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Trudeau revokes emergency powers after Canada trucker-led protests end
AFP, Published on 24/02/2022
» OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday revoked emergency powers used to dislodge trucker-led protests in Ottawa and blockades of border crossings to the United States, as he declared the crisis over.
Police reclaim Canada capital after trucker siege ends
AFP, Published on 21/02/2022
» OTTAWA - The last big rigs were towed Sunday out of Canada's capital, where the streets were quiet for the first time in almost a month after a massive police operation ended a drawn-out siege by protesters opposing Covid health rules.
'Glory to Hong Kong': The new anthem embraced by protesters
AFP, Published on 12/09/2019
» HONG KONG: A defiant protest anthem penned by an anonymous composer has become the unofficial new soundtrack to Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, belted out by crowds at flashmobs in malls, on the streets and in the football stands.
US intel 'at odds with Trump' on N.Korea, ISIS, Iran
AFP, Published on 30/01/2019
» WASHINGTON - US intelligence chiefs on Tuesday contradicted President Donald Trump's statements that the Islamic State group has been defeated and that North Korea can be convinced to forego its nuclear weapons.
China's 'makers' battle mistrust in hi-tech community
AFP, Published on 24/04/2018
» SHENZHEN (CHINA) - Engineers, computer programmers and children tinker with self-made radio-controlled toy cars and robotic arms in China's southern city of Shenzhen, home to "makers" who belie the country's reputation as a hub for technology copycats.