Despite vows from a number of school districts to show zero tolerance for those who missed class, pupils as young as 12 turned out across at least 15 Swiss cities and towns for the “climate strike.” read more

Jaswinder Sidhu, a Punjabi-origin beautician from Canada, was allegedly murdered at the behest of her family in 2000 for marrying a man from Punjab against their wishes. read more

A body found with gunshot wounds late Wednesday is that of Kirk Woodman, “the Canadian who was kidnapped the day before yesterday,” ministerial spokesman Jean-Paul Badoum said.” read more

Novak Djokovic defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for the 17th time in 27 tour meetings stretching back 11 years while Alexander Zverev will face young Australian wildcard Alex Bolt next. read more

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun captured the world’s attention with a trail of tweets from her hotel room at Bangkok’s airport, where she holed up after Thai authorities initially barred her from travelling on to Australia. read more

Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun who flee from her country spoke about how she feels after getting refuge in Canada. Alqunun said that she wanted to inspire other women from her country and also opened up about how women are treated in Saudi Arabia. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered refuge to Alqunun in the country. Alqunun also spoke about why she took such step of moving out of her country and how her family has disowned her. Alqunun was received at Toronto airport on Saturday by Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. (Hindustan Times)read more

Rahaf Mohammed Qunun grabbed international attention last week after she barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room to resist being sent home to her family, which denies abusing her. Qunun refused to meet her father and brother, who arrived in... read more

A Chinese court in the northeastern city of Dalian on Monday gave the death penalty to Robert Lloyd Schellenberg for smuggling drugs. read more

Pune region has produced 199.74 lakh quintals of sugar and has topped the state in sugar production, followed by Kolhapur with 117.82 lakh quintals read more

The verdict comes in the backdrop of a diplomatic row between China and Canada after the Canadian police arrested Meng Wanzhou, a top official at the Chinese telecom giant Huawei, on a request from the US. read more

In what has become an industry-wide show of support during the US government’s partial shut down, Canadian air traffic controllers have bought hundreds of pizzas for their American counterparts who have been working without pay since late December. read more

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun grabbed international attention this week after she barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room to resist being sent home to her family, which denies any abuse. Qunun refused to meet her father and brother, who arrived... read more

According to the report, Facebook gave extended access to the v1.0 of Graph API to numerous companies not only including Nissan and Royal Bank of Canada but now also to Chrysler\/Fiat, Lyft, Airbnb, and Netflix, among others. read more

Udhayakumar Dhakshinamoorthy, a minimart worker, courted a 12-year-old girl with gifts and called her his “wife”, grooming her to engage in progressively intrusive sexual acts with him over a period of three months, reported The New Paper. read more

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun was stopped last Saturday at a Bangkok airport by immigration police who denied her entry and seized her passport. read more