Canada bans cruise vessels until Feb. 28, 2022

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Canada is banning all cruise vessels in Canadian waters until Feb. 28, 2022

US President Biden halts support for Saudi strikes on Yemen | News | DW | 04.02.2021

US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the United States was ending its support for offensive operationsin the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

The president said the six-year conflict “has to end,” but stressed Washington would continue to back its long-standing ally Saudi Arabia.

“We’re stepping up our diplomacy to end the war in Yemen, a war which has created humanitarian and strategic catastrophe,” Biden said.

This war has to end, and to underscore our commitment, we are ending all America support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arms sales.”.

Biden made his remarks in a speech to State Department diplomats.

Source: US President Biden halts support for Saudi strikes on Yemen | News | DW | 04.02.2021

Turkey’s President says ‘there’s no such thing as LGBT’ and calls student protesters ‘terrorists’ (in a global first, wannabe Caliph loses touch with reality and humanity simultaneously!)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday blasted the LGBTQI+ movement as incompatible with the country’s values and compared student protesters to “terrorists”, as a month of youth-driven rallies shook his rule.

More than 300 students and their supporters were detained in Istanbul and the capital Ankara in increasingly violent and politically-charged altercations with the police this week.

Source: Turkey’s President says ‘there’s no such thing as LGBT’ and calls student protesters ‘terrorists’

US to cut off support for Saudi-led operations in Yemen amid humanitarian crisis

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National security adviser Jake Sullivan says US will also freeze arms sales to Saudi Arabia

The US has announced an end to its support for Saudi-led offensive operations in Yemen, citing the role the bombing campaign has had in creating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

The announcement was made by the national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, in a preview of a speech Joe Biden is due to deliver at the state department.

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