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Canada torn between economy, climate in deciding oil project
AFP, Published on 25/03/2022
» MONTREAL - Eco warrior turned Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, picked by Justin Trudeau five months ago to guide Canada's climate policy, will soon face his first major test in deciding on a new offshore oil project.
US, allies call on Taliban to reopen girls schools in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 25/03/2022
» WASHINGTON - The United States and other Western countries on Thursday condemned the Taliban's decision to shut girls secondary schools in Afghanistan just hours after reopening them, and urged the hardline Islamist movement to reverse course.
North Korea says Kim ordered test of 'new type' of ICBM
AFP, Published on 25/03/2022
» SEOUL - North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the test-firing of the country's "new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile to boost its nuclear deterrent against the US "imperialists", state media reported Friday.
Zelensky asks NATO for weapons, West adds pressure on Russia
AFP, Published on 25/03/2022
» BRUSSELS - President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed a NATO summit Thursday to flood weapons into Ukraine and Western allies responded with new sanctions against Russia, promises of military aid, and discussion of expelling Moscow from the international G20 body.