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Feb 14 2021 07:01 Gmt+3 Last Updated On: Feb 15 2021 12:37 Gmt+3 Turkish Armed Forces ended a military operation in the Gara region of northern Iraq, targeting Kurdish forces after the death of 13 kidnapped Turks, including military and police personnel, who were executed by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) according to Turkish officials. Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said that 48 PKK militants were killed during the military operation against the PKK, while three Turkish soldiers ...

How Norway is ahead of Canada on climate action globalnewsdigital © Provided by Global News Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau speaks Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg in Montreal on September 27, 2019. Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is urging developing island nations to use the upcoming United Nations Security Council election to push Canada and Norway to step up their games on climate change. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz   Ed...

Erdogan's call for constitution revamp shakes up Turkish politics

Announcement seen as diversion from issues

Activists in Brussels protest against Chinas policies towards Uyghurs on Feb. 6, 2021. Photo credit: Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. The youth wings of Norways main political parties have signed a letter calling for the country to rescind its normalization agreement with China and stop free trade negotiations due to Chinas human rights violations. The big picture: Amid growing global awareness that close economic ties with China can have a chilling effect on free speech, opposit...

Norway over-reliant on foreign workers February 8, 2021 NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway’s over-reliance on relatively low-paid foreign workers in a variety of industries, not least fishing, has become glaringly apparent during the Corona crisis. It has also contributed to the demise of the working class in Norway, and may explain why the Labour Party has been losing voters for years. Tons of fresh fish are and will be pouring into processing and packing plants along the Norwegian coast this winter. M...

As major oil and gas producers and exporters, Norway and Canada share a particular responsibility for confronting the planet’s existential climate threat. However, their different political, economic and cultural features have resulted in major differences in their climate policy track records. Overall, Norway is a leader on climate change performance and Canada is a laggard. The 2021 Climate Change Performance Index ranks 61 countries on their progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, e...

Four people were formally arrested as part of an investigation into protests against President Tayyip Erdogan's appointment of a rector at one of the country's top universities, an Istanbul prosecutor's office said on Sunday.

TURKEY-SECURITY/BOGAZICI:Turkey jails four pending trial over university protests -prosecutor

ON THE GO Hadiza Bala Usman: Export cargoes barred from Lagos ports for two weeks Hadiza Bala Usman, managing director of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), says export cargoes have been suspended from gaining access into the Lagos ports for two weeks.Advertisement The NPA boss told... France exempts Nigerian players from quarantine after international duties The French ministry of sports has ruled that foreign players in Ligue 1 and 2 will not need to be quarantined after returni...