Canada’s Teck Resources cancels breakup vote

Ottawa, April 26 (AFP/APP): Canadian mining group Teck Resources at the last minute on Wednesday cancelled a shareholder vote on splitting its metals and coal operations into two companies, while continuing to push back against Swiss giant Glencore’s takeover effort. The Vancouver-based company twice rejected […]

Finish it Mr. Powerful: STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan

There are many versions regarding the final words of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto before he was led to the gallows. There is one, favored by his supporters. It narrates that as the noose was tightened, Bhutto was in a defiant mood andtold the highly nervous executioner, […]

Biden shrugs off age concerns, saying ‘I feel good’

Washington, April 26 (AFP/APP): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday shrugged off voter concerns over his age, saying he feels “good” about seeking a second term to take on the “danger” he believes Donald Trump poses to American democracy. “I feel good, I feel excited […]

Harry Belafonte, pioneering performer and activist, dies at 96

New York, April 25 (AFP/APP):Harry Belafonte, the superstar entertainer who introduced a Caribbean flair to mainstream US music and became well known for his deep personal investment in civil rights, died on Tuesday in Manhattan, his publicist said. He was 96. The barrier-breaking artist-activist died […]

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