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Toronto’s 911 emergency communication centre is experiencing lengthy wait times due to burnout-fuelled staffing shortages, according to a CBC Toronto investigation. Police documents from a six-month period in 2021 showed that there were sometimes fewer than 10 operators available to answer calls in a city of around 2.8 million people, resulting in monthly average wait […]
The ruling coalition in Pakistan has said it will not engage in a dialogue with the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), as “talks are not held with terrorists”. The comments by Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb follow statements from the PML-N suggesting the government may ban PTI after the party mounted attacks on police in Lahore and Islamabad. The […]
China, Iran and Russia are conducting joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman this week, according to China’s defence ministry. The exercises, dubbed “Security Bond-2023”, also involve forces from other countries with a coastline bordering the Gulf of Oman, including Oman, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. China has dispatched the guided missile destroyer […]
