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China overturns Canadian man’s death sentence
The New York Times, Published on 07/02/2026
» China’s highest court has overturned a death sentence against a Canadian man convicted of drug smuggling, a sudden reversal in a case that has been a years-long source of diplomatic friction between Beijing and Ottawa.
In Finland's forests, soldiers re-learn how to lay anti-personnel mines
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» KAJAANI - Finland is barely out of the treaty banning them but the country's armed forces are already training soldiers to lay anti-personnel mines, citing a threat from neighbouring Russia.
Canadian PM denies retracting comments that irked Trump
News Agencies, Published on 27/01/2026
» OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday that he spoke to US President Donald Trump on Monday but denied he had retracted comments last week that had irritated the US President.
Canada's Marineland gets 'conditional approval' to sell whales to US
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» TORONTO (CANADA) - Canada's federal government on Monday gave Marineland conditional approval to sell its 30 imperilled beluga whales to parks in the United States, after rejecting an export request to China.
Landmine casualties hit 4-year high as states exit ban treaty
Reuters, Published on 01/12/2025
» GENEVA - Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar as well as European countries moving to withdraw from the treaty banning their use, a new report showed on Monday.
Xi primed to meet Japan, Canada leaders after Trump summit
AFP, Published on 31/10/2025
» GYEONGJU — Chinese leader Xi Jinping was expected to meet Canada and Japan's new prime ministers for the first time on Friday, a day after agreeing to a trade war ceasefire with US President Donald Trump.
China hosts Thai, Cambodian foreign ministers for talks
South China Morning Post, Published on 15/08/2025
» SHANGHAI — China hosted the Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers for "friendly and candid" talks on Thursday, with both sides pledging to work towards a peaceful solution to a simmering border dispute.
PM says Canada intends to recognise Palestinian state
AFP, Published on 31/07/2025
» OTTAWA - Canada plans to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday, a dramatic policy shift that was immediately rejected by Israel.
Military aids evacuations as Canada wildfires expand eastward
AFP, Published on 10/06/2025
» OTTAWA - Canada's military used aircraft to help evacuate members of a remote Indigenous group Monday as wildfires spread eastward from the Prairies region and into the country's most populous province Ontario.
Canada steelworkers urge Ottawa to counter Trump
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» HAMILTON (CANADA) - Steelworkers in the Canadian city of Hamilton see President Donald Trump's latest trade war escalation as a wake-up call, insisting US efforts to protect struggling metal producers demand an equivalent national response.