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Asylum applications in Europe fall to lowest level for a decade as borders closed; world faces worst food crisis in 50 yearsBurundi president dies of illness suspected to be coronavirusEU says China behind ‘huge wave’ of Covid-19 disinformationFauci: c…
Prime minister condemns Beijing for linking its 2018 detention of two Canadians with arrest of Huawei executiveBeijing’s linking of its detention of two Canadians in China to the arrest of a Chinese executive in Vancouver shows it does not understand t…
Pledge of ‘world-beating’ system will have to look to likes of South Korea and GermanyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson’s insistence that the UK will be able to roll out a “world-beating” coronavirus test, track …
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A growing number of nations are shutting airports as global Covid-19 infection cases near 200,000 Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTravellers across the world are scrambling to find flights home as governments urged their cit…
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Diamond Princess evacuations begin as China announces death toll in country up to 1,665Hundreds of Americans have been flown out of Japan after leaving the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship on Sunday night, as a further 70 people onboard tested …
The evacuation flight is only open to Canadian passport holders – permanent residents and Chinese citizens are not eligibleAs an airplane chartered by the Canadian government departs central China on Thursday, hundreds of evacuees will breathe a sigh o…
Canada chartered aircraft to transport citizens from city at center of coronavirus outbreak, but is awaiting final approval from ChinaHow to protect yourself from coronavirusHundreds of Canadians are anxiously awaiting evacuation from the Chinese city …
Bibi, freed last year and now in Canada, will release her autobiography on WednesdayAsia Bibi, the Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy, has released two photographs taken in exile, as she prepares for the launch…
Supreme court justice ‘reserves judgment’ in case of Meng Wanzhou, whom the US is trying to extradite on charges of fraudThe Canadian court tussle over the arrest of a Huawei telecoms executive has been put in limbo after a judge adjourned the case tha…
More than a dozen people outside Vancouver courtroom with ‘Free Meng’ signs were promised C$100 for two hours’ work on a movieProtesters calling for the release of a senior Chinese telecommunications executive arrested in Canada have admitted they were…
Meng Wanzhou trial begins amid growing tensions between Canada and ChinaThe closely watched case of Meng Wanzhou is due to start in Vancouver as the Huawei executive battles extradition amid growing tensions between Canada and China.The hearings, sched…
Vinita Damodaran lauds the protesters in India rallying to protect the postcolonial constitution, and Laura Phillips criticises the British colonial legacy in CanadaThe protests erupting all over India about the changes to citizenship embodied in the C…
Justice to rule on 19 charges against Joshua Boyle and weigh credibility of competing testimony from him and Caitlan ColemanA Canadian judge is set to determine the fate of Joshua Boyle, the former hostage who spent five years in Afghanistan with his f…