China charges two Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case
Chinese prosecutors charged two detained Canadians with spying on Friday in an apparent bid to step up pressure on Canada to drop a U.S. extradition...
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One billion children experience violence every year as countries fail to protect them: UN report
Half of the world’s children — one billion every year — are affected by physical, sexual or psychological violence, suffering injuries and death because countries...
Confederate obelisk removed from Georgia square amid cheers
With hundreds of people watching as midnight approached, a crane moved in and took down a Confederate monument that stood in the town square of...
Now, China embraces Bangladesh in trade
In a significant show of economic diplomacy in South Asia, China has announced tariff exemption for 97% of exports from Bangladesh. And diplomatic sources of...
Bank of England apologises for past links to slavery
The Bank of England has apologised for the links past governors of the institution had with slavery. The central bank called the trade in human...
Video of Arrest of Indigenous Chief Shocks Canada
TORONTO — The police dash cam video shows the Indigenous chief being held by one police officer and tackled to the ground by another, punched...
Two Years After Trump-Kim Meeting, Little to Show for Personal Diplomacy
The timing was hardly coincidental when North Korea’s foreign minister declared on Friday that hopes for finding peace with South Korea and its protector, the...
Virus Exposes Weak Links in Peru’s Success Story
LIMA, Peru — President Martín Vizcarra followed the best advice when the coronavirus arrived in Peru. He ordered one of Latin America’s first and strictest...
In Every Corner of Bangkok, Spirits Need a Home and Maybe a Strawberry Fanta
BANGKOK — These spirits were not wearing face masks. They appeared well fed, untroubled by the hunger pangs that have afflicted some Thais during the...
Too Close for Comfort, and the Virus, in Russia’s Communal Apartments
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Through the thin wall separating her from her neighbors, Dr. Anzhela Kirilova began to hear the rasping cough associated with Covid-19...