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WorldMar 24, 2022

Half of Ukraine's children flee war

UNICEF reports more than 4.3-million Ukrainian children have been displaced since Russia launched its invasion on February 24th.That is half of all children in the country.UNICEF says more than 1.8-million children have crossed into neighbouring countries as refugees, 2.5-million are displaced insideUkraine, 78 have died and 105 have been injured.
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WorldMar 24, 2022

Bahrain women’s cricket team shatters T-20 records

Bahrain women’s cricket team created a new record in T-20 cricket. Team scored a mammoth total of 318/1 in a T20I match against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The match was played at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket. It was the seventh match of the GCC Women’s T20I Championship 2022 where the women in red jersey's eclipsed Uganda’s score of 314/2 to climb on top of the record books.Bahrain captain Deepika Rasangika, who scored an unbeaten 161 runs off 66 balls, also got her name in history books after becoming the first batter to score more than 150 runs in a women’s T20I. Chasing a
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WorldMar 23, 2022

Taliban break promise on higher education for Afghan girls

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have decided against reopening schools to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a promise and opting to appease their hard-line base, at the expense of further alienating the international community. The surprise decision is bound to disrupt Taliban efforts to win recognition from potential donors abroad at a time when Afghanistan is mired in a worsening humanitarian crisis. U.S. Special Representative Thomas West tweeted his ``shock and deep disappointment'' about the decision, calling it ``a betrayal of public commitments to the Afghan people and the internat
WorldMar 23, 2022

NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine

A senior NATO military official is estimating as many as 15-thousand Russian soldiers have died in fighting in Ukraine.Separately, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has announced the alliance is deploying new multinational battlegroups to Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.Today marks four full weeks of fighting, with Russia bogged down in a grinding military campaign and its economy crippled by Western sanctions.U-S President Joe Biden, who's on his way to Brussels for tomorrow's meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other NATO leaders, warns there is a ``real threat`` Russia c
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WorldMar 22, 2022

Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country's south; boeing stocks drop after the crash

A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board has crashed in southern China in the country's worst air disaster in nearly a decade. The Civil Aviation Administration of China says the crash occurred Monday near the city of Wuzhou in Teng county. China Eastern's flight No. 5735 had been traveling at around 30,000 feet when suddenly, just after 2:20 p.m., the plane entered a deep dive. The data suggests the plane crashed within a minute and a half of whatever went wrong. Chicago-based Boeing Co. said it was aware of the initial reports of the crash and was ``working to gather more inf
WorldMar 21, 2022

Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country's south

China Eastern Airlines has grounded its fleet of Boeing 737-800 jets after China's worst air disaster in nearly a decade.A flight with 132 people aboard plunged into a forested area in southern China, causing a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images.Data from flight-tracking website FlightRadar24-dot-com shows the plane went into a deep dive from its cruising altitude of about 30-thousand feet and crashed about 90-seconds later.
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WorldMar 18, 2022

13 year old drove pickup that struck van, killing 9 in Texas

A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman says a 13 year old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people. NTSB Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said Thursday the truck's left front tire, which was a spare tire, also blew out before impact. One must be 14 in Texas to start taking classroom courses for a learner's license and 15 to receive that provisional license to drive with an instructor or licensed adult in the vehicle. The pickup crossed into the opposite lane on a darkened, two-lane highway before colliding head-on with a
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WorldMar 17, 2022

9 dead in crash involving U. of the Southwest golf teams

The Texas Department of Public Safety says nine people were killed in a head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returning home from a golf tournament. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Steven Blanco says a pickup truck crossed the center line of a highway and crashed into a van carrying members of the University of the Southwest men's and women's golf teams. They had been playing in a tournament in Midland, Texas. Blanco says six students were killed, along with a faculty member. The driver of the pickup and his 13 year ol
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WorldMar 16, 2022

Zelenskyy cites Sept. 11 in Congress speech

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged members of the U-S Congress and all Americans to remember Pearl Harbor and September 11th.Zelenskyy used his video address to play an emotional video of the destruction and devastation in his country, saying Ukraine needs the U-S to do more to help it fight Russia.U-S President Joe Biden has insisted there will be no American troops in Ukraine and has resisted Zelenskyy's relentless pleas for warplanes as too risky, saying it could lead to World War Three.

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BCFeb 02, 2026

B.C. Rental Protection Fund surpasses goal, secures nearly 2,200 homes

More than 2,000 homes in British Columbia are now protected under the province’s Rental Protection Fund, giving thousands of renters greater housing stability and access to affordable rents. Launched in 2023 with a $500-million provincial investment, the fund works with non-profit housing providers to purchase rental buildings at risk of being sold to the private market. This approach helps ensure tenants can remain in their homes and communities without facing sudden rent increases or evictions. The fund originally aimed to secure 2,000 homes over three years. That target has been exceeded
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BCFeb 02, 2026

Nanaimo RCMP arrest man following break‑in on waterfront vessel

Nanaimo RCMP have arrested an adult man after a series of incidents that began with an attempted theft at a Port Place Mall grocery store and ended with an alleged break‑and‑enter on a privately owned vessel along the city’s waterfront. Police say the situation began around 2:45 PM at Thrifty Foods, where staff reported a man tried to leave the store with unpaid items. When confronted by store security, the suspect allegedly threatened a Loss Prevention Officer. Shortly afterward, the same individual was observed boarding a tugboat moored nearby. Officers who responded reported that he b
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BCFeb 02, 2026

Prince George RCMP Investigate Early-Morning Shooting on Ahbau Street

Prince George RCMP are investigating a shooting that took place shortly before 3:00 a.m. on Friday, January 30, on the 600-block of Ahbau Street. Officers responding to the scene confirmed that no residents were injured during the incident. The early stages of the investigation suggest the shooting was targeted, and authorities say there is no ongoing risk to the public. Ahbau Street was temporarily closed while officers conducted their initial work but has since been reopened. Cst. Jenna Moore, media relations officer for the Prince George RCMP, urged anyone who witnessed the incident or noti
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WorldFeb 02, 2026

Trump signals tariff cut for India after pledge to halt Russian oil imports

U.S. President Donald Trump says his administration plans to lower tariffs on Indian goods to 18 per cent, down from the current 25 per cent, after India agreed to stop purchasing oil from Russia. The announcement follows months of pressure from Washington urging New Delhi to reduce its reliance on discounted Russian crude amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. India has been one of the world’s largest buyers of Russian oil since Moscow’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, taking advantage of lower prices as many Western countries moved to restrict energy trade with Russia. The issue has been a
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WorldFeb 02, 2026

Pakistan says 145 militants killed in security crackdown after deadly Balochistan attacks

Pakistan’s security forces say they have killed about 145 militants in a series of counter-operations across the southwestern province of Balochistan, following coordinated attacks that left around 50 people dead. The provincial government says the operations were launched shortly after the assaults, which targeted multiple locations early Saturday. Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti said the army and police responded swiftly after the attacks, which were later claimed by the banned separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army. He stated that those killed in the security operation were