Category Archives: World News

• No official U.S. approach to question Prince Andrew over Epstein investigation, U.K. PM says

  admin July 3, 2020

  U.S. authorities have not made an official approach to the United Kingdom government for permission to speak to Prince Andrew about his contacts with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. Read more »

• Pro-democracy leader Nathan Law leaves Hong Kong

  admin July 3, 2020

  Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law has left the city for an undisclosed location, he revealed on his Facebook page shortly after testifying to a U.S. congressional hearing about a tough national security law China had imposed on the semi-autonomous territory Read more »

• U.S. son can’t see sick mother in Canada because he’s not ‘immediate family’ under current regulations

  admin July 3, 2020

  Mary Goldman says she was shocked when the Canada Border Services Agency confirmed that her brother wouldn’t be allowed in the country because he does not fall under any of the categories for a family exemption, even though their mother is Canadian. Read more »

• British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell arrested on charges related to Epstein investigation

  admin July 2, 2020

  British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday in the United States on charges she helped recruit three girls — one as young as 14 — to be sexually abused by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died last year. Read more »

• U.S. now seeing nearly 50,000 new coronavirus cases every day

  admin July 2, 2020

  Governors of U.S. states hit hardest by the resurgent coronavirus halted or reversed steps to reopen their economies on Wednesday, led by California, the nation’s most populous state and a new epicentre of the pandemic. Read more »

• China, pro-Beijing activists condemn foreign pressure over Hong Kong

  admin July 2, 2020

  China’s government and pro-Beijing activists in Hong Kong condemned what they called foreign meddling in the territory’s affairs on Thursday, as countries moved to offer Hong Kongers refuge and impose sanctions on China over a new security law. Read more »

• Russian officials say 78% of voters back changes that could extend Putin’s rule

  admin July 2, 2020

  Almost 78 per cent of voters in Russia have approved amendments to the country’s constitution that could allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036, Russian election officials said Thursday after all the votes were counted. Kremlin critics said the vote was rigged. Read more »

• At least 113 killed as Myanmar jade mine collapse buries workers

  admin July 2, 2020

  A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed at least 113 people, with more feared dead, authorities said on Thursday, after a heap of mining waste collapsed into a lake, triggering a wave of mud and water that buried many workers. Read more »

• 24 killed in attack on drug rehab centre in Mexico

  admin July 2, 2020

  Gunmen burst into an unregistered drug rehabilitation centre in central Mexico and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said. Read more »

• What you need to know about China’s new national security law for Hong Kong

  admin July 1, 2020

  China’s national security law for Hong Kong has sparked fears that Beijing continues to encroach on Hong Kong’s autonomy while curtailing a number of its freedoms. CBC explains what the new law is about and some of the concerns surrounding its passage. Read more »