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At least 70 people have been killed in mass shootings across the United States so far this year    Firearm injuries are now the leading cause of death among people younger than 24 in the United States, according to a study published in the December 2022 edition of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. At least 70 people have been killed in mass shootings across the United States so far this year, according to data collected by the Gun Violence Archive (GVA). In the latest incident on Monday, seven people were killed and one critically injured in two related shootings at agricultural facilities in a coastal community in northern California. The shooting took place less than 48 hours after a man killed 11 people during a Lunar New Year celebration near Los Angeles, California on Saturday night.  WK News, Sacramento. 

Government of Canada has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankan state officials, including former presidents   The Government of Canada has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankan government officials, including former presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa.   According to the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the sanctions are over human rights violations committed during the armed conflict from 1983 to 2009. Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa oversaw the forces that were accused of targeting Tamil civilians. The Sri Lankan government has taken “limited meaningful and concrete action” to uphold its human rights obligations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada said on Tuesday in a press release. In addition to former presidents, sanctions have also been imposed on Staff Sergeant Sunil Ratnayake and Lt Commander Chandana P Hettiarachchithe, the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.   Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, resigned last July, and hi

The United States and Japan have unveiled plans to strengthen security cooperation | US-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting 2023    The United States and Japan unveiled plans Wednesday to strengthen their alliance. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hold a joint news conference with Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada as part of the 2023 US-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting in Washington, DC, January 11, 2023.  US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken said - "It is hard to overstate the importance of the U.S.-Japan Alliance.  For more than seven decades, it’s been the cornerstone of peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific – ensuring the security, the liberty, the prosperity of our people and people across the region. One of the Alliance’s enduring sources of strength is our ability to adapt it to meet the evolving challenges as well as the opportunities before us."  In the join