Category Archives: World News

• Hong Kong protesters form human chain in call for democracy

  admin August 24, 2019

  Supporters of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement lined city streets and part of the city’s harbourfront Friday, inspired by a similar protest in the Baltic states 30 years ago against Soviet control. Read more »

• Trump blasts his own Fed chair after central bank warns of trade war damage

  admin August 23, 2019

  Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell says the trade war Donald Trump has started with China has made it hard for the U.S. central bank to do its job, an accusation that was met with a angry tweet-storm by the U.S. president. Read more »

• David Koch, billionaire conservative activist and donor, dead at 79

  admin August 23, 2019

  American billionaire industrialist David Koch, a former executive vice-president of conglomerate Koch Industries, and a major backer of conservative causes and political candidates, has died, his brother said on Friday. Read more »

• China announces new round of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods

  admin August 23, 2019

  China has announced a tariff hike on $75 billion of U.S. goods in retaliation for tariffs Donald Trump has threatened to levy on China as of next Sept. 1. Read more »

• Amazon rainforest fires are a ‘very serious threat’ but misinformation is going viral

  admin August 23, 2019

  The wildfires burning in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest have prompted a public outcry on social media. But interest in the crisis has also led to the spread of misinformation and raised questions about whether the situation is as bad as it may seem. CBC News explains. Read more »

• Freeland heading to Cuba next week to talk Venezuela

  admin August 22, 2019

  Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will head to Cuba next week for talks with her counterpart there on the situation in Venezuela. Read more »

• Syrian army opens corridor for people to leave rebel areas under bombardment

  admin August 22, 2019

  Syrian government forces opened a corridor on Thursday for people who want to leave insurgent territory in northwest Syria, where an army offensive has gained ground. Read more »

• German court convicts asylum seeker in killing that led to widespread protests

  admin August 22, 2019

  A German court has convicted a Syrian asylum-seeker over a fatal stabbing in the city of Chemnitz last year that touched off far-right protests. Read more »

• Jeffrey Epstein’s will could prove complicated for those looking to sue

  admin August 22, 2019

  The will Jeffrey Epstein signed just two days before his jailhouse suicide puts more than $577 million US in assets into a trust fund that could make it more difficult for dozens of complainants to collect damages. Read more »

• Why Trump wants to buy Greenland: A history of U.S. land acquisitions

  admin August 22, 2019

  U.S. President Donald Trump’s desire to buy Greenland has drawn ridicule, but he’s by no means the first American president to have entertained the notion. The United States was built through a long list of land purchases throughout its history. Here are some of the most notable. Read more »