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Canada Presses ‘Pause’ on Trade Talks with India Ahead of G20 Summit
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeCanada government has requested India to press ‘pause’ on trade talks between the two nation as as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to travel to India for the G20 Summit in national…
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United States and China Launch Economic and Financial Working Groups with Aim of Easing Tensions
by Travis Foxby Travis FoxThe U.S. Treasury Department and China’s Ministry of Finance launched a pair of economic working groups on Friday in an effort to ease tensions and deepen ties between the nations. Led by Treasury…
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Tajikistan: Prominent Members of Pamiri Minority Arbitrarily Detained, Tortured and Unfairly Convicted
Frankfurt (22/09 – 58.33) Since May 2022, the Tajikistani authorities have stepped up their ongoing crackdown on Pamiris, an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority originating from the Pamir mountains in…
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This River in Canada is Now a ‘Legal Person’
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnIndigenous communities are leading worldwide push to recognise legal ‘personhood’ rights of rivers, lakes and mountains. Jean-Charles Pietacho says the belief that nature is a living thing that must be…
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On the Sidelines of the 78th Session of the UNGA, SNHR Holds an Event Sponsored by Five Key World States
by Eli Barkerby Eli BarkerThe US, France, UK, Germany, Qatar reiterate that conditions for refugee’s safe and dignified return to Syria are nonexistent. Thursday, September 21, 2023: The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR)…
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Why is Canada Banning Foreign Homebuyers?
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeCanada says new law aims to make housing more affordable, but experts say other measures would better reduce high costs. Canada has barred most non-citizens and foreign-owned companies from buying…
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Teo Boon Ching Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Large Scale Trafficking of Rhinoceros Horns
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeTeo Boon Ching, aka Zhang, Dato Sri, and Godfather, 58 of Malaysia, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to traffic hundreds of kilograms of rhinoceros horns worth…
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Canadian sanctions come amid growing international condemnation over crackdown on anti-government protests across Iran. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced plans to bar about 10,000 members of Iran’s Islamic…