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WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday surpassed 7,00,000 deaths due to COVID-19.

CANADA: A Punjabi bus driver, 64, who was pinned between two transit buses in Downtown Vancouver on Monday, has died in hospital.

OTTAWA: Canada marked its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honor lost children and survivors of the notorious indigenous residential school system in the country.

WASHINGTON: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the US has administered over 39 crore (393 million) COVID-19 vaccine doses in the country as of Thursday morning.

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he would unveil his new cabinet next month (October) and bring back parliament by fall’s end to tackle climate change, Covid and economic recovery.

WASHINGTON: Pakistan is home to at least 12 groups designated as ‘foreign terrorist organisations’ by the US, including five of them being India-centric like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), according to the latest Congressional report on terrorism.

OTTAWA: Annamie Paul, leader of Canada’s Green Party, has announced her resignation after she failed to win a seat and to increase her party’s seat number in the country’s House of Commons in the 44th parliamentary election on September 20.

UNITED STATES: A Sikh officer in United States Marine Corps got permission to wear a turban when on duty. However, there are caveats to this permission and now he is may sue the Marine Corps for their removal if his appeal is not upheld.

OTTAWA: Canada will allow direct flights from India from today, lifting the ban on them after a gap of more than five months. Announcing the decision, Transport Canada on Saturday in a tweet said: “Beginning at 00:01 EDT on September 27, direct flights from India can land in Canada with …

WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first-ever in-person meeting with President Joe Biden raised a number of issues involving the Indian community in America, including access for Indian professionals in the US and speaking about the H-1B visas, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said.