TORONTO (AA) – Canada on Monday expelled Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei, who was accused of being involved in a plot to intimidate Conservative lawmaker Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong. “Canada has decided to declare persona non grata Mr. Zhao Wei. I have been clear: we will not tolerate any form of foreign […]
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The Covid-19 pandemic, which for over three years has killed millions of people, wreaked economic havoc and deepened inequalities, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said Friday. It is “with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as a global health emergency”, WHO chief Tedros Adhan...
Sapporo, Japan (AFP): The G7 pledged on Sunday to quit fossil fuels faster and urged other countries to follow suit, but failed to agree to any new deadlines on ending polluting power sources like coal. The language reflects the depth of disagreements among the allies on the balance between climate action and energy security, with […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has said that the changing international situation requires the maintenance of contacts between Beijing and Moscow. Speaking with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of a conference of countries neighboring Afghanistan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Qin assessed as “fru...
Amsterdam, Netherlands (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday stood by his controversial comments on Taiwan, saying that being a US ally did not mean being a “vassal”. Macron, wrapping up a state visit to the Netherlands during which he has also faced protests over pension reforms, said France still backed the “...
MOSCOW (AA) – The foreign ministers of Russia, China, Iran, and Pakistan on Thursday held the US and its allies, who hastily withdrew from Afghanistan in 2020, responsible for the country’s “disastrous situation.” The four officials held an informal meeting on the sidelines of a conference of the foreign ministers of Af...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Segey Lavrov has said that the West “is not hiding” that China is the “next target” after Russia, as well as any country that “dares to act independently.” “They do not hide that when Russia, as they put it, is ‘defeated,’ China will be the next ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that NATO is building up its forces and means along the member countries’ borders with Moscow and Minsk. “NATO forces and assets are being built up near the borders of Belarus and the Russian Federation, they are especially concerned about the Kaliningrad region,” L...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Kremlin has said that Russia would respond “appropriately” to the deployment of American nuclear weapons in military bases in Europe. Speaking to reporters in Moscow following a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “In general, the i...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of human rights organizations organized joint protest vigils Wednesday in several states across the US calling for the release of detainees at the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who are eligible for transfer. The protests were held in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Cobleskill, New York and New...
