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Canada said Wednesday it is shutting down TikTok’s offices in the country following a security review, but people will still be allowed to use the popular video-sharing app.”The government is taking action to address the specific national security risks related to ByteDance Ltd.’s operations in Canada,” Francois-Philippe Champagne, minister of innovation, science and industry, said …

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Canadian authorities charged three people on Monday following violence at a Hindu temple which provoked angry condemnation from India and sent already frosty bilateral ties between the two nations to a fresh low. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Sunday’s “deliberate attack” outside the Hindu Sabha Mandir in the city of Brampton, near Toronto, in which …

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India on Saturday denied home minister Amit Shah had plotted to target Sikh activists on Canadian soil and said it had officially rebuked Ottawa over the “absurd and baseless” allegation.Canada is home to the largest Sikh community outside of India, and includes activists for “Khalistan”, a fringe separatist movement seeking an independent state for the …

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most trusted and important lieutenant, Amit Shah, has been accused by Ottawa of authorising attacks on Canadian Sikh separatists on Canadian soil. New Delhi on Saturday defended Shah, who oversees the nation’s internal security forces as home minister, terming the allegations “absurd and baseless”.Shah, 60, is often called India’s second-most powerful …

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South Africa and the Vatican joined Qatar at a conference in Montreal on Thursday in offering to mediate and facilitate the return of about 20,000 Ukrainian children from Russia.The “Ministerial Conference on the Human Dimension of Ukraine’s Peace Formula” brought together representatives from 70 countries.”Children, civilians and prisoners of war must be allowed to return …

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Sandra Demontigny was afraid of being a prisoner in her own body: a 45-year-old diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, she worried about losing control of her life and burdening those she loves for years.  But the Quebec resident said she is now “relieved” after the Canadian province approved advanced requests for medical assistance in dying (MAID), its …

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