A 24-year-old Sikh man has pleaded guilty after videos showing reckless gunfire from a Jeep on Crown land in Ontario triggered a police investigation and firearms charges.Gurkanwal Singh entered a guilty plea in a Bracebridge courtroom to careless use of a firearm after authorities linked him to videos showing guns being discharged in an unsafe…

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Foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes in Canada could now delay deportation proceedings under revised immigration tribunal guidelines set to come into force next month.The updated policy takes effect on June 1 and broadens the criteria for postponing admissibility hearings. These hearings determine whether a foreign national can remain in Canada or should be deported…

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Iranian-origin founder Kiana Ehsani reacts to the new Green Card rule. Iranian-origin US founder Kiana Ehsani reacted to the new Green Card rules and shared a heartbreaking update on her life. Though she is not a Green Card applicant, and already a Green Card holder, Ehsani said the situation for her is no better. “Today…

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US President Donald Trump on Friday brushed aside criticism from opponents while boasting about his cognitive abilities and intelligence during a rally in New York, saying he did not mind being labelled a “tyrant” or “dictator” but objected strongly to being called “dumb”. “I don’t mind being called a brilliant total tyrant dictator,” Trump told…

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Shamir Chandran was convicted of coercive behaviour and is wanted by police An Indian-origin cancer specialist has been struck off the UK medical register after a tribunal ruled that his criminal conviction made him a risk to the public, meaning he can no longer practise medicine in the UK, a sanction more severe than simply…

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Paradeep Singh’s wife Kamal had arrived in New Zealand from India just six months ago to start a new life with him What began as a routine day of yard work ended in tragedy for an Indian-origin couple in New Zealand after a falling tree branch killed Paradeep Singh, leaving behind his newly arrived wife…

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An Indian man has been charged after Australian authorities found a $5.6 million pseudoephedrine shipment hidden in a food consignment at Sydney’s Port Botany.The man appeared before Parramatta District court on Thursday after Australian Border Force officers seized about 166kg of pseudoephedrine, a controlled chemical commonly used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.The shipment arrived from…

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One person was killed and at least 36 others, including firefighters and first responders, were injured after a fire triggered two explosions at a shipyard in New York City on Friday, officials said. Authorities described the incident as a “complex, fast-developing emergency” as crews battled flames late into the night.The fire broke out around 3.30…

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Uganda on Saturday confirmed three new Ebola cases, taking the total number of infections in the current outbreak in the country to five, as authorities intensified contact tracing efforts to contain the spread of the rare Bundibugyo strain of the virus.According to Uganda’s health ministry, the new cases include a driver who transported the country’s…

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Five men were injured in a stabbing incident on a busy west London street after a violent altercation broke out in Acton on Friday afternoon, police said.According to the Metropolitan Police, officers patrolling Horn Lane were alerted to reports of multiple men being assaulted and stabbed at around 2.47 pm. Emergency first aid was administered…

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