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International News

Meng’s lawyers make case against U.S. extradition to Canadian public

Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers opened a PR front in their client’s defence by sharing contents of a letter they wrote Attorney General David Lametti, urging him to halt extradition proceedings against the Huawei executive.

Jason Unrau / Jun 26, 2019

International News

British Foreign Minister suspended after grabbing Greenpeace protestor

Few things scream “bad optics” for a politician quite like publicly and enthusiastically assaulting a middle aged woman. Unfortunately for British Foreign Minister Mark Field, his communications manager must have skipped over that in his media training.

Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / Jun 21, 2019

Canadian News, International News, Politics & Policy

EXCLUSIVE: Trudeau government wants to burn Philippines trash at Burnaby plant cited for toxic ash and air pollution

The 1,500 tonnes of garbage currently headed to the Port of Vancouver from the Philippines is set to be incinerated at a plant previously cited for producing toxic ash and nitrogen dioxide pollution.

Cosmin Dzsurdzsa / Jun 19, 2019

Technology, International News

Facebook to launch cryptocurrency next week

Facebook will launch its new cryptocurrency next week with the support of more than a dozen big-name backers such as Visa and Mastercard.

Ali Taghva / Jun 15, 2019

International News, Politics & Policy

Stay out of Hong Kong’s affairs: Chinese embassy to Freeland

China’s embassy in Ottawa has fired back at Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland for a statement she issued about protests in Hong Kong, sparked by the local government’s proposed changes to extradition law.

Jason Unrau / Jun 15, 2019

International News

No solution to China impasse without Trump: former Harper advisor

An advisor to former Prime Minister Stephen Harper says being nicer to U.S. President Donald Trump is better than following the advice from former PMs on easing tensions with China.

Jason Unrau / Jun 13, 2019

International News

Five in custody after horrific homophobic assault on London bus

Two gay women have posted photos of the aftermath of an alleged assault on a London bus.

Jason Unrau / Jun 9, 2019

International News

97-year-old World War II vet makes second jump into Normandy, 75 years later

D-Day, short for Deployment Day, were landing operations that took place on Tuesday, 6 June 1944. Over 156,000 allied troops from several different countries including Canada stormed the beaches of Normandy to aid in the liberation of Germany-occupied France. Tom Rice was one of them.

Roberto Wakerell-Cruz / Jun 6, 2019

News, International News

Greens and right surge; centrists shrink in EU elections

Green and right-wing parties pulled off impressive gains as centrist parties saw abysmal losses in the 2019 EU elections

Siddak Ahuja / May 28, 2019

News, Culture, International News

Al Jazeera reporter quoted Hitler, said “F*ck Jews” in recently unearthed tweet

Since the publication of that video, online users have unearthed shocking anti-semitic messages previously posted to Twitter by the AJ+ reporter.

Ali Taghva / May 19, 2019

Culture, International News

Al Jazeera Media promotes Holocaust denialism

AJ+, the famous and well-funded Qatari TV channel, published a video on Friday which appeared to promote Holocaust denial.

Ali Taghva / May 18, 2019

International News

Ads offer birth tourism packages for Chinese women hoping to secure Canadian citizenship

Brokers have been advertising “vacation” packages to would-be mothers from mainland China hoping to give birth to children in Canada who would then gain citizenship.

Yanky Pollak / May 17, 2019

Canadian News, International News, Politics & Policy

Trudeau: Canadian softwood lumber and steel to be used to rebuild Notre Dame

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has offered new Canadian softwood lumber and steel to the French President Emmanuel Macron to help rebuild the historic Notre Dame cathedral

Siddak Ahuja / May 15, 2019

News, International News

Norway’s champagne socialists, gaining in the polls, opt to keep communism in manifesto

Last weekend, Norwegian communists and socialists gathered in a working-class suburb of Oslo for their annual conference.

Kathrine Jebsen Moore / May 14, 2019

International News

Iran ‘hell on earth for women’ dissident tells MPs as Ottawa waffles listing Revolutionary Guard terrorists

A U.S. carrier group steamed toward the Persian Gulf this week in show of force against Iran, as exiles of the Islamic republic joined parliamentarians in Ottawa to demand that Canada take more punitive measures against the rogue regime.

Jason Unrau / May 12, 2019

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