Canada’s pandemic-era policy of turning back asylum-seekers trying to enter between official border crossings is unlawful and violates their rights, a legal action filed on Tuesday alleges.The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers filed the legal action in federal court claiming the policy is unlawful because it fails to consider the situation of asylum-seekers and whether they have reasonable alternatives available.The policy also denies asylum-seekers their right to a hearing, according to a copy of the legal action seen by Reuters.It is the first legal action against this policy since it was instituted in response to Covid-19 in March 2020.Between March…
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EU executive vice president Valdis Dombrovskis said that the bloc has suspended political outreach activities from their side. AFP | PUBLISHED ON MAY 04, 2021 09:59 PM IST The European Commission said Tuesday that efforts to win approval for the EU’s massive investment deal with China were effectively “suspended” given the soured diplomatic relations between both sides after tit-for-tat sanctions.”We now in a sense have suspended… political outreach activities from the European Commission side,” EU Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis told AFP in an interview.”It’s clear in the current situation with the EU sanctions in place against China and Chinese…
Myanmar’s junta-controlled media announced a ban on satellite television receivers on Tuesday, saying outside broadcasts threatened national security and threatening to jail anyone caught violating the measure.With mobile internet access largely cut off in a bid to quell anti-junta protests since the Feb. 1 coup, Myanmar has increasingly appeared headed back to the state of isolation that preceded a decade of democratic reforms.”Satellite television is no longer legal. Whoever violates the television and video law, especially people using satellite dishes, shall be punished with one year imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 kyat ($320),” MRTV state television said.”Illegal media outlets…
Snapchat users will surely get excited since the popular messaging app is now rolling out its most-awaited Dark Mode feature. However, is it now available on iOS devices? (Photo : Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)In this photo illustration the Snapchat app is used on an iPhone on October 6, 2014 in London, England. Snapchat allows users’ messages to vanish after seconds. It is being reported that Yahoo may invest millions of dollars in the start up firm. Previously, Snapchat’s popular Dark Mode feature was only available to a limited number of users. However, the giant messaging platform recently confirmed that…
(Photo : Pexels/Brett Jordan) Twitter subscription premium service Twitter announced that it is acquiring Scroll, a subscription service that offers readers a better way to read through long-form content on the web, by removing ads and other website clutter that can slow down the experience. The service will become a part of Twitter’s larger plans to invest in subscriptions, the company stated, and will later be offered as one of the platform’s premium features for subscribers. Twitter Acquires Scroll Premium subscriber will be able to use Scroll to easily read their articles from news outlets and from Twitter’s own newsletters product, Revue,…
Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in a statement: “I hope this decision will now also inspire other countries to follow suit, to restore or expand their resettlement commitments.” Reuters | | Posted by Harshit Sabarwal, Geneva PUBLISHED ON MAY 04, 2021 08:28 PM IST The UN refugee agency on Tuesday welcomed a decision by US President Joe Biden to admit up to 62,500 refugees this year, which it hoped would inspire other countries to resettle more people fleeing war or persecution.Biden said on Monday he had resurrected a plan to raise refugee admissions this year after drawing…
Jared Bernstein, a member of US President Joe Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers, said the decision on selecting the next Federal Reserve chief will come after a thorough ‘process’ Bloomberg | | Posted by Karan Manral PUBLISHED ON MAY 04, 2021 08:27 PM IST A senior White House economic aide demurred on the question of whether President Joe Biden will nominate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for a second four-year term, saying the decision on selecting the next central bank chief will come after a thorough “process.”“It’s neither yes nor no,” Jared Bernstein, a member of Biden’s Council of Economic…
The book is the latest venture by Meghan and her husband Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, since they stepped down from royal duties and moved to Los Angeles last year with their young son Archie. Reuters | PUBLISHED ON MAY 04, 2021 08:20 PM IST Meghan, Britain’s Duchess of Sussex, is to publish a children’s book in June titled “The Bench” about the relationship between a father and son, publisher Random House said on Tuesday.The book is the latest venture by Meghan and her husband Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, since they stepped down from royal duties and moved to…
“A thorough investigation will be carried out … to know the truth,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said at his daily news conference. “From that the responsibility will be established,” he added. AFP | | Posted by Harshit Sabarwal PUBLISHED ON MAY 04, 2021 07:53 PM IST Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday promised a full investigation involving international experts into a metro accident that left at least 23 dead in the capital.”A thorough investigation will be carried out … to know the truth,” Lopez Obrador said at his daily news conference.”From that the responsibility will be established,”…
Remember all the ruckus involving GameStop stocks that basically put Wall Street to a grinding halt? Well, it helped bring back the aging brick-and-mortar video game retailer to life. And here’s what they’re doing with the proverbial second chance. (Photo : (Photo by John Smith/VIEWpress))NEW YORK – NEW YORK – MARCH 23: People wait to cross the street in front of GameStop at 6th Avenue on March 23, 2021 in New York. GameStop stocks falls more than 10% after the video game store showing strong earnings but lower than expected. In a world where video games are now mostly sold…