MONTREAL — A week into the federal election campaign, party leaders are treading carefully around pipeline politics as they try to build support from an electorate divided on the country’s energy future. The campaign comes as Canada renegotiates its energy policy and Canadians debate whether to expand the oil andRead More

It was the Liberal leader that had the strongest performance in the first debate of the 2015 federal election campaign, according to a new poll. The Forum Research poll of 1016 Toronto voters conducted Friday found that nearly one-quarter of respondents (23 per cent) think that Liberal Leader Justin TrudeauRead More

OTTAWA — The major party leaders are taking a brief hiatus from the campaign trail today. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and NDP leader Tom Mulcair don’t have any scheduled campaign events. The campaigns of Trudeau and Mulcair have indicated they’ll both be electioneering again on Sunday.Read More

LESBOS, GREECE/GENEVA: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked Europe to help in handling tens of thousands of refugees coming in from Syria, Afghanistan and other war zones, saying on Friday his cash-strapped country could not deal with them alone. The influx has piled pressure on Greece’s services at a timeRead More

TOKYO, JAPAN: Japan’s nuclear regulator said an accident on the scale of the 2011 Fukushima disaster would not occur under new safety rules imposed on reactors such as Kyushu Electric Power’s Sendai No.1, set to be the first to restart since Fukushima, Japan’s Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday. SendaiRead More

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: Annoyed with Supreme Court rulings on Obamacare and same sex marriages, Republican presidential aspirant Bobby Jindal has said if given a chance he would toss out half-a-dozen judges of the top court, including two nominated by Presidents George W Bush and Ronald Reagan. The recent 5-4 rulingRead More

BEIJING, CHINA: China has evacuated over 1.58 lakh people as Typhoon Soundelor, stated to be the worst since 2009, is advancing towards the country’s Southeast Fujian Province where it is expected to make a landfall today. The Fujian Province located on the coast of the Taiwan straits evacuated people asRead More

SEOUL: The widow of late South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung returned home today from a rare trip to North Korea but her hoped-for meeting with leader Kim Jong-Un failed to come off. Lee Hee-Ho’s four-day visit was ostensibly humanitarian but there had been much speculation about a possible meeting withRead More

NEW DELHI: The NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan will take place as expected later this month, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today amid questions whether the meeting should be held in the wake of recent terror attacks emanating from across the border. “I don’t know what is going onRead More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday promised to consult North Eastern states in finalisation of the details of the peace accord signed with NSCN(IM) last week, Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh said amid a controversy over the issue. The Manipur Chief Minister as also his Nagaland counterpartRead More