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Trudeau’s Liberals win Canada election: TV projections

Shawdesh Desk: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were returned to power Monday in a hotly contested election against the rookie Conservative leader Erin O’Toole, according to TV projections. But

Putin’s party heads for victory amid vote fraud claims

Shawdesh Desk: President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party looks set for another big win in the country’s parliamentary elections, despite a drop in support. The party claimed victory a few

At least eight dead in Russian campus shooting

Shawdesh Desk: A student opened fire on a university campus in central Russia on Monday killing at least eight people, investigators said, in the second mass shooting at an education facility this

Johannesburg mayor killed in car accident

Shawdesh Desk: The mayor of Johannesburg was killed in a car accident as he returned from campaigning with South Africa’s president on Saturday, just over a month after being elected,

Taliban rulers exclude girls from returning to secondary schools

Shawdesh Desk: Girls were excluded from returning to secondary school in Afghanistan on Saturday, after the country’s new Taliban rulers ordered only boys and male teachers back to the classroom.

Global Covid cases near 228 million

Shawdesh desk: he global Covid-19 caseload is fast approaching 228 million, with the world still struggling to contain the second wave of the pandemic. The total caseload and fatalities from

EU stepping up its strategic engagement with the Indo-Pacific region

Shawdesh desk: The European Union has unveiled a new strategy to step up its strategic engagement in the Indo-Pacific and contribute to the region’s stability, security, prosperity, in line with

Algeria’s ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies aged 84

Shawdesh Desk: Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who ruled Algeria for two decades before resigning in 2019 as huge protests engulfed the country, died on Friday aged 84, public television announced, reports AFP.