Friday, July 5, 2024

Canada

Malala ‘humbled’ by honorary Canadian citizenship, praises refugee welcome

Malala Yousafzai urges Canada to play leading role in girls' education fight Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has become only the sixth person, and the youngest, to ever receive honorary Canadian citizenship. Canada bestowed the title...

Iceland, Denmark, Austria top list of world’s most peaceful countries

These are World's 10 most peaceful countries according to Global Peace Index 2016 Seven European states are among the 10 most peaceful countries in the world despite the threat of terrorist attacks and social unrest due to the migration crisis...

Over 80,000 forced to evacuate Canada town as massive wildfire encroaches

The entire population of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, Canada has been ordered to abandon their homes after a wildfire ravaging a nearby forest moved into the area. The fire has already destroyed homes in several neighborhoods. Authorities ordered the...

G-7 ministers call for nuclear disarmament in Hiroshima declaration

The foreign ministers of the world's most advanced economies visited a war memorial for the 140,000 victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city. HIROSHIMA (Japan) - Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven, or G7, countries on...

‘Welcome to Canada’, PM Trudeau personally welcomes Syrian refugees

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Premier Kathleen Wynne, Toronto Mayor John Tory and other dignitaries welcome first government plane of Syrian refugees. TORONTO (Canada) — The first large group of Syrian refugees coming to Canada by government aircraft arrived in Toronto...

Canadian couple cancels big wedding to help Syrian refugee family

TORONTO (Canada) - A Toronto couple recently canceled their big wedding to use the money instead to help sponsor a Syrian refugee family's settlement into Canada. The money that would have gone to their reception or gifts is now...

Canada’s new cabinet is half women ‘because it’s 2015’: PM Trudeau

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has named a gender equal cabinet They include a millionaire businessman, a geoscientist, a Paralympian and a refugee who fled the Taliban. Half of them are women. This is the new cabinet Prime Minister Justin...

RBC leads rise in Canadian equity issues despite slowdown in markets

TORONTO (Canada): Royal Bank of Canada led a rise in the value of Canadian equity issues for the first nine months of 2015, overcoming a slowdown in the third quarter due to increased choppiness in equity markets. Equity financings rose...

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Storms cause flooding in Switzerland, Italy and France as wildfires rage in Turkey and Greece

Extreme weather across Europe has caused four deaths in storms in Switzerland and northern Italy, while wildfires have forced evacuations in Greece and Turkey.