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Canada Removes 41 Diplomats From India After New Delhi Threatens To Revoke Their Immunity
Toronto: Canada has recalled 41 of its diplomats from India, the foreign minister of Canada announced on Thursday. The Indian government had threatened to revoke these individuals’ diplomatic immunity, which escalated a dispute concerning the murder of a Sikh separatist in Canada.
The actions are in response to Canada’s accusations that India might have been implicated in the June homicide of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian national, in a Vancouver suburb. Although Canada has been accused of harboring separatists and “terrorists,” the accusation of its involvement in the killing has been denied as “absurd,” and diplomatic measures have been taken to convey India’s outrage at the claim.
Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly announced Thursday that 41 Canadian diplomats and their dependents stationed in India have been expelled. Joly stated that 21 Canadian diplomats have been granted exceptions and will remain in India.
“The personal safety of forty-one Canadian diplomats and their forty-two dependents was at risk if their immunity was revoked at an arbitrary date,” Joly explained. “Diplomats and their families have departed at this time.”
Joly stated that withdrawing diplomatic immunity is an unprecedented action and a violation of international law; consequently, Canada would not threaten to do the same with Indian diplomats.
“A unilateral revocation of diplomatic privileges and immunity constitutes a clear violation of the Geneva Convention on Diplomatic Relations and a violation of international law.” “Making such a threat is irrational and escalatory,” Joly declared.
Canada Removes 41 Diplomats From India After New Delhi Threatens To Revoke Their Immunity.
Due to India’s decision, Joly stated that both nations’ citizens will experience reduced service quality. She stated that Canada has suspended face-to-face operations in Bangalore, Mumbai, and Chandigarh.
Arindam Bagchi, a spokesman for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, had previously advocated for downsizing the Canadian diplomatic presence in India, asserting that their personnel exceeded that of India’s presence in Canada.
Last month, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that “credible allegations” suggested Indian involvement in the June slaying in Surrey, British Columbia, of Nijjar, a 45-year-old Sikh leader, by masked gunmen. Najjar was slain in June.
India had asserted for years that Nijjar, a Canadian-born Indian national, had ties to terrorism; Nijjar denied this allegation.
Canada Removes 41 Diplomats From India After New Delhi Threatens To Revoke Their Immunity.
Visa cancellations for Canadian nationals by India have not prompted any retaliation from Canada. Following Canada’s expulsion of a senior Indian diplomat, India had previously expelled a senior Canadian diplomat.
Previously, Trudeau attempted to defuse the diplomatic dispute by assuring reporters that Canada had no intention of inciting or exacerbating the situation.
A separate Canadian official previously told The Associated Press that the surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada and intelligence supplied by a significant ally contributed to the allegation of India’s involvement in the killing.
The spokesperson stated that Indian diplomats and officials in Canada were involved in the communications and that a member of the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing alliance—consisting of Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand—contributed a portion of the intelligence. The official requested anonymity to maintain their position, as they lacked the authority to publicly address the subject.
Canada Removes 41 Diplomats From India After New Delhi Threatens To Revoke Their Immunity.
As a result of India’s most recent expulsions, tensions have increased between the two nations. A few days after Trudeau and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had tense encounters at the recent Group of 20 meeting in New Delhi, Canada canceled an autumn trade mission to India.
Amid the simmering dispute, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken conferred with the foreign minister of India. According to a U.S. official, the subject was brought up. Although U.S. officials have recognized that the repercussions of the allegations could affect relations with India, they have avoided assigning responsibility for Nijjar’s death.
Najjar, a plumber, was also a prominent figure in the waning Khalistan movement, an attempt to establish an autonomous Sikh homeland. During the 1970s and 1980s, north India was besieged by a decade-long Sikh insurgency that was suppressed by a government crackdown that claimed the lives of thousands of individuals, including prominent Sikh leaders.
Despite losing much of its political influence, the Khalistan movement continues to enjoy support in the Indian state of Punjab and among the substantial Sikh diaspora abroad. Although the active insurgency ceased several years ago, the Indian government has consistently issued warnings regarding the potential resurgence of Sikh separatists.
Marc Miller, the Canadian minister of immigration, stated that India ranked first among permanent residents, temporary foreign laborers, and international students in Canada in 2022. Miller stated that the Canadian immigration department will considerably reduce the number of adin India due to India’s decision to revoke immunity. Miller stated that the reduced personnel will impede the issuing visas and permits.
Political scientist Nelson Wiseman of the University of Toronto stated that Canada would have no reason to retaliate against India’s most recent action.
Wiseman stated, “The Indians’ thin skin is exposed by the expulsions of Canadian diplomats; it suggests they are aware that they are complicit in the murder of a Canadian in Canada.” “Their intention is to divert focus away from their inadequate collaboration with Canada in the inquiry into the homicide.”
SOURCE – (AP)
MONTREAL — Lionel Messi played the entire game despite a first-half injury scare, Benjamin Cremaschi broke a tie in the 59th minute, and Inter Miami rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat Montreal 3-2 on Saturday night, its fifth consecutive Major League Soccer victory.
Luis Suarez scored his 11th goal of the season for Inter Miami, while Matías Rojas scored from a free kick. Montreal (3-5-3) got goals from Jules-Anthony Vilsaint and Bryce Duke.
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Messi Plays Through A Scare, Inter Miami Rallies Past Montreal 3-2 For Fifth Straight Win
Inter Miami (8-2-3) extended its unbeaten record to seven games (5-0-2) despite Lionel failing to score or assist for the first time in nine MLS appearances this season. Inter Miami is 7-0-2 in those nine games, with one loss coming against Montreal in March when Lionel did not participate.
Playing in Canada for the first time, Lionel abandoned the game late in the first half due to a problem with his left knee caused by defender George Campbell’s foul. The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner as the world’s best player collapsed immediately, clutching his knee and moaning in agony.
Inter Miami’s medical personnel entered the field to treat Messi, who stood up after around two minutes and headed to the Miami sideline. He was not subbed out, allowing him to return moments later.
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Messi Plays Through A Scare, Inter Miami Rallies Past Montreal 3-2 For Fifth Straight Win
And for some reason, the match shifted at that moment.
Inter Miami was behind 2-0 when Messi was injured; when he returned, the score was 2-1, and it was tied moments later. Rojas scored on a free kick that Messi would normally take to put Inter Miami up, and Suarez added a goal from a corner kick late in the first-half stoppage time.
Suarez became the third player in MLS history to score 11 goals in his first 800 minutes of the season, following Mamadou Diallo (11 in 2000) and Ola Kamara (11 in 2021).
The game-winning goal occurred when Rojas threw a ball into open space, and Cremaschi ran it down. Then, he made a second attempt to nudge the ball just clear of two defenders and into the net for a 3-2 advantage. Messi had two final-minute chances to extend the lead, which he missed narrowly.
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Messi Plays Through A Scare, Inter Miami Rallies Past Montreal 3-2 For Fifth Straight Win
Inter Miami was met by hundreds of fans when it arrived at its hotel Friday night, and Montreal, thanks in part to Messi’s signing with Major League Soccer last summer, sold out its 15,000 season tickets for the first time since joining in 2012. Messi has scored in 31 nations.
The match drew an announced sellout crowd of 19,619 spectators, including one dressed in a Messi tracksuit and sporting a goat mask in tribute to Messi’s status as the Greatest of All Time.
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A zoo in China has been accused of attempting to trick visitors over dog pandas by dyeing two dogs black and white to resemble panda bears. Videos circulating on Chinese social media show the two “panda dogs” at an exhibit at Taizhou Zoo, in the eastern province of Jiangsu, which opened on May 1.
Though the dog pandas are designed to resemble pandas, which are unique to China and an iconic symbol of the country, their swinging tails reveal their identity.
Zoo administrators claimed Chinese state media that they were Chow Chows, a fluffy dog breed native to northern China, painted black and white to resemble gigantic pandas, and that they had explicitly sold them as “panda dogs” without making any misleading claims.
The dogs are still at the zoo, officials told NBC News by phone on Friday, and the number of people visiting them is “at a normal level.”
Despite the fact that the zoo does not have real pandas, state media and others have attacked it for misleading visitors and mistreating the dogs.
“It is not funny at all to dye Chow Chow dogs to attract tourists,” one Weibo user said. “Their fragile skin and naturally thick coats make them susceptible to skin diseases.”
Zoo administrators defended the exhibit, claiming that the dogs were unharmed.
“Normal people dye their hair,” a spokesman told NBC News. “Dogs can also dye their hair. It is the same as hair.
In 2019, a dog cafe in the southern province of Sichuan prompted animal rights issues with its six Chow Chows that had also been dyed to resemble bears.
In 2020, in the same province, a “panda” walked by a woman in a viral video was discovered to be a dyed Chow Chow.
Other Chinese zoos have also been accused of keeping phony animals, usually dogs disguised as wolves or African cats.
After a video showing one of its Malayan sun bears standing like a person went viral in July, a zoo in the eastern province of Zhejiang denied that the bears were humanoid.
Experts refuted the story, and the zoo stated that a person wearing a fur suit would not be able to tolerate such hot summer conditions.
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CAPE Florida’s Cape Coral — This weekend, a very powerful solar storm approaching Earth may cause communications outages and cause the northern lights to appear in the United States.
For the first time in almost 20 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare geomagnetic storm watch. The entire weekend is under scrutiny, beginning on Friday.
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Strong Solar Storm Could Disrupt Communications And Produce Northern Lights In US
According to NOAA, the sun started to create powerful solar flares on Wednesday, which led to five plasma explosions that might have disrupted Earth’s power infrastructures and satellites in orbit. A coronal mass ejection, or eruption, can produce billions of tons of solar plasma.
The flares appear to be connected to a sunspot that is 16 times the diameter of Earth, which is why NOAA is classifying this as an uncommon occurrence. In 2003, a strong geomagnetic storm destroyed power transformers in South Africa and knocked out power in Sweden.
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Strong Solar Storm Could Disrupt Communications And Produce Northern Lights In US
According to NOAA, the most recent storm may cause northern lights as far south as Alabama and Northern California in the United States.
An amazing natural occurrence is the aurora borealis, sometimes known as the northern lights. The night sky in Earth’s polar regions is home to these vibrant, dancing lights. When charged solar particles clash with atmospheric gasses, these lights are created.
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Strong Solar Storm Could Disrupt Communications And Produce Northern Lights In US
Though the lights are usually observed in green, pink, and violet hues, they can occasionally be seen in other colors as well. Countless people travel to locations like Alaska, Canada, and Scandinavia every year to see this amazing show in person since it is such a stunning sight.
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