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3 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Gunfire was exchanged between North and South Korea at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which divides the two nations. According to South Korean military sources, shots from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea initially hit a guard post in the bord...
1 May 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced a long-promised ban on "assault-style" weapons following the nation's worst mass shooting that happened in the province of Nova Scotia in April. The ban on the sale, transport, import, and use of 1,50...
1 May 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite
Sudan's transitional government has approved an amendment to its criminal legislation, banning the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). According to the nation's Ministry if Foreign Affairs, anyone who performs FGM inside medical establishmen...
30 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique states that the nation's state of emergency initially declared on April 1st, 2020, will be extended for an additional 30 days to combat the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. President Nyusi said that although th...
28 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Amid the global Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, Argentina's National Civil Aviation Administration (NCAA) issued a decree on Monday, April 27th, 2020, banning all ticket sales for commercial domestic and international flights until at least September...
27 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Nigerian military officials state that in an operation supported by troops from neighboring Niger, 89 "bandits" responsible for a series of attacks and raids against civilians in the Zamfara state were killed, several firearms including assault rifle...
26 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un was last seen by the public when he presided over a meeting on April 11th, 2020, raising speculation over the 36 year-old leader's health. According to North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), during hi...
26 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Police forces in France reported that they have seized about 140,000 face masks destined for sale on the black market after they caught a businessman unloading the masks from a truck into a house in Saint Denis, France. Among the confiscated stock in...
25 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Hundreds of primary schools located in rural areas of Uruguay have reopened amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Schools that have reopened were disinfected and will comply with restrictions imposed to combat the spread of the virus such as rules...
25 Apr 2020 1 minute read 6 comments AverageVancouverite
According to a directive from Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court, flogging as a form of punishment will be abolished and replaced with imprisonment and/or fines to "bring the kingdom into line with international human rights norms against corporal punishme...
