Anand wants NATO's new Arctic Sentry initiative to become permanent
Dylan Robertson / nationalobserver - NATO's newest military effort is aimed at shoring up security in the Arctic region, following US President Donald Trump's escalating threats to annex Greenland. At its outset, the initiative will encompass various military exercises already being fielded …
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Schellenberg won’t face death penalty at China retrial, lawyer says
Nono Shen / theglobeandmail - China’s top court overturned B.C. native Robert Lloyd Schellenberg’s 2019 death sentence for drug smuggling
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Air Canada suspending service to Cuba due to fuel shortage
Brian Towie / torontosun - Air Canada Vacations is introducing a refund policy for customers who had flights booked to Cuba that are now cancelled.
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B.C. firm says some workers found dead after abduction from Mexico mine
sootoday - VANCOUVER — A Vancouver-based firm that operates a mine site in Mexico where 10 workers were abducted last month has heard from "a number of families" that their relatives have been found dead, the company said Monday.
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Canada joins peers in condemning China's conviction of Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai
sootoday - OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is calling on China to release Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai after he was sentenced to 20 years in jail today under a sweeping national security law.
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Canada bolsters Arctic security and Inuit ties with new Nuuk consulate: Anand
sootoday - NUUK — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand wrapped up her trip to Greenland and Denmark today, vowing to continue a focus on economic ties, shared heritage, Arctic security and defence.
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Keeping her 'eye on the ball': Hillman reflects on her time as top diplomat in D.C.
sootoday - WASHINGTON — Kirsten Hillman hasn't written her autobiography yet, but the 57-year-old career diplomat — soon to be Canada's former ambassador to the U.S. — may already have a title picked out: "Diplomacy is a contact sport.
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US gave Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach agreement to end war, Zelenskyy says
sootoday - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S.
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Canadian sentenced to death in China given new trial
James Griffiths, Mike Hager / theglobeandmail - Retrial of Robert Schellenberg ordered weeks after thaw in Canada-China relations
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Jamil Jivani’s Washington trip garners mixed reaction
Bryan Passifiume / torontosun - Bowmanville-Oshawa North MP announced earlier this week he was heading to Washington
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Canada and France opening consulates in Nuuk, Greenland
Chris Knight / nationalpost - University of Toronto expert says Inuit relations, climate change studies, trade and Trump are all reasons behind the move
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British man who was living in Vancouver convicted in U.S. dark web drug trafficking
Amy Judd / globalnews - Paul Anthony Nicholls, 47, was living in Vancouver, B.C., in 2017 and conspired with at least one other person to run a drug trafficking operation titled Canada1.
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Canada’s 5% NATO pledge to add $63-billion to deficit over next decade, budget watchdog says
Steven Chase / theglobeandmail - PBO says meeting the goal could cost about $33.5-billion more each year until 2035-36
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New Greenland consulate sparks hopes for joint action on climate change and defence
Dylan Robertson / nationalobserver - The launch of a new Canadian diplomatic mission in Greenland is sparking hopes for more collaboration on climate change, Inuit rights and defence in the face of US President Donald Trump's annexation threats.
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Calgary man who joined ISIS in 2013 receives 16-year prison sentence
Skylar Peters / globalnews - Justice Corina Dario says there was 'no evidence' Jamal Borhot's beliefs have changed since he returned to Calgary from Syria in 2014, where he joined ISIS.
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Canada will focus foreign aid on building 'mutual prosperity' with trading partners: MP
Dylan Robertson / nationalobserver - The MP overseeing foreign aid says Ottawa wants to focus its international assistance efforts on countries that can generate economic spinoffs for Canadians.
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Anand to attend meeting in Washington as U.S. seeks international collaboration on critical minerals
Kelly Geraldine Malone / theglobeandmail - Rubio is hosting representatives from European, African and Asian nations
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Canadians support arrival of more Chinese electric vehicles, Leger poll suggests
Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - Most Canadians support allowing more Chinese electric vehicles to be sold in Canada despite some nagging concerns, Leger poll suggests.
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Iranian drone shot down approaching U.S. aircraft carrier in Arabian Sea
Bloomberg News / nationalpost - Despite the incident. President Donald Trump reiterated that the U.S. and Iran are still in talks over Tehran's nuclear program: ‘We are negotiating with them right now’
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Canadian who says he was tortured in Syria wants the Federal Court to force Ottawa's hand
Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - A Canadian man who says he has been tortured in Syria is asking the Federal Court to order Ottawa to decide whether to help bring him home.
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