Texas hostage crisis: Pakistani accused shot dead
Jan 16, 2022, at 08:54 pm
Texas/UNI: US Security Forces have shot dead a suspect assumed to be a Pakistani man who took four hostages in a Texas synagogue.
Texas hostage-taker dead, say police
Jan 16, 2022, at 08:48 pm
Texas/UNI/Sputnik: Colleyville Police Chief Michael Miller has confirmed to reporters that the suspect in the hostage-taking at the synagogue is dead.
US: Thieves loot trains carrying e-commerce packages in Los Angeles
Jan 16, 2022, at 07:18 am
Los Angeles/IBNS: Multiple freight cars are being looted in Los Angeles's railways by thieves, who leave thousands of empty boxes after taking away products packed in them, taking advantage of trains' stoppages, AFP reported.
Ontario launches virtual 2022 budget consultations
Jan 15, 2022, at 06:24 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ahead of the delivery of the budget in March 2022, an online budget consultation launch was announced by Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy enabling Ontarians to share their ideas for making Ontario the best place to build a career, a family, and a future.
Jan 15, 2022, at 04:47 am
Ontario/IBNS: Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, has said during a news conference that it is unclear if businesses ordered to close by the government last week will reopen on Jan 26.
Canada: Ontario Provincial Police investigates use of fake toonies in Hawkesbury
Jan 14, 2022, at 05:04 am
Toronto/IBNS: An investigation has been launched by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on counterfeit two-dollar coins after OPP discovered them being used to purchase items at a store in Hawkesbury, Eastern Ontario.
Ontario not to follow Quebec's proposal of taxing the unvaccinated: Premier Doug Ford
Jan 14, 2022, at 04:40 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario Premier Doug Ford while touring a vaccination site at the Toronto Zoo has said that Ontario would not follow Quebec's policy of taxing unvaccinated people.
Canada: Unvaccinated Quebecers without medical exemptions to pay health tax, says Quebec Premier
Jan 13, 2022, at 05:35 am
Quebec/IBNS: Health tax will be imposed on Quebecers who refuse to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks, Premier François Legault has announced at a news conference.
Toronto Police Service Board unanimously approves 2.3 pct increased 2022 operating budget
Jan 13, 2022, at 03:21 am
Toronto/IBNS: The 2022 budget proposals for the Toronto Police Service (TPS) operating and capital budgets had been unanimously approved by the TPS Board's special meeting essentially allowing maintenance of its current staffing levels and promoting important police reform work for community safety.
Canada adds 55,000 jobs in Dec, unemployment rate falls to 5.9
Jan 12, 2022, at 06:10 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada added 55,000 jobs to its economy in December before the surge of COVID-19 cases at the end of the month, Statistics Canada has said said in a recent survey.
Canada's international trade minister and Taiwan minister discuss foreign investments
Jan 12, 2022, at 05:33 am
Ottawa/ IBNS: Mary Ng, Canadian Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business, and Economic Development and Taiwan Minister John Deng discussed a possible foreign investment promotion and protection arrangement (FIPA) between Canada and Taiwan in a meeting.
Blinken targets China for imposing sanction on family members of Uyghur-American activists
Jan 12, 2022, at 01:56 am
Washington: The US State Department has asked China to cease its acts of transnational repression, including coercive practices of imprisoning and denying freedom of movement to family members of Uyghur-American activists including individuals serving the American people.
Jan 11, 2022, at 07:57 pm
Washington DC: The Sindhi Foundation of Washington DC is planning to participate in a second Long Walk in Canada after the successful walk in the United States in April 2021 to raise the troubles faced by minorities in Pakistan.
New York: Fire breaks out at Bronx apartment, 19 die
Jan 10, 2022, at 02:37 pm
US: Shooter kills 1, injures 2 in Texas
Jan 09, 2022, at 02:08 pm
Washington/UNI/Xinhua: A suspect is at large after shooting one person dead while leaving two others wounded on Saturday morning at an after-hours club in southwest Houston, the largest city of south central US state of Texas, authorities said on Sunday.
US: 13 dead in Philadelphia house fire
Jan 06, 2022, at 05:19 am
Washington/UNI/Xinhua: At least 13 people died and two were injured in United States's Philadelphia on Wednesday morning after fire broke out in a three-story apartment building, local authorities said.
Canada loses to US in first dispute under new Canada-US-Mexico Agreement on dairy imports
Jan 06, 2022, at 05:12 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada has lost to the US in the first-ever dispute case under the new North American trade agreement when a three-member panel agreed that Canada's imposition of complicated rules violated its promise to allow more dairy imports.
Canada: Quebec's imposition of curfew to protect healthcare system faces criticism
Jan 05, 2022, at 05:39 am
Montreal/IBNS: Quebec Premier François Legault alongside Health Minister Christian Dubé and public health director Horacio Arruda have announced in a news conference to impose a night curfew between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. effective Dec 31 amid rising COVID-19 cases.
Canada's Ontario announces new public health measures, restrictions amid rise of Omicron variant
Jan 05, 2022, at 04:27 am
Toronto/IBNS: A number of new public health measures were announced on Jan 3 during a news conference by the Ontario Premier Doug Ford joined by his ministers of health and finance, as well as Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, and Matthew Anderson, CEO of Ontario Health
Ontario government passes new laws to boost its economy
Jan 05, 2022, at 02:19 am
Toronto/IBNS: A number of new laws passed by the Ontario Government such as the staycation tax credit, a boost to Ontario’s minimum wage, and Work-Life balance rules came into effect on Jan 1, 2022.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd tests COVID-19 positive
Jan 03, 2022, at 02:38 pm
Washington: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday announced he has tested COVID-19 positive.
US breaks daily COVID-19 cases record again
Jan 01, 2022, at 02:49 pm
Washington/UNI/Xinhua: The United States set a new record high of over 640,000 daily COVID-19 cases on Friday, according to latest data of Johns Hopkins University.
US: Airplane crashes in San Diego County, no survivors found
Dec 28, 2021, at 11:09 pm
San Diego: An airplane crashed in El Cajon area of Southern California on Monday which left no survivor, media reports said.
US waives in-person interviews for H-1B, other visa applicants in 2022: State Dept
Dec 24, 2021, at 03:03 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The United States will waive the in-person interview requirement for a range of visa applicants during the entire year in 2022, including for H-1B workers and students, the US State Department said in a press release.
Harvard professor convicted for being linked with China, says US dept
Dec 23, 2021, at 01:35 am
Washington: The former head of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department was convicted by a federal jury in connection with lying to federal authorities about his affiliation with the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s Thousand Talents Program and the Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in China's Wuhan, as well as failing to report income he received from WUT.
Canada registers first single-day increase of over 10,000 COVID-19 cases
Dec 21, 2021, at 03:44 pm
Ottawa/UNI/Xinhua: Canada reported 10,621 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the first increase of over 10,000 cases in a single day since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country in February 2020.
White House staff member, who contacted Joe Biden Dec 17, tests positive for COVID-19: Psaki
Dec 21, 2021, at 02:37 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: A White House employee who contacted US President Joe Biden on December 17 has tested positive for COVID-19, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement.
US Congress passes bill banning imports from China's Xinjiang region
Dec 18, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Washington: The US Congress recently passed a bill which will require companies to prove that goods imported from China's Xinjiang region were not produced with forced labour, media reports said.
Joe Biden says Omicron variant spreading in US, 'going to increase'
Dec 17, 2021, at 02:51 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden warned on Thursday that the coronavirus Omicron variant has begun spreading in the United States.
Pentagon says that no US troops will be punished for Afghan drone strike
Dec 14, 2021, at 02:56 pm
Washington/UNI: US officials have said that they will not punish any of the American troops or officials involved in the drone strike that killed 10 people in Afghanistan in August earlier this year, the BBC reported on Tuesday.