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Government of Canada to announce multi-million-dollar investment for B.C. business growth and innovation
Government of Canada to announce multi-million-dollar investment for B.C. business growth and innovation

February 28, 2025 - Surrey, British Columbia - The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible...

Update: U.S. should work with China to resolve trade disputes through equal-footed consultation: spokesperson
Update: U.S. should work with China to resolve trade disputes through equal-footed consultation: spokesperson

Lou Qinjian, spokesperson for the third session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), attends a press conference at the Great...

Trudeau says Canada's retaliatory tariffs on US goods to start Tuesday
Trudeau says Canada's retaliatory tariffs on US goods to start Tuesday

Ottawa [Canada], March 4 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday (local time) announced that retaliatory tariffs on...

Update: China firmly opposes new U.S. tariff move, vows countermeasures to safeguard interests
Update: China firmly opposes new U.S. tariff move, vows countermeasures to safeguard interests

BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes the U.S. decision to impose an additional 10-percent...

China firmly opposes new U.S. tariff move, vows countermeasures to safeguard interests
China firmly opposes new U.S. tariff move, vows countermeasures to safeguard interests

BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes the U.S. decision to impose an additional 10-percent...

China uses DeepSeek AI for surveillance and information attacks on US
China uses DeepSeek AI for surveillance and information attacks on US

The United States may become the second country after Australia to ban China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence on government devices....

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Civil rights groups protest Alabama bill shielding police from courts
Alabama moves to expand police immunity, sparking backlash

MONTGOMERY, Alabama: A new bill in Alabama would give police officers more legal protection if they use excessive force or kill someone...

US military given 30 days to plan transgender troop removals
Transgender troops being identified for removal under Pentagon orders

WASHINGTON, D.C.:  The U.S. military has 30 days to decide how it will find and remove transgender service members. This may involve...

Iowa first to pass law stripping gender identity protections
Iowa removes gender identity from civil rights code amid protests

DES MOINES, Iowa: Iowa lawmakers have passed a new law that removes protections for gender identity from the state's civil rights code....

Rare boost for South Korea as births rise after nearly a decade
South Korea sees first birth rate increase in nine years

SEOUL, South Korea: For the first time in nine years, South Korea recorded a rise in births, offering a rare positive sign in the country's...

US overdose deaths drop 24% to 87,000 in one year
CDC: US drug overdose deaths drop to lowest levels since June 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Nearly 87,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in the 12 months ending September 2024, a 24 percent drop from the...

US dockworkers approve six-year contract, securing major pay hikes
US East and Gulf Coast dockworkers ratify new six-year contract

NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey: More than 45,000 U.S. dockworkers have approved a new six-year contract, securing higher wages and preventing...

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