaising with authorities in Thailand and supporting the woman's family
British tourist missing after Thailand boat fire
BANGKOK — A British tourist has been reported missing in Thailand after a boat caught fire off the coast of the island of Koh Tao.The Surat Thani Provincial Public Relations Office said 26-year-old Alexandra Clarke from Lambeth, south London, was the only tourist missing after the incident.In a Facebook post local officials said they believed 16 tourists were on the diving boat, called the Davy Jones Locker, when a blaze broke out in the ship's engine room after 09:00 ITC (02:00 GMT) on Sunday.A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: "We are supporting the family of a British woman who is missing in Thailand and are in contact with local authorities."Four crew members, two diving instructors and two assistant diving instructors were also on board, according to local...
March 17, 2025

British tourist missing after Thailand boat fire

The influencer regularly posts pro-Beijing commentary videos with her young daughter
Taiwan revokes visa of pro-Beijing Chinese influencer
TAIPEI — A Chinese influencer living in Taiwan must leave the island within days or be deported, Taiwanese authorities said, after she posted videos supporting the idea of China taking the island by force.The move comes at a time of heightened cross-strait tensions and increasing suspicions of Chinese influence operations on the democratic island.Taiwan's National Immigration Agency (NIA), which revoked the influencer's visa, said that her "behavior advocates the elimination of Taiwan's sovereignty and is not tolerated in Taiwanese society".The influencer, identified by authorities with her surname Liu, had relocated from mainland China to Taiwan on a dependent visa after marrying a Taiwanese man.Liu has until 24 March to leave Taiwan before she is forcibly...
March 17, 2025

Taiwan revokes visa of pro-Beijing Chinese influencer

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