PM Justin Trudeau says his government is looking for a way out of a multibillion-dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia as ties between Ottawa and Riyadh remain soured by a diplomatic dispute over human rights and Khashoggi murder.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang says entrepreneur Michael Spavor and former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig have been taken into custody on suspicion of "engaging in activities that endanger the national security" of China.
Meng Wanzhou, 46, Huawei's chief financial officer and the daughter of its founder, faces US accusations that she misled multinational banks about Iran-linked transactions.
Huawei's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou faces US accusations that she misled multinational banks about Huawei's control of a company operating in Iran. She was arrested in Canada on December 1 on a US extradition request.
Canada wants to keep Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou in jail after she was arrested on December 1 in Vancouver at the request of the United States over claims she violated sanctions on Iran.
Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada's Pacific coast city of Vancouver on December 1 while changing planes during a trip from Hong Kong to Mexico
The Superclasico between River Plate and Boca Juniors on November 24 was postponed after River fans attacked the Boca team bus near the Monumental stadium, injuring fans and players.
Canada’s Department of Justice said Meng Wanzhou is facing extradition to the United States. China called for Meng’s immediate release.
Omar Abdulaziz, an online critic of the Saudi royals, files lawsuit against Israel's NSO claiming its sophisticated spyware targeted him and helped lead to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency successfully blasted off to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan, for a six-and-a-half months mission.
Canada, following in the path of the United States, France and Germany, said it would impose sanctions on 17 Saudi nationals linked to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Hassan al Kontar, who has spent the past eight months living in limbo at Kuala Lumpur airport, has been granted asylum in Canada after eight months in limbo.
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