Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is departing for China (13 January) for the first time since 2017, after years of strained diplomatic relations between the two countries that began in the late 2010s with disputes over trade, national security and human rights significantly weakened their ties. Officials from both sides have described this visit as an…
BEIJING (AP) — A leader of the Canadian government is visiting China this week for the first time in nearly a decade, a bid to rebuild his country’s fractured relations with the world’s second-largest economy — and reduce Canada’s dependence on the United States, its neighbor and until recently one of its most supportive and…
Hardeep Singh Nijja. (File Image) British intelligence intercepts reportedly helped Canada draw links between India and the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, according to a new documentary released this week. The Bloomberg Originals documentary, Inside the Deaths that Rocked India’s Relations with the West, claims that a UK intelligence agency — believed to…
China will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting in its southern city of Shenzhen in November next year. The announcement was made on Saturday by Chinese President Xi Jinping as world leaders wrapped up this year’s Apec meeting, held in the South Korean city of Gyeongju. Xi, who was speaking at a handover ceremony,…
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario. The ad used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs, angering Trump…
By Maiya Keidan and Doina Chiacu TORONTO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday that Canada stands ready to resume trade talks with the United States that President Donald Trump halted over an anti-tariff advertisement issued by Ontario’s provincial government. Trump terminated the talks on Thursday over the video which used Republican icon, former…
Published on: Oct 08, 2025 04:24 am IST Trump has repeated his claim nearly 50 times that he “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan in May this year. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday lauded US President Donald Trump for bringing “peace” between India and Pakistan, as he called the American leader…
Stocks in Asia were mixed overnight, as trading volumes remain subdued due to market holidays in China, Hong Kong, and South Korea. The Nikkei (^N225) ended flat on the day in Japan, following a 4.75% surge on Monday, which marked its best performance since April, when it responded to the 90-day reciprocal tariff extension. Early…
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in London for meetings with the leaders of the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and Iceland to discuss trade and security. Carney had been scheduled to meet Friday with the Danish prime minister, but that meeting was cancelled. Four drones flew over Danish airports Wednesday night into Thursday morning, raising security…
BEIJING – It would have been natural for Chinese leader Xi Jinping to address the U.N. General Assembly in the 80th anniversary year of the founding of the United Nations. But he won’t. Instead, Premier Li Qiang is speaking at this week’s annual meeting in the latest example of Xi cutting back on overseas trips…