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On June 8-9, Chinese leader Xi Jinping traveled to North Korea for his first overseas trip of 2026, drawing renewed attention to the evolving dynamics among Beijing, Pyongyang, and Moscow. The visit came less than a month after Xi met with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's
British Woman Breaks Second World Record With Antarctic Expedition
In 2021, British Army officer Preet Chandi — also known as Polar Preet — was one of the first women to...
Citizens’ Inquiry Into Canada’s COVID-19 Response Set to Begin in March
An inquiry into the appropriateness and efficacy of unprecedented Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
Canada Falls From List of Top 10 Freest Countries
For the first time in more than a decade, Canada failed to rank among the top 10 freest countries worldwide...
Canadian Universities Collaborating With Chinese Military Scientists in Academic Research
Researchers at dozens of Canadian universities have for years collaborated with Chinese military scientists...
Powerful Earthquakes Hit Turkey and Syria, Killing Thousands
On Feb. 6, two massive earthquakes killed at least 2,200 people and injured thousands more in Turkey...
The Lantern Festival: End of the Chinese New Year
This year, the Chinese lunar new year fell on Jan. 22 — marking day 1 of the 1st lunar month (正月初一) in...
Thought Surveillance Wearable Devices To Be New Workplace Normal: Davos 2023 Presentation
Wearable devices that collect employee brain waves for the purposes of artificial intelligence-driven...
Iran Sentences 20-year-old Instagram Influencer Couple to 10 Years in Prison for Dancing in Public Without
The Islamic state of Iran has sentenced two 20-year-olds to more than a decade in prison for the crime...
Massive Study Concludes Masks Ineffective at Preventing COVID-19 Spread
Research carried out by the Cochrane Institute that looked at 78 global studies involving over one million...