News Archives for World - 2021-06-08

World Published 08 Jun, 2021 10:05pm

US pullout from Afghanistan more than 50 percent complete: Pentagon

So far Central Command has handed over control of six military installations to the Afghan Ministry of Defense, with the...

World Published 08 Jun, 2021 08:23pm

Canada's Trudeau calls killing of Muslim family 'terrorist attack'

Justin Trudeau said that this killing was no accident. This was a terrorist attack, motivated by hatred, in the...

World Updated 09 Jun, 2021 07:23am

French President Emmanuel Macron slapped in the face during an official visit

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday has been slapped in the face during a walkabout session with a crowd on...

World Published 08 Jun, 2021 06:10pm

Harris meets Mexican President with goal of lowering migration from Central America

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday, after mid-term elections in the country eroded his power base in Congress, and officials from both countries will sign an accord to cooperate on efforts aimed at lowering migration from Central America.

World Published 08 Jun, 2021 05:08pm

Turkey offers to run Kabul airport after NATO's Afghan withdrawal -officials

Turkey has offered to guard and run Kabul's airport after the United States and other NATO forces withdraw from...

World Published 08 Jun, 2021 11:19am

United States imposes visa restrictions over Cameroon separatist crisis

The United States stepped up pressure for a peaceful resolution to Cameroon's conflict between state forces and...

World Published 08 Jun, 2021 11:13am

Mongolia votes for new president amid COVID-19 campaign curbs

Mongolia goes to the polls on Wednesday to choose its sixth democratically-elected president, with the ruling...

World Published 08 Jun, 2021 11:07am

Global crackdown on organised crime after high-tech U.S.-Australia sting

U.S. and Australian authorities hacked into an app used by criminals to read millions of encrypted messages, leading...

World Published 08 Jun, 2021 10:52am

Moscow bans nine prominent Canadians from Russia in sanctions response

Russia will ban nine prominent Canadian citizens from entering its territory indefinitely, its foreign ministry said...

World Updated 08 Jun, 2021 10:52am

Australia’s Melbourne eyes way out of COVID-19 lockdown as cases ease

Australia’s Victoria state authorities said plans to ease COVID-19 restrictions in state capital, Melbourne, this...

World Published 08 Jun, 2021 05:49am

Biden's to-do list on foreign trip: Rally allies against COVID, Putin

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s meeting with leaders of the G7 leading industrial economies in an English seaside village this week will usher in a new focus on rallying U.S. allies against common adversaries - the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia and China.

World Published 08 Jun, 2021 05:47am

Killing of Canadian Muslim family with truck was hate crime, police say

LONDON, Ontario (Reuters) - Four members of a Canadian Muslim family who were killed on Sunday when a pickup truck jumped the curb and ran them over were targeted in an anti-Islamic hate crime, Canadian police said on Monday.

World Published 08 Jun, 2021 05:46am

U.S. seizes $2.3 million in bitcoin paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Justice Department on Monday recovered some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline Co, cracking down on hackers who launched the most disruptive U.S. cyberattack on record.

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