VANCOUVER—Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou are expected to ask a B.C. Supreme Court judge today to delay the final leg of hearings in her extradition case. The court said in a statement last week that the Huawei executive’s application for an adjournment would be heard this morning. The hearings were scheduled to begin on April 26…
Huawei CFO’s Team Expected to Ask Judge for Adjournment in Final Extradition Hearings
No Word on Whether Ontario Will Accept Ottawa’s Offer to Send Health-Care Workers
TORONTO—Calls for Ontario Premier Doug Ford to undo new wide-ranging COVID-19 restrictions on outdoor recreational activities grew louder Sunday amid pledges of federal help to ease the toll on the province’s strained health-care system. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several cabinet ministers promised to comb federal departments for available personnel who could be redeployed to…
China-US Diplomacy Turns Aggressive
Commentary In the past half-century, China-U.S. diplomatic relations shifted from ping-pong to a more aggressive form of contact sport. Fifty years ago, on April 10, 1971, the U.S. table tennis team became the first group of Americans to set foot in China for a friendly match. This move led to the visit of then-President Richard…
Supreme Court Rejects GOP Challenge to Pennsylvania Election Rules
The Supreme Court declined on April 19 to hear a lawsuit regarding a Pennsylvania voting dispute nearly six months after the Nov. 3, 2020, election. The court rejected an appeal from a Republican congressional candidate’s unsuccessful challenge of the state’s mail-in ballot initiatives, which is the final Nov. 3-related action to be dismissed related to Pennsylvania’s…
Supreme Court Declines Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Over Mail-In Balloting
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a lawsuit regarding a Pennsylvania voting dispute nearly six months after the Nov. 3, 2020, election. The court rejected an appeal from a Republican congressional candidate’s unsuccessful challenge of Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot initiatives, which is the final Nov. 3-related lawsuit to be dismissed related to the state’s voting…
UK Prime Minister Johnson Cancels India Visit Amid CCP Virus Surge
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned trip to India, due to concerns over the ongoing CCP virus surge in that country. “In the light of the current coronavirus situation, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not be able to travel to India next week,” the Indian and UK governments said in a joint…
Hunger-Striking Navalny Being Transferred to Hospital
MOSCOW—Prison doctors have decided to transfer Russia’s main opposition leader Alexei Navalny to hospital, its prison authority said on Monday, 20 days into a hunger strike that has brought international warnings of consequences should he die in jail. Allies of Navalny, who have had no access to him since last week, said they were braced…
‘We Cannot Whitewash Our Own Issues,’ Ambassador Says After Claiming White Supremacy Is Baked Into America’s Founding
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told CBS’ “Face the Nation” in a segment that aired April 18 that the United States must not “whitewash” its history of slavery if it hopes to speak authoritatively on human rights, while responding to criticism for earlier saying that the “original sin of slavery” weaved “white supremacy” into…
Taiwan Says It Seeks Long-Range Cruise Missiles From US
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan is seeking to acquire long-range, air-launched cruise missiles from the United States, a defense official said on April 19, as the self-ruled island bolsters its forces in the face of increasing pressure from Beijing. While Taiwan is developing its own long-range missiles, to give it an ability to strike back deep into China…
Taiwan Says Seeking Long-Range Cruise Missiles From US
TAIPEI—Taiwan is seeking to acquire long-range, air-launched cruise missiles from the United States, a defense official said on Monday, as the Chinese-claimed island bolsters its forces in the face of increasing pressure from Beijing. While Taiwan is developing its own long-range missiles, to give it an ability to strike back deep into China in the…
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