WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – China is going to this week’s G-20 summit hoping for a deal to ease a damaging trade war with the United States, Beijing’s ambassador to Washington said on Tuesday (Nov 27), while warning of dire consequences if US hardliners try to separate the world’s two largest economies. Speaking to Reuters before heading […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – China will retaliate “in proportion” if the United States sanctions its top official in the restive region of Xinjiang over alleged human rights abuses, China’s ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday (Nov 27), adding that Beijing’s policies in the region are to “re-educate”terrorists. Chinese Ambassador to Washington Cui Tiankai told […]
Three weeks of testimony in a federal courtroom about the 2020 census have focused on one question: Did the Trump administration add a citizenship question to the census for political gain? On Tuesday, the final day of the trial, opponents of the citizenship question accused the administration of deliberately trying to deter noncitizens from being […]
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – US President Donald Trump placed responsibility for recent stock market declines and this week’s General Motors plant closures and layoffs on the Federal Reserve during an interview on Tuesday (Nov 27), shirking any personal responsibility for cracks in the economy and declaring that he is “not even a little bit happy” […]
A 38-year-old Regina man is facing weapon charges after Regina police executed a warrant at his residence last week. As a result of an investigation, the Regina Police Service Street Gang Unit executed a search warrant at a home in the 1300 block of Retallack Street on Nov. 23. Police searched the residence and found […]
After hunting the world’s most powerful drug trafficker for more than 30 years, US law enforcement officers were jubilant when they finally got their hands on Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The US Drug Enforcement Administration and local marines finally recaptured the 61-year-old crime lord, who twice escaped from prison, in his native Mexico in 2016. […]
The announcement by General Motors on Monday to leave Oshawa after more than a century of business — and billions in combined federal and provincial bailout dollars — is equivalent to giving Canadian workers “the middle finger.” And so Unifor head Jerry Dias says the government needs to give it right back. “We’re playing with […]
The Saskatchewan government introduced legislation Tuesday to reverse the onus of securing permission to access private land for purposes like hunting and snowmobiling. Under previous regulations, it was the land owner’s responsibility to fence, post land, or have “no trespassing” signs. New amendments aim to make it so someone will need permission from the landowner […]
After a public outcry over the demolition of a historically significant house in Chambly, Que. last week, the town has announced plans to replace it with a replica. The house, which was built around 1820, had links to a civilian uprising against British rule. It was home to Rene Boileau, a local notary who took […]
The Toronto District School Board says a system outage affecting Wi-Fi and telephone service at schools on Tuesday morning has been resolved. The TDSB said in a tweet at about 10 a.m. on Tuesday that the internet was down and IT teams were working on the issue. The TDSB’s website and school websites also appeared to be […]