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Canada moves to end rail shutdown quickly; CN workers to return to work
OTTAWA - The Canadian government moved quickly on Thursday to end an unprecedented rail stoppage, announcing it would ask the country's...
Aug 23, 20243 min read


Indian doctors call for nationwide shutdown after brutal rape of medic
MUMBAI - Anger over the brutal rape and murder of a doctor in eastern India showed no signs of dying down on Friday, as medics called for...
Aug 16, 20242 min read


Factbox-India's struggles with high rape cases, low conviction rates
NEW DELHI - The rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata last week has brought women onto the streets across India, furious at...
Aug 16, 20242 min read


Venezuela's Maduro blocks X access in country for 10 days
CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday took tensions with social media platform X and its owner Elon Musk to new...
Aug 9, 20242 min read


Nobel laureate Yunus takes charge of Bangladesh, hopes to heal strife-torn country
DHAKA - Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge of Bangladesh's caretaker government on Thursday, hoping to help heal the country...
Aug 9, 20243 min read


Nobel laureate Yunus makes emotional return to Bangladesh to lead caretaker government
DHAKA - Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus made an emotional return home to Bangladesh on Thursday to lead a new interim government...
Aug 8, 20243 min read


Bangladesh new interim leader Yunus heads home, government to be sworn in on Thursday
DHAKA - The Nobel Peace laureate tapped to lead an interim government in Bangladesh called for calm and boarded a flight on Wednesday to...
Aug 8, 20244 min read


Pope's weekly audience disrupted by animal rights activists
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis's weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday was briefly interrupted by two women from an animal...
Aug 7, 20242 min read


Hindu homes, temples targeted in Bangladesh after Hasina ouster, minority group says
DHAKA - Hundreds of Hindu houses, businesses and temples have been vandalised since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a...
Aug 7, 20242 min read


Protesters force four Bangladesh cenbank deputies to resign, bank sources say
DHAKA - Four deputy governors of Bangladesh's central bank were forced to resign on Wednesday after about 300-400 officials protested...
Aug 7, 20242 min read


India evacuates non-essential staff from its embassy, consulates in Bangladesh, Indian official sources say
NEW DELHI - India has evacuated all non-essential staff and their families from its embassy and consulates in neighbouring Bangladesh,...
Aug 7, 20241 min read


Exclusive-Bangladesh army refused to suppress protest, sealing Hasina's fate
DHAKA/NEW DELHI - The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her army chief held a...
Aug 7, 20244 min read
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