Chinese prosecutors said on Friday they have charged two detained Canadians for suspected espionage, indictments that could result in life imprisonment, in a case that has driven a diplomatic wedge between Ottawa and Beijing. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “very disappointed” and would keep pressing China to release the duo. Former diplomat مزید پڑھیں

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday condemned discriminatory and violent policing after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month and ordered a report on “systemic racism” against people of African descent. The 47-member-state forum unanimously adopted a resolution brought by African countries. The mandate also asks U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights مزید پڑھیں

Canada will soon roll out a COVID-19 tracing app for smart phones, developed with help from BlackBerry and Shopify, it was announced on Thursday, as the number of cases topped 100,000. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a daily briefing it will be “crucial” to increase testing and contact tracing going forward as pandemic restrictions start مزید پڑھیں

Britain warned the EU that it would be difficult to conclude a Brexit free trade deal by end of the year unless a broad agreement had been reached by October. Britain left the EU on January 31 but talks have so far made little headway on agreeing a new trade deal with the bloc by مزید پڑھیں

U.S. congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday to block President Donald Trump’s plan to remove 9,500 troops from close ally Germany by prohibiting funding for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Europe without congressional approval. Representative Eliot Engel, chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Bob Menendez, ranking Democrat on the مزید پڑھیں

The brother of the late George Floyd, a black man whose death under the knee of a white officer roused world protests against racial injustice, urged the United Nations on Wednesday to investigate U.S. police brutality and racial discrimination. “The way you saw my brother tortured and murdered on camera is the way black people مزید پڑھیں

French police fired tear gas after being pelted with objects during a demonstration Tuesday in the capital led by thousands of healthcare workers demanding more investment in the health system. Doctors, nurses, and administrative staff marched without incident in the capital and other French cities to demand the government keep its promise to overhaul France’s مزید پڑھیں

African countries are pushing for the UN’s top rights body to launch a high-level investigation into “systemic racism” and police violence in the United States and beyond, according to a draft resolution seen on Tuesday. The text was being circulated to diplomats for consultations ahead of a so-called urgent debate on the topic at the مزید پڑھیں

A World Trade Organization panel ordered Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to adhere to global intellectual property rules in a ruling on a dispute with Qatar which accuses Riyadh of blocking its broadcaster after the Gulf neighbours fell out in 2017. Doha filed its complaint in 2018, saying Saudi Arabia was blocking Qatari-owned broadcaster beIN and مزید پڑھیں

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday it would extend existing restrictions on non-essential travel at land ports of entry with Canada and Mexico due to continued risks from the novel coronavirus pandemic. “This extension protects Americans while keeping essential trade and travel flowing as we reopen the American economy,” DHS Acting Secretary مزید پڑھیں