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Canada, Saudi Arabia restore ties 5 years after spat over women's rights activists
TORONTO (AP) — Canada and Saudi Arabia agreed Wednesday to restore full diplomatic relations and appoint new ambassadors, five years after a dispute over women’s rights activists damaged relations and trade between the two countries. In 2018, Saudi Arabia expelled Canada’s...
Canadian appointee rejects probe into China election interference; opposition blasts decision
TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian government appointee on Tuesday rejected holding a public inquiry into leaked intelligence that alleged China interfered in Canada’s federal elections, drawing allegations of a cover-up from the Conservative opposition. Opposition lawmakers have...
Italy's Meloni rejects criticism from Canada's Trudeau over LGBTQ+ rights at G7 Summit
ROME (AP) — Italy’s far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni on Sunday rejected criticism from her Canadian counterpart at the G7 Summit about her government’s stance on LGBTQ+ rights. A reporter asked Meloni about the criticism at a news conference early Sunday in Hiroshima, Japan,...
South Korean, Canadian leaders vow cooperation on clean energy, North Korea threat
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of South Korea and Canada on Wednesday vowed to strengthen their security and economic cooperation to address challenges posed by North Korea and expand Canadian supplies of minerals crucial to South Korea’s technology industry as they held a summit in...
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau arrives in South Korea to discuss trade, North Korean challenge
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in South Korea on Tuesday for a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at which they are expected to discuss expansion of trade and challenges posed by North Korea. Trudeau, the first Canadian...
China expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat response
BEIJING (AP) — China announced the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat on Tuesday in retaliation for Ottawa ordering a Chinese consular official to leave the country over alleged threats he made against a Canadian lawmaker and his family. The Foreign Ministry said China was deploying...
Canada expels China diplomat for alleged threats to lawmaker
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government is expelling a Chinese diplomat whom Canada’s spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate an opposition lawmaker and his relatives in Hong Kong. A senior government official said Toronto-based diplomat Zhao Wei has five days to...
Canada mulls expelling China diplomat for targeting lawmaker
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s foreign minister said Thursday the country is considering the expulsion of Chinese diplomats over an intelligence agency report saying one of them plotted to intimidate the Hong Kong relatives of a Canadian lawmaker. Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said her...
Global Citizen's next campaign: Reform climate financing
NEW YORK (AP) — Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley repeated her call Thursday to rewrite the rules of global development banks to relieve the debts of middle and lower income countries and increase funding for climate adaptation. “It cannot be easier for a young person to get a...
Canada's Trudeau hails VW plant as 'generational' investment
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A massive Volkswagen electric battery plant being built in Ontario will create 3,000 jobs and represent a “generational investment” for Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. The German automaker last month announced plans for the...
