Turkish legislators scheduled a long-delayed vote Tuesday on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, in a step that could remove a major hurdle for the previously nonaligned Nordic country’s entry into the military alliance. Turkey, a NATO member, has been dragging its feet on ratifying Sweden’s accession for more than a year, accusing the country of being too lenient toward groups it regards as security threats. It has been seeking concessions from Sweden, including a tougher stance toward Kurdish militants and members of a network that Ankara blames for a failed coup in 2016. Turkey has also been a

Twenty people are confirmed dead and 24 remain missing after a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of China's southwestern province of Yunnan, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. The disaster struck just before 6 a.m. on Monday in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan. Authorities resumed search and rescue operations Tuesday after suspending the work temporarily due to another landslide alert.

Amid the ongoing controversy in the Punjab Congress, Navjot Singh Sidhu is going to Pakistan on Wednesday, where he will pay obeisance at Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur Sahib, he gave information about this visit on his social media account. With this, he also shared a video of 9 November 2019 when he went to Pakistan on the occasion of the inauguration of the Kartarpur Corridor. It is to be noted that there is resentment in the Congress party regarding Sidhu's separate rallies. Congress Punjab affairs in-charge Devinder Yadav called a meeting in Patiala today to discuss the MPs from here but did n

The federal New Democrats are holding a three-day caucus retreat in Alberta's capital, a place where the party would like to grow its support. The NDP caucus is set to talk about health care, affordability and the party's next national campaign as MPs get ready for Parliament to return next week. On Monday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh went door-knocking with Edmonton Centre candidate Trisha Estabrooks, a riding the party is hoping to win in the next election. Jennifer Howard, Singh's chief of staff, says the party will also discuss their confidence-and-supply agreement with the minority Liberal g

Australia has scrapped the Golden Visa program, which granted wealthy foreign investors the right to stay in the country. The government started the program to attract foreign investment, but now says its economic results have not been significant and is therefore being replaced by the skilled worker visa. The Golden Visa was available on an investment of 5 million Australian dollars. Thousands of foreign investors have obtained visas through the program since 2012, with 85 percent of successful applicants from China. After several reviews, the Australian government found that the scheme ha

Senior Punjab Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa's tone regarding alliance with Aam Aadmi Party has changed. He has agreed with the party high command's decision regarding the alliance between Congress and AAP in the state during the Lok Sabha elections. Bajwa said that all Congress workers are standing like a rock with the party on the issue of alliance to defeat the BJP. This is the first time that Bajwa's tone on the alliance has been softened. Before this, he has been staunchly opposing the alliance with AAP. However, he also attacked the Aam Aadmi Party, Bajwa said that the AAP governm

Canada will reduce the number of international student permits by 35 per cent next year as part of a temporary two-year cap on foreign enrollment, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced Monday morning. The cap will cut the number of approved study permits in 2024 to 364,000. The 2025 limit will be reassessed at the end of this year. He said the move would allow them to address institutions and “bad actors” who are charging exorbitantly high tuition fees for international students, all while increasing the number of international students they are accepting. Students applying to masters

Monthly payments for 2024 under the Canada Child Benefit Program have started from Friday. Under this, families receive a tax-free monthly payment to help with the cost of raising children under the age of 18. This program is managed by the Canada Revenue Agency. The amount of Canada Child Benefit received depends on the number of children in the family, their ages and the total income of the family in the previous year. Low-income families can receive about $619 per month for each child under 6 and a total of $7,437 per year, while families with children ages six to 17 can receive $522 per

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Israel's P. M. Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized the rejection of the possibility of two states. Netanyahu said in a nationally televised news conference on Thursday that there is no longer any meaning for Israel and Palestine to be two separate states, he said that this issue has now ended. Reacting to this, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he was not surprised to hear Netanyahu's comment. This has been their favor for a long time. Trudeau said that Canada's position in this matter is very clear, we support the Palestinian and Israeli two states with i