Trump, Trudeau seek release of detained Canadians in China

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 23:23:18 +0000

Trump, Trudeau seek release of detained Canadians in China

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to continue to seek the release of two Canadians detained in China in apparent retaliation for the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive.

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Japan to withdraw from IWC, resume commercial whaling in 2019

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 05:14:40 +0000

Japan to withdraw from IWC, resume commercial whaling in 2019

Japan said Wednesday it is withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission and will resume commercial whaling in July 2019.

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Two Koreas to pledge road, rail links on divided peninsula

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 23:36:47 +0000

A South Korean delegation left for North Korea on Wednesday to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for reconnecting roads and railways across the divided peninsula despite stalled denuclearization talks.

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North Korea blasts UN resolution on rights abuse

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 06:57:41 +0000

North Korea on Tuesday hit back at a latest UN resolution that condemned Pyongyang’s rights abuses, calling it a “serious… provocation” that would undermine peace efforts on the Korean peninsula.

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China ‘resolutely opposes’ demands for release of detained Canadians

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 22:57:31 +0000

News media follow a car carrying Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou and her security detail as they departs Meng's home after she was released on bail in Vancouver, British Columbia on December 12, 2018. - Meng Wanzhou was released on Can$10 million (US$7.5 million) bail on December 11 in a case that has rattled relations between China, the US and Canada. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP)

China lashed out at Canada and the US for demanding the release of detained Canadians and accused Western countries of double standards.

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China ‘will never seek hegemony,’ says Xi in reform speech

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:53:43 +0000

China ‘will never seek hegemony,’ says Xi in reform speech

China will never seek hegemony, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday as global concerns persist over the country’s growing economic influence.

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US ‘coldness’ preventing Duterte from visiting Washington

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 05:51:41 +0000

US ‘coldness’ preventing Duterte from visiting Washington

The “coldness” in the United States is stopping President Rodrigo Duterte to visit Washington even after the return of the Balangiga Bells, Malacañang said Wednesday.

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Spy poison case: Suspects say they were in UK as tourists

Spy poison case: Suspects say they were in UK as tourists

MOSCOW — The two Russian men charged in Britain with poisoning a former Russian spy with a deadly nerve agent appeared on Kremlin-funded television on Thursday, denying their involvement in the attack and saying their appearance in the English city of Salisbury was merely an “incredible, fatal coincidence.”

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