Major international hit tanks in China, underscoring for some the divide between Chinese motherland and Asian diaspora. Beijing, China – Frankie Huang could not hide her excitement when she heard that Hollywood blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians was going to be screened in China. For the Beijing-born, US-raised writer, the story of the daughter of a […]

Surrey RCMP said Thursday that it had damaged a “sophisticated” criminal drug enterprise after seizing several kilograms of methamphetamine and painkillers. With a mountain of the seized product piled up beside her, Cpl. Elenore Sturko said at a press conference that the methamphetamine alone amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars of product that was […]

Philippine jail population has been growing at rapid rate since President Duterte launched controversial ‘war on drugs’. The Philippines has the world’s most congested jails – overflowing with tens of thousands of people arrested, particularly since President Rodrigo Duterte announced his “war on drugs” in 2016. The Philippine jails are currently housing more than 140,000 […]

Manitoba’s advocate for children and youth says a girl who suffered repeated sexual abuse and died of a drug overdose was failed over and over again by the province’s child welfare system. The girl — identified only as Angel — was born to a mother with addiction issues and was apprehended by social workers 14 times by the time […]

Activist groups say Ghaith, who posted tweets critical of Emirati officials, has been on hunger strike for over 45 days. Imprisoned Emirati academic Nasser bin Ghaith has been on hunger strike for more than 45 days, according to activist groups. The economist, who taught at the Abu Dhabi branch of Paris-Sorbonne University, is serving a […]

Butina becomes the first Russian to be convicted of working to shape US policy during the 2016 election campaign. A woman accused of acting as a Russian agent to infiltrate a powerful gun lobby group and influence the United States’ policy towards Moscow has pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy. Maria Butina, a […]

TORONTO – The interim president of a Roman Catholic all-boys school rocked by student-on-student abuse allegations said on Thursday that only the football program was cancelled for next year because of the particular dynamics on those teams. At the same time, Andrew Leung said there was no reason to suspend any of the coaches at […]

Nova Scotia isn’t currently planning for the potential shutdown of the Northern Pulp mill if it can’t solve its effluent problem, says Lands and Forestry Minister Iain Rankin. The mill has already said it likely won’t be able to meet a legislated deadline of Jan. 30, 2020, for the closure of its Boat Harbour effluent […]

Theresa May wins confidence vote but vows to quit after Brexit Theresa May survived an attempt to oust her as UK prime minister, strengthening her position as she seeks to secure a deal for Britain to exit the European Union in March. May won a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party, […]

Biggar RCMP have charged a 26-year-old man after multiple vehicle thefts were reported on Tuesday morning. Officers initially received a report of a vehicle stolen from the 400-block of Main Street in Biggar, Sask. Shortly thereafter, police got reports of two more vehicle thefts in the community. Related Saskatchewan seeing a spike in vehicle thefts: […]