NEW DELHI: Manmohan Singh believed that India’s development priorities should shape its foreign policy and, in his own words, create a conducive global environment for India’s growth. With this in mind, he met with President Bush in 2005 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly and asked if the United States could help…
As the holidays approached, many Americans were already saddled with record-breaking credit card debt. And yet, consumer spending is expected to hit a new high this season. The National Retail Federation reported last week that spending between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31 is “clearly on track” to hit a record high, between $979.5 billion and…
From freezing rain to brutal cold, wintry conditions are forecast across Canada this weekend. Here’s a quick look at weather alerts issued across Canada and forecasts in major cities across the country: Atlantic Canada Sunday is expected to be the coldest day of the weekend in St. John’s, NL with a high of -1. Drizzle…
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday accused foreign powers, particularly the United States, of interfering in Pakistan’s politics, adding that their goal was to “strip us of our atomic power.” His comments came amid the US State Department’s imposition of sanctions related to Pakistan’s ballistic missile program on December 18, targeting four entities that…
NEW DELHI: Former Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh once offered a moving answer when asked about returning to his ancestral village in Pakistan. Born in Gah, a village now in Punjab’s Chakwal district, Singh’s connection to the place was irrevocably marked by tragedy. When one of his daughters asked him if he wanted to…
The man accused of killing a New York City subway passenger by setting her on fire was charged Friday with four counts of murder and one count of arson, prosecutors announced. Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, a Guatemalan national, had been charged by police with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first-degree arson in connection with setting the…
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly are in Florida to meet with officials from President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. A statement from LeBlanc’s office says the duo traveled to Palm Beach, where they planned to use those conversations to highlight “Canada’s efforts to combat fentanyl trafficking and illegal migration and the…
A man who killed 35 people in a car attack in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last month was sentenced to death on Friday, state media reported. On November 11, Fan Weiqiu, 62, deliberately ran over people exercising outside a sports complex in his small SUV, the worst attack in China since 2014. He…
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) revoked phase 3 of the Phased Response Action Plan (GRAP) via Delhi-NCR.“By observing a downward trend in the ICA levels of Delhi on December 27, 2024, the GRAP Sub-Committee further reviewed the air quality scenario in the region as well as the IMD/IITM forecasts and observed the following,”…
An investigation into the fatal crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines flight in Kazakhstan earlier this week came after the passenger plane experienced “external physical and technical interference,” the airline said Friday. The Embraer 190 crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, killing 38 of the 67 people on board while en route from…