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      9 March

      Canadian Citizen Lynched by Mob in Punjab Over Playing Loud Music

      A Canadian citizen was reportedly lynched to death in Punjab’s Mohali by a mob over playing loud music, according to police. The victim was identified as 24-year-old Pradeep Singh, a resident of Gazikot village in Gurdaspur. According to ANI, Singh came to India earlier this year. Mohali SSP said, “The deceased Pradeep Singh had worn the dress code of Nihangs at the time of the incident. So far he has not been found linked to any Nihang group”. Reports suggest that there were several videos of the incident that have gone viral on social media and cops are using these videos to probe the incident. The victim’s family alleged that he was killed by goons on his way to Mohali…

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    • 9 March

      US intelligence warns of risky confrontation between India and China at LAC

      he Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, released recently, states that India and China’s relations remain “strained” following their “lethal clash” in 2020. The report warns that the “expanded military postures” of both countries along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) elevate the risk of “armed confrontation” between the two neighbours could “directly threaten U.S. persons and interests, calling for U.S. intervention.” Since the 2020 Galwan incident, ties between the two countries continue to go southwards. Last December also, forces of the two countries clashed in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang after the Chinese side tried to intrude. The US report, released on 8th March, warned that the “previous standoffs have demonstrated that persistent low-level friction on the Line of Actual…

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    • 9 March

      Iran makes first arrests as schoolgirls’ poisoning affects 5,000 students

      Iran announced on Tuesday that its intelligence agencies have started making the first arrests after more than 5,000 students were affected by mystery poisonings beginning November last year. This came a day after Iran’s Supreme leader. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called for the perpetrators of the “unforgivable crime” to be tracked down “without mercy”.  The interior ministry released a statement that “a number of people” suspected of manufacturing hazardous substances had been arrested in six provinces, including a student’s parent. According to an AFP report, Iran’s deputy interior minister, Majid Mirahmadi, told state media that the intelligence agencies made several arrests, “and the relevant agencies are conducting a full investigation”. According to the statement, arrests were made in Khuzestan, West Azerbaijan, Fars, Kermanshah, Khorasan…

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    • 9 March

      UK weather: Arctic cold snap to bring more sleet and snow as temperatures plunge

      An Arctic blast intensifying across the UK is set to bring more sleet and snow to parts of southern England and south Wales on Wednesday and Thursday The Met Office’s early morning radar showed an area of rain moving in from the south and west which was starting to turn increasingly to sleet and snow as it pushed north and east. Scattered snow and hail showers are also set to impact Scotland’s northern coasts. The forecasting body’s chief meteorologist, Matthew Lehnert, said the weather could cut off rural communities in the north and impact travel over the next few days across southern England and south Wales. Several national severe warnings for snow and ice have been issued, with the Met…

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    • 9 March

      Ukraine-Russia War: Wagner Group ‘has taken eastern Bakhmut’

      Russia’s Wagner Group has claimed to have taken “all the eastern part” of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian town where fighting has raged for weeks. Pressure has been mounting on Ukrainian troops trying to hold the town against Russian soldiers hoping to capture it no matter the cost. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner chief and Kremlin ally, said in an audio message released by his press service that “Wagner units have taken all the eastern part of Bakhmut, all that’s east of the Bakhmutka river” which bisects the town. Ukraine has not yet commented, but president Volodymyr Zelensky has said the army is intent on defending Bakhmut and warned that Russians would have an “open road” into eastern Ukraine if the town was captured.  The…

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    • 9 March

      Emmanuel Macron demands more money from UK to stop migrants leaving France

      Emmanuel Macron is seeking a major increase in British funding to stop migrants leaving the French coast. British and French officials are negotiating a longer-term multi-million pound deal to pay for beach patrols, surveillance and police to smash the people smuggling gangs ahead of an Anglo-French summit in Paris between the Prime Minister and the French president. Sources from the Elysee Palace said that officials were trying to agree a “multi-annual financing framework” that would allow them to “better plan our actions” and increase officers, equipment and asylum accommodation for migrants.  “We are ready to do more,” said one French government official. Last weekend, The Telegraph revealed that Rishi Sunak was seeking a “substantial” increase in beach patrols amid fears that as many as 85,000 migrants could…

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    • 9 March

      Israeli women form human chains to protest planned judicial overhaul

      To mark International Women’s Day, thousands of Israeli women formed human chains on Wednesday to protest the right-wing Israeli government’s planned judicial overhaul that would drastically limit the powers of the courts. Several sectors of Israeli society have joined in weekly protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to limit the Supreme Court’s ability to rule against the legislature and the executive, while giving lawmakers decisive powers in appointing judges. © Thomson Reuters The women’s group joined the ongoing protests dressed clad in red, lining the popular Tel Aviv beach-front promenade, clapping and chanting “democracy.” Demonstrators at previous women’s protests have dressed in red cloaks and white bonnets, mimicking the popular Handmaid’s Tale television show and novel which depicts a…

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    • 9 March

      ‘Will Be Sent To Rwanda, No Bail For 28 Days’: UK’s Hard Stance Against Illegal Immigrants

      In 2022, 45,755 men, women and children crossed the ocean in small boats to reach the UK, most of whom then claimed asylum. Nearly 3,000 people have already made the crossing this year, with official estimates expecting more than 80,000 this year. What is the government’s new plan?  Now, Rishi Sunak has vowed to crack down on those crossing the English Channel (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France) in small boats by introducing the illegal immigration bill. Powers under the Illegal Migration Bill include: A duty on the home secretary to detain and remove those arriving in the UK illegally to Rwanda or a “safe” third country. Migrants would not be granted bail or…

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    • 8 March

      Georgians protest ‘foreign agents’ draft law on media, nonprofits

      Proposed law would require media outlets, NGOs that receive more than 20 percent of their funding from foreign sources to register as ‘agents of foreign influence’. Thousands of people have been massing for days in the capital, Tbilisi, to protest against the proposed law Authorities have used tear gas and water cannon outside the Georgian parliament building against protesters who oppose a proposed law some see as stifling freedom of the press. The law, which has received initial approval, would require media outlets and NGOs that receive more than 20 percent of their funding from foreign sources to register as “agents of foreign influence”. Thousands of people have been massing for days in the capital, Tbilisi, to protest against the…

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    • 8 March

      Japan’s Kishida pledges to ‘work harder’ to fix gender pay gap

      Japan has the widest gap between men and women’s pay in the G7, despite the government’s efforts to tackle gender inequality. Japanese women working full-time earn only about 75 percent as much as men [Kim Kyung-Hoon Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged to “work even harder” to tackle gender inequality, including one of the world’s worst gender pay gaps, in remarks to mark International Women’s Day. Kishida said on Wednesday that it was “imperative” for Japan to close the pay gap, appoint more women executives and reverse the trend of women taking up lower-paying contract work after giving birth. “We will press forward with reviewing parts of our tax system that deter women from entering the workforce, and introduce…

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