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towns and cities — Why are Muslim women living ‘in fear
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Pakistanis send back record $29.4bn in year Oil climbs on expected draw in crude Green party executive launches membership
Wildfire smoke blanketing parts of Taliban say do not want to fight B.C. prompts air quality warning inside Afghanistan’s cities
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ANCOUVER -- Much of central and eastern British Columbia is under a special weather bulletin warning of smoky skies, as hundreds of wildfires rage out of control in the province. Environment Canada issued the special air quality statement, warning of the smoke for the next few days in areas stretching from the Interior north to Yukon and east to the Alberta boundary. Four areas in the province also remain under a heat warning, including the Fraser Canyon where the village of Lytton was destroyed by fire last month, with daytime highs predicted of up to 38 C. The BC Wildfire Service says much of the central part of the province is at extreme risk of wildfires with more than 300 fires burning, two dozen of which are highly visible or pose a potential threat to public safety. Wildfires have also forced closures of major highways in the province, including Highway 97 north of 70 Mile House, and Highway 20 in the Anahim Lake region. The province is asking residents to remain cautious and be responsible in preventing possible fires, after the wildfire service, RCMP and Kamloops Fire responded to five suspicious blazes Tuesday night, all believed to have been human-caused. Source : bc.ctvnews.ca
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he Taliban do not want to battle government forces inside Afghanistan’s cities and would rather see them surrender, a senior insurgent leader said on Tuesday, as the militants also warned Turkey against extending its troop presence. The hardline Islamist group has swept through much of the north as foreign troops complete their withdrawal, and the Afghan government now holds little more than a constellation of provincial capitals that must largely be resupplied by air. As security deteriorates, France on Tuesday became the latest country to call on its citizens to leave — offering them a last flight out of Kabul, free of charge, on Saturday. “The Embassy of France formally recommends to all French citizens to take this special flight or to leave the country immediately by their own means,” the embassy said. On July 1, Germany too had called on its citizens to leave the country. Earlier, the head of a Taliban commission that oversees government forces who surrender urged residents of Afghanistan’s cities to reach out to them. “Now that the fighting from mountains and deserts has reached the doors of the cities, Mujahideen (Taliban) don’t want fighting inside the city,” Amir Khan Mut-
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‘Do more’: PM Imran asks developed countries to help poor nations with ‘unutilised IMF quota’
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rime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday called upon the developed countries to mobilise adequate financial resources to enable developing countries meet the triple challenge of Covid-19 recovery, implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and realisation of environmental objectives. Delivering a keynote address at the United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development through a video message, Imran Khan said there were synergies in the three challenges which should be utilised to “build back better”. “The high income countries have been able to inject $70 trillion to stimulate their economies. While developing countries on the other hand are estimated to need at least $4.3tr to come out of their crisis and implement this. They have unfortunately so far secured less than 5pc access of this amount,” he regretted. He recalled that he had proposed the creation of new IMF special drawing rights as an effective way to generate development financing, adding that it was essential that high income countries voluntarily reallocate part of their
unutilised IMF quota and this should be approved urgently. He said he hoped at least $150 billion will be reallocated to finance sustainable development projects in developing countries through the IMF, World Bank and other financial institutions. “The restructuring of high cost debt is another essential instrument to provide fiscal space in development finance for the affected developing countries,” he added. He highlighted that any common framework for debt restructuring should not involve protracted negotiations that would defeat the purpose of debt relief. At this critical time, he remarked, commitments made to provide concession and grant finance to developing countries, including 0.7 per cent official development assistance (ODA) commitment and the advance window of $50bn must be fulfilled. “Similarly, fulfilment of the commitment made by developed countries to provide $100bn by year in climate finance is vital, including for the success of the COP-26 in Glasgow.” The prime minister said the accumulated climate finance commitment was To be Continued at page 4