Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised President-elect Donald Trump that Canada would toughen controls over the long undefended joint border, a senior Canadian official said on Sunday. Trudeau flew to Florida on Friday to have dinner with Trump, who has promised to slap tariffs on Canadian imports unless Ottawa prevents migrants and drugs from crossing […]
Month: December 2024
Woman Searching For Her Birth Parents Discovers Father In Facebook Friends List
An adopted woman in Georgia received the surprise of a lifetime after she found she had been Facebook friends with her birth father all these years. Tamuna Museridze made the astonishing discovery while she was on a mission to find her birth parents, according to a report in BBC. Ms Museridze’s search started in 2016 […]
Gaza, Ukraine Wars, Regional Tensions Boosting Arms Sales: Report
Sales by major arms makers were boosted last year by wars in Ukraine and Gaza and tensions in Asia, with marked increases for manufacturers based in Russia and the Middle East, a report said Monday. Sales of arms and military services by the world’s 100 largest arms companies totalled $632 billion in 2023, up 4.2 […]
He Was Singled Out Only Because He Is My Son: Joe Biden Pardons Son Hunter
<p>Outgoing US President Joe Biden Sunday issued “a full and unconditional pardon” to Hunter Biden arguing that he was singled out only because he was his son.</p> <p>“For my entire career I have followed a simple principle: just tell the American people the truth. They’ll be fair-minded. Here’s the truth: I believe in the justice […]
“Madam Is Busy”: When Sonia Gandhi Kept Najma Heptulla Waiting For An Hour Over Call From Berlin
After being elected president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in 1999, Najma Heptulla rang up the then Congress chief Sonia Gandhi from Berlin to convey the news but had to hold the phone line for an hour as staff told her that “Madam is busy”. The former deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha, who had left […]