Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than Covid-19, a UN environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for “immediate and ambitious action” to ban some toxic chemicals. The report said pollution from pesticides, plastics and electronic waste is causing widespread human rights violations and at least 9 million premature deaths مزید پڑھیں

Faced with truckers’ protests popping up across the nation, and hampering cross border trade, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday became the only Canadian leader since his father 50 years ago to declare a state of emergency in peacetime. Trudeau unveiled a series of tough measures to tackle funding for the protests, including letting banks مزید پڑھیں

Russia said on Tuesday it was pulling back some of its forces near the Ukrainian border to their bases, in what would be the first major step towards de-escalation in weeks of crisis with the West. The move came amid an intense diplomatic effort to avert a feared Russian invasion of its pro-Western neighbour and مزید پڑھیں

Russia could invade Ukraine at any time and might create a surprise pretext for an attack, the United States said on Sunday, as it reaffirmed a pledge to defend “every inch” of Nato territory. Russia has more than 100,000 troops massed near Ukraine, which is not part of the Atlantic military alliance, and Washington — مزید پڑھیں

Canada’s Ontario province Friday declared a state of emergency over trucker-led protests paralyzing the capital and disrupting trade with the United States, as Premier Doug Ford vowed to do whatever it takes to end the blockades. The capital Ottawa has been clogged with hundreds of big rigs for two weeks, while three border crossings have مزید پڑھیں

US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will speak on Saturday as the United States and other Western nations warned a war in Ukraine could ignite at any moment. Washington ordered most of its embassy staff to leave Ukraine on Saturday, adding to its call this week for private citizens to leave مزید پڑھیں

World-renowned scholar, author and activist Noam Chomsky has said that Islamophobia has taken a “most lethal form” in India, turning some 250 million Indian Muslims into a “persecuted minority.” “The pathology of Islamophobia is growing throughout the West — [but] it is taking its most lethal form in India,” Chomsky, who is also Professor Emeritus مزید پڑھیں

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said Russia is amassing yet more troops on Ukraine’s border, and warned an invasion could come “any time”, including during the Winter Olympics which end on February 20. “We’re in a window when an invasion could begin at any time, and to be clear that includes during مزید پڑھیں

US President Joe Biden on Thursday urged American citizens to leave Ukraine immediately, and warned about potential major conflict with Moscow should US and Russian troops engage each other on the ground. “American citizens should leave, should leave now,” Biden said in an interview with NBC News. “We’re dealing with one of the largest armies مزید پڑھیں

Kensington Palace says it was Duke of Cambridge Prince William’s first official visit to UAE. Visit comes as Britain seeks to deepen trade ties with wealthy Gulf Arab states under post-Brexit strategy. Oil-rich UAE has pledged to invest 10 billion pounds in Britain, saying it wants a free trade pact with it. Prince William, second مزید پڑھیں