Mar 12, 2021, at 04:40 am
Ottawa/IBNS: While reflecting on the year that has passed since the World Health Organization declared COVID‑19 a pandemic, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared Mar 11 as the National Day of Observance for COVID-19 and said that his country will come out as more resilient out of this crisis.
US: Tabloids report 39-year-old woman dies 4 days after second Moderna vaccine shot
Mar 12, 2021, at 01:08 am
Washington/Sputnik: A 39-year-old woman with no known preexisting conditions passed away four days after receiving the second shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine in the US state of Utah, tabloids reported on Thursday.
Antony Blinken says will raise issue of Uyghurs in meeting with Chinese officials next week
Mar 11, 2021, at 03:18 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a congressional hearing that he will raise concerns over the treatment of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang province during a meeting with Chinese officials in Alaska next week.
US Govt. awards ULA, SpaceX $380Mln for national security launch services
Mar 10, 2021, at 09:25 pm
Washington/UNI: The US government awarded more than $380 million to SpaceX and ULA(United Launch Alliance), for basic space launch services and mission integration, said the Department of Defense.
Now is not time for severing ties with British monarchy, says Justin Trudeau
Mar 10, 2021, at 03:04 pm
Toronto/UNI: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says now is not the right moment to engage in discussions about initiating constitutional change in Canada and severing ties with the British royal family.
Mar 10, 2021, at 02:48 pm
Toronto: Toronto Mayor John Tory recently announced that three of the City of Toronto’s mass immunization clinics will open early to vaccinate residents who are over the age of 80 starting on March 17.
Efficacy rates of vaccines should not be the criteria for Canadians to delay vaccination: Experts
Mar 10, 2021, at 03:38 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canadians have been advised to get vaccinated with whichever COVID-19 vaccine being offered irrespective of the efficacy rates to prevent the lengthening of time it takes to get the pandemic under control, said Dr. Peter Liu, scientific director of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table on Tuesday.
Former US State Secretary Mike Pompeo asks US to boycott Beijing Games
Mar 09, 2021, at 01:54 am
Washington: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has asked the US to boycott the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year.
Mar 09, 2021, at 12:56 am
Vancouver: Several protesters, belonging to different organizations, demonstrated against China outside the Vancouver Chinese Consulate office against Beijing's treatment towards Tibet and Hong Kong on Sunday.
South Korea, US to hold scaled back military exercises
Mar 07, 2021, at 08:52 pm
Washington/UNI: South Korea and the United States announced the beginning of their annual military exercises from Monday, the South Korean army announced on Sunday, adding that the joint drill will be smaller than usual because of the coronavirus pandemic.
US Senate passes Joe Biden's $1.9tn COVID relief plan
Mar 07, 2021, at 04:28 pm
Washington/UNI: President Joe Biden's COVID relief bill which aims to help American people deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic was passed by the US Senate here on Saturday by a single vote.
FDA warns against one-dose regimen for Coronavirus vaccines in US: Reports
Mar 07, 2021, at 04:18 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Scientists at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are strongly against administering only single doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, as their efficacy has only been proven if people get two shots, The Wall Street Journal reports.
US military should leave Afghanistan, Middle East - House Armed Services Chair
Mar 06, 2021, at 02:34 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The US armed forces should pull out of the almost 20-years-long Afghanistan conflict as early as this year and reduce its presence in the Middle East and Africa, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith told a Brookings Institution podcast on Friday.
US VP Kamala Harris speaks with Australia PM Scott Morrison, discusses 'China' among other issues
Mar 05, 2021, at 03:39 pm
Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris recently spoke with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and reaffirmed the strength of the U.S.-Australia alliance.
Canada gov't lawyer urges court to ignore geopolitical winds of Meng case, focus on facts
Mar 05, 2021, at 03:05 pm
Toronto/Sputnik: A British Columbia Supreme Court justice should ignore the geopolitical implications of the extradition process against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and focus on the facts, the lawyer representing the Canadian government said.
US needs Guam Aegis system to defend against China's air, sea 360 degree threats - Admiral
Mar 05, 2021, at 02:44 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The United States needs a defense system on Guam with 360 degree capability to defend against China's capability to fly aircraft and sail ships around the Mariana Islands with the ability to fire missiles from any direction against US targets, Indo-Pacific Command head Adm. Philip Davidson said.
US VP Harris, Australian PM discuss boosting cooperation on China, Myanmar: White House
Mar 03, 2021, at 02:24 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US Vice President Kamala Harris and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a telephone call discussed ways to further cooperate on issues concerning China and Myanmar, the White House said in a press release.
US Intelligence removed 3 names from Khashoggi Report: Reports
Mar 02, 2021, at 02:33 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US intelligence removed three names that were erroneously mentioned among the suspects in its declassified report on the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, CNN said on Monday.
Canada-US relations still remain strained despite repeated bilateral meetings
Mar 02, 2021, at 04:29 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada-US relationship on their shared priorities and close ties as longtime allies is still constrained despite several days of bilateral meetings between the two countries, media reports said.
US calls for immediate release of jailed pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong: Blinken
Mar 02, 2021, at 12:33 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Washington condemns the arrests of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and calls for their immediate release, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday.
US has slim edge over China in AI, warns former Google Chairman
Mar 01, 2021, at 04:41 pm
Washignton: Former Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has warned the United States is only one to two years ahead of China in developing artificial intelligence.
Uyghurs praise Canadian parliament decision to declare China's treatment of the community genocide
Mar 01, 2021, at 04:38 pm
Ottawa: Campaign for Uyghurs group has called Canada’s House of Commons move of adopting a non-binding motion calling on the Trudeau government to declare the actions of the Chinese authorities against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang province a genocide as 'encouraging'.
Joe Biden has had the most disastrous first month of any president in modern history: Donald Trump
Mar 01, 2021, at 02:34 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Former US President Donald Trump heavily critiqued the policies of his successor, US President Joe Biden, at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida.
After Johnson & Johnson vaccine approval ‘things likely to get worse’: Joe Biden
Feb 28, 2021, at 02:25 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden says the approval of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is "exciting news" but Americans should not let their guard down as the situation could deteriorate.
Joe Biden to maintain Trump administration rules to limit China tech purchases: Reports
Feb 27, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The Biden administration plans to maintain and impose sweeping new rules to limit China's purchase of advanced technology from the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
USA: Rights experts call for reforms to end police brutality, systemic racism
Feb 27, 2021, at 07:43 pm
New York: Independent UN human rights experts appealed on Friday for the new United States Government to adopt wide ranging reforms to end police violence and address systemic racism and racial discrimination.
Joe Biden says US to unveil 'significant changes' to Saudi policy over Khashoggi murder
Feb 27, 2021, at 03:05 pm
Washington/Sputnik: President Joe Biden in an interview said his administration will announce more significant changes on US policy toward Saudi Arabia following the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Health Canada approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, to receive 500,000 doses by March-end
Feb 27, 2021, at 04:30 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Health Canada has approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca on Friday morning after reviewing two-dose vaccines for safety and efficacy since October, Health Canada reported.
US carries out airstrikes in Syria on Iran-backed militias after Prez Biden nod
Feb 26, 2021, at 08:33 pm
Washington DC: Following orders from US President Joe Biden, the US Military carried out airstrikes 'against infrastructure utilized by Iranian-backed militant groups in eastern Syria', a Pentagon release said.
US offers to support Australian move to tackle China's 'human rights abuses' in Xinjiang
Feb 26, 2021, at 05:19 pm
The Biden administration says it will talk with the Morrison government about tackling China’s “human and labour rights abuses”, as the United States offered qualified support for a new Australian bill to ban imports from the Xinjiang region, reports The Guardian.