Swedish citizen ‘subjected to criminal coercive measures’ for allegedly breaking law, China’s foreign ministry says. An ailing Hong Kong-based bookseller was arrested by Chinese authorities last month for allegedly breaking the law, China’s foreign ministry said.  China confirmed Gui Minhai’s detention for the first time on Tuesday, after his daughter said Chinese police had arrested him in January while he […]

Minister Ayelet Shaked says keeping Israel’s Jewish majority is justified, even ‘at the price’ of rights violations. Israel must safeguard a Jewish majority even at the expense of human rights, the country’s justice minister has said in a speech defending a bill that would legally define Israel as the “national home of the Jewish people” for the first time. Ayelet […]

Global News has learned from a source within the Ontario government that the province is considering a plan that would see the number of regional school boards slashed. Currently, there are 76 public boards in Ontario. The plan would drastically reduce that number by merging smaller boards with one another. The government’s rationale, sources said, is to streamline administration and […]

Second named cyclone of the South Pacific season damaged the Samoan Islands and could be catastrophic for Tonga. A clean-up is continuing in the two Samoas after Tropical Cyclone Gita hit on Saturday morning. There was extensive flooding, rivers burst their banks and houses were inundated. More than 200 people in Samoa needed emergency shelter. Apia, the capital, measured 425mm […]

The state of emergency declaration comes a day after Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned amid social unrest. Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency a day after Hailemariam Desalegn, the country’s prime minister, abruptly resigned. The measure was announced on Friday by the Council of Ministers, the Ethiopian government’s cabinet, according to state broadcaster EBC. Local media said the measure is effective as […]

Trump claims Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe nominated him for Nobel Peace Prize because of North Korea diplomacy efforts but says ‘I’ll probably never get it’ President said Friday that Japan’s PM sent a letter to the Nobel Peace Prize committee nominating him because of his work on North Korea Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un will have their […]

KABUL (Reuters) – While negotiations between Taliban insurgents and U.S. envoys fuel dreams of peace in Afghanistan, the squatter village of Pul-e Shina highlights the tough realities ahead if the country is to re-build after years of war. In the shadows of mountains east of the capital, Kabul, families recently displaced by fighting join others who have been there for […]

WARNING: This post contains disturbing content. Please read at your own discretion. Tommie, the dog that was tied to a pole in a Virginia park and intentionally set on fire, has died of his injuries, breaking the hearts of many who followed the dog’s road to recovery this week. According to the Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC), Tommie, a […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Myanmar’s army chief, who is facing international calls that he be prosecuted for genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority, has denied any systematic army persecution and said such accusations were an insult to his country’s honor. In his first detailed interview since the Myanmar military launched a crackdown in 2017, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing cast doubt […]

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. says it generated $97.7 million of revenue in the three months ended Dec. 31, including its first sales of non-medical cannabis products, up from $21.7 million in the previous year’s fiscal third quarter. The Ontario-based company — one of Canada’s largest cannabis producers — recorded a loss from operations for the quarter, but […]