China’s government-run Global Times newspaper encouraged the world on Thursday to embrace capital punishment for drug crimes, lamenting that “some people are still spending plenty of time talking about human right [sic] of drug smugglers.”
China’s state-run Global Times announced on Thursday the indictment of Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg for alleged drug smuggling. His punishment could range from 15 years in prison to the death penalty if he is convicted on Saturday.
Islamic cleric Younus Kathrada has told young Muslims that wishing fellow Canadians a Merry Christmas is a worse sin than adultery, lying, and murder.
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen told CTVNews that Santa and Mrs. Claus are honorary Canadian citizens, and pay their taxes.
A professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada will return to the classroom after he accused a teaching assistant of violating the law for showing a television clip featuring Jordan Peterson.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry finally admitted on Thursday that Chinese police arrested a third Canadian over the past week. The detainee is a woman named Sarah McIver said to be suffering “administrative punishment” due to her “illegal employment.”
On Tuesday, December 11, Timmins police charged 33-year-old Tiffany Butch with witchcraft for demanding money in return for lifting a curse.
The Canadian government said on Wednesday that police have detained a third Canadian citizen in China. While Ottawa provided no details of the arrest, an official said there is “no reason to believe that this case is linked” to the detentions of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor – whose arrests last week were in turn clearly linked to Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
On Tuesday, China’s state-run Global Times accused the United States of “mobilizing its allies” to “strangle” Huawei, a nefarious campaign in which the “unfair persecution” of Meng is only one element.
The Chinese government has said little about its reasons for arresting Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor this week, but on Thursday, the state-run Global Times published an editorial explicitly framing the arrests as revenge for Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
The suicide of Chinese-American physics professor Shoucheng Zhang, who dabbled in technology investment outside of his position at Stanford, has raised concerns this week after an anti-Chinese regime publication revealed his ties to the Chinese tech giant Huawei.
China has apparently arrested another Canadian, just a few days after detaining analyst and former diplomat Michael Kovrig. The second detainee is Michael Spavor, a businessman with ties to North Korea who helped arrange meetings between dictator Kim Jong-un and former basketball star Dennis Rodman.
Contents: China recklessly arrests a second Canadian without justification; US blames China for Marriot data breach in plan to create massive database of American citizens; Google CEO Sundar Pichai evades questions about helping China’s military
President Donald Trump defended his campaign promise that Mexico would fund a border wall on the southern border on Thursday.
Contents: China jails Canadian journalist Michael Kovrig in apparent retaliation for Canada arrest of Meng Wanzhou; US State Dept considers stronger travel warning for China; How Michael Kovrig infuriates the Chinese; Canada releases Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou on bail
Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat who currently works for the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, has reportedly been detained in China while working on a research project pertaining to North Korea.
A Canadian judge ruled on the Huawei executive’s request to be released on bail.
The Huawei executive was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 at the behest of U.S. officials.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A jailed Chinese technology executive will have to wait at least one more day to see if she will be released on bail in a case that has raised US-China tensions and complicated efforts to resolve a trade dispute that has roiled financial markets and threatened global economic growth.
Lawyers for the Chinese telecom executive argued Monday that she wouldn’t be a flight risk because jumping bail would embarrass China.
Contents: Canada arrests the chief financial officer of China powerhouse Huawei; China reacts with fury at the arrest of Meng; English-speaking ‘Five Eyes’ countries are banning Huawei products
Canadian authorities on Saturday arrested Huawei Technologies CFO Wanzhou Meng in Vancouver at the request of U.S. authorities, according to a report.
A recent study claims that American Twitter users are overwhelmingly negative on the platform and utilize swear words more often than those from other countries. Researchers claim Twitter data matches the “established stereotypes” about Americans.
The Washington Post published an explanation piece on Monday attempting to clarify the ongoing saga of “Havana syndrome,” a series of medical ailments the U.S. State Department has branded “attacks” that have affected U.S. diplomats and staff in Cuba.
Tech companies snuck a provision into USMCA that would entrench their right to censor.
The United Kingdom will create a GPS-like “sovereign” satellite system to rival the European Union’s Galileo programme, Theresa May revealed Friday evening as she met with world leaders in Buenos Aires at the G20 summit.
China hoped its retaliatory tariffs would devastate Maine’s lobstermen. Instead, demand for lobsters has remained strong, boosted by purchases from Canada.
Lawmakers from nine countries, including Britain, Canada, and France, were reportedly “furious” after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to not show up at an international committee hearing. A Canadian MP described Facebook as “a high school company collecting adult paychecks.”
Bill and Hillary Clinton kicked off their 13-city paid speaking tour, “An Evening with the Clintons,” on Tuesday night by accusing President Donald Trump of taking part in a Saudi “cover-up.”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will extend $595 million in tax relief over a five-year period to news media outlets it defines as “eligible,” according to the Toronto Star.
A Canadian curling team was kicked out of a tournament last weekend for drunken and “unacceptable behavior,” according to reports.
The only personally identified victim of unexplained attacks on U.S. and Canadian diplomats is recovering from severe brain injury, her mother told NBC News on Tuesday, just days after unnamed Canadian diplomats condemned their government for “abandoning” them in Cuba as their condition worsened.
LGBT activists in Canada are arguing that a new police strip search policy is “progressive” and “gender inclusive.” The new policy allows individuals to choose the gender of the officer that will search them.
The former Canadian PM defended Trump against Macron’s attack on nationalism during a centenary commemoration of the WWI Armistice.
Some 50,000 Canadians marched through Montreal this weekend to protest global warming, while wearing down jackets and parkas to stave off the freezing weather.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the Great War Armistice centenary Sunday to lash out at populism and nations that do not conform to narrow ideas of globalism, making a series of apparently thinly veiled attacks on U.S. President Donald Trump.
PARIS (AP) – A weekend of commemorations involving dozens of world leaders to mark 100 years since the end of World War I is underway, with Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau kicking off the events in France and elsewhere with a visit to a cemetery.
TEL AVIV – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday issued a formal apology on behalf of his country for its refusal to accept Jewish people fleeing the Holocaust in 1939.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has refused to testify before Canadian and British lawmakers about the social media giant’s data privacy breaches.
Electronic music DJ and left-wing activist Moby said during a recent get-out-the-vote concert that he is researching ways to emigrate to Canada in case Democrats fail to retake the House of Representatives and President Donald Trump wins re-election in 2020.
