HEMMINGFORD, Canada, Aug 6, (APP/AFP) – The flow of migrants, mostly Haitians fearing expulsion from the United States, has surged in recent weeks on Canada’s southern border, with requests for asylum tripling since mid-July, officials say. At the Lacolle crossing point on the Quebec border, federal police have erected a tent on a logging road […]
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Canada sees rising tide of migrants from the US
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UN chief, marking anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing, calls for nuclear disarmament
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 6 (APP): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all states to intensify their efforts in the shared pursuit of a nuclear-weapons-free world. “Our dream of a world free of nuclear weapons remains far from reality,” Guterres said in his message delivered on his behalf by High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi […]
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Trump defends National Security Adviser McMaster amid calls for his firing
NEW YORK, Aug 6 (APP): US President Donald Trump has come to the defence of his national security advisor, H.R. McMaster, in the face of a sustained attack on the army general from the far right wing of the Republican Party. In a statement emailed to The New York Times, the president described McMaster as […]
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One dead in attack on Venezuela army base: military
CARACAS, Aug 6, (APP/AFP) – One person was killed and another was badly wounded in a paramilitary attack on a Venezuelan military base on Sunday, army chief General Jesus Suarez Chourio said. “What happened today was a terrorist, paramilitary, mercenary attack paid for by the right (the opposition) and its collaborators, paid for by the […]
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Two passenger planes clip wings on Toronto tarmac, no one hurt
MONTREAL, Aug 6, (APP/AFP) – A Canadian and a Polish passenger jet clipped wings on the ground at a Toronto airport, causing “serious” damage but no casualties, a spokesman for Air Canada confirmed Sunday. The Polish plane, operated by the LOT airline, was on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport late Saturday when it was […]
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Attack on UN office in Colombia injures police officer
BOGOTA, Aug 6, (APP/AFP) – A police officer was injured Sunday in an attack on a UN mission monitoring the disarming of rebels in Colombia as part of its peace deal, authorities said. Assailants attacked the location where the FARC rebel group had a weapons stash in the southwestern town of Caloto, in Cauca department, […]