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Trudeau on back foot over carbon tax

AFP : Polluters should pay up, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists. But pressure is mounting to scrap his signature climate policy, a federal levy on CO2 emissions, as ordinary Canadians see the law...

Pope skips Good Friday procession

Reuters : Pope Francis cancelled at the last minute his attendance at the Good Friday procession at Rome’s Colosseum, in what the Vatican described as a bid “to preserve his health” ahead of more...

Peru President’s home raided

Al Jazeera : The home of Peru’s President Dina Boluarte has been raided as part of a continuing corruption investigation linked to undisclosed luxury watches, police said. About 40 officials were involved in the...

Over 70 kg of raw opium seized in central Myanmar

Xinhua : Authorities have seized 78.4 kg of raw opium in Myanmar’s Mandalay region, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control said in a statement on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched...

Pakistan to investigate army’s meddling in judiciary

Reuters : Pakistan will set up an inquiry commission to investigate accusations by six High Court judges of interference and intimidation by the country’s powerful intelligence agencies in judicial decisions, the law minister said...