Ontario promotes public transit, launches free Wi-Fi on GO transit
Sep 29, 2020, at 05:06 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario government, with its commitment to improving public transit across the province, is offering free Wi-Fi, beginning Sept 28 for passengers on all GO buses and approximately for 50 per cent of GO trains, media reports said.
Canada: Montreal and Quebec City to be upgraded to COVID-19 red alert level
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:32 am
Quebec/IBNS: Christian Dubé, Quebec Health Minister, has confirmed while speaking on Radio-Canada's popular Sunday night talk show 'Tout le monde en parle,' that Montreal and Quebec City would move from orange to red alert, the highest alert level "in the coming days."
Ontario's second wave of COVID-19 projected to culminate in October
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:23 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Latest forecasts of COVID-19 Modelling Collaboration, a joint effort of scientists and physicians from the University of Toronto, University Health Network, and Sunnybrook Hospital projected Ontario's second wave of the virus to peak in mid- to late October, media reports said.
Friends of Canada-India with other groups demonstrate outside Chinese Consulate in Vancouver
Sep 29, 2020, at 01:28 am
Vancouver/IBNS: Friends of Canada- India, along with seven other organizations, has organized a protest against China in front of the Chinese Consulate Office in Vancouver on Sunday.
'US diplomats must obtain Beijing foreign ministry approval before meeting Hong Kong govt officials'
Sep 29, 2020, at 12:56 am
Washington/Hong Kong/Beijing: American diplomats must obtain approval from Beijing’s foreign ministry before they can meet with Hong Kong government officials or personnel from the city’s educational institutions and societies, reported South China Morning Post.
Donald Trump’s ban on TikTok downloads in US halted: Court Documents
Sep 28, 2020, at 03:14 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: A US federal judge has blocked the ban of President Donald Trump’s administration on the downloads of TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, court documents show.
Donald Trump says New York Times report about him not paying federal income taxes ‘fake news’
Sep 28, 2020, at 02:15 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump says a New York Times report about his tax payments, which claims that Trump paid no federal income taxes during 11 years, is "fake news."
Donald Trump offers to help in resolving India-China dispute
Sep 25, 2020, at 02:04 pm
Washington/UNI: US President Donald Trump on Thursday again said that the United States would very much like to help India and China reconcile their border dispute.
Facebook removes 150 fake accounts run from China
Sep 25, 2020, at 03:54 am
San Francisco: Social media giant Facebook has removed over 150 fake accounts which were allegedly run by China.
USCIRF welcomes house passage of Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
Sep 24, 2020, at 11:56 pm
Washington: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomed the House of Representatives’ passage yesterday of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bars imports of all goods mined, produced, or manufactured in Xinjiang, unless proven by clear and convincing evidence that the goods were not produced using forced labor.
US delivering ‘peace through strength’: President Trump tells UN
Sep 23, 2020, at 02:47 pm
New York: Speaking on Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump lauded the military power of his country, which, he said, demonstrates that the country is “fulfilling its destiny as peacemaker, but it is peace through strength”.
Twitter launches campaign motivating US users to register to vote - Reports
Sep 22, 2020, at 10:42 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Twitter will be sending push alerts and timeline notifications to users in the United States on Tuesday to encourage them to register to vote in the upcoming presidential election, USA Today daily reported.
US sentences UK national to 5 years in prison for role in hacking group: Justice Dept
Sep 22, 2020, at 02:50 pm
Washington/Sputnik: A US federal judge has sentenced a United Kingdom national for his role in a hacking group that stole personal identifying information from companies and extorted them for ransoms.
China-backed hackers broke into 100 firms, agencies: US Justice Department
Sep 22, 2020, at 02:00 am
Washington: The US Department of Justice recently said a group of hackers, who are associated with China’s main intelligence service, infiltrated more than 100 companies and organizations around the world to steal intelligence.
No regime suppresses faith like the CPC does, says US
Sep 21, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Washington/UNI: US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Monday said that China's incumbent Chinese Communist Party(CCP) has the worst track record when it comes to freedom of religion, especially disallowing their Muslim minorities from practising their faith.
Person suspected of sending letter with Ricin poison to White House detained: Reports
Sep 21, 2020, at 03:26 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Law enforcement officers have detained a suspect who allegedly sent a package containing ricin poison to the White House, NBC Chicago reports.
Donald Trump says sale of TikTok to Oracle has his approval
Sep 20, 2020, at 02:26 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he has approved the purchase of TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, to US software company Oracle.
Package containing deadly poison sent to White House: US official
Sep 20, 2020, at 02:14 pm
Washington/UNI: US officials said on Sunday that they intercepted an envelope which was addressed to the White House and was found to be containing a substance identified as ricin, a deadly poison.
Two people killed, 14 injured in shooting in US' Rochester: Reports
Sep 20, 2020, at 12:10 am
Moscow/Sputnik: A shooting incident in the city of Rochester, located in the US state of New York, left two people killed and 14 others injured in the early hours of Saturday, local media reported, citing Acting Rochester Police Chief Mark Simmons.
US to block downloading of WeChat and TikTok apps
Sep 18, 2020, at 11:35 pm
Washington: People in the US will not be able to download TikTok and WeChat apps, officials said on Friday.
Trump will not visit UN General Assembly during upcoming session: White House
Sep 18, 2020, at 03:00 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump has abandoned his plans to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in person, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters.
Sep 18, 2020, at 05:30 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The failure of Ontario's Public health officials to trace roughly half of the city's latest rising COVID-19 infections has caused great concerns to the experts in hampering efforts to contain the spread of the virus in Canada, media reports said.
Sep 18, 2020, at 05:02 am
Washington: Turab Lookman, 68, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was sentenced on Sept. 11 to five years of probation and a $75,000 fine for providing a false statement to the Department of Energy.
Canada: New Brunswick's PCs re-elected in Canada's first election during Covid-19
Sep 16, 2020, at 01:58 am
New Brunswick/IBNS: In Canada's first provincial vote held during the coronavirus pandemic, New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative Party was re-elected with a majority government for Premier Blaine Higgs, media reports said.
US to stop exports from Xinjiang citing China's human rights abuses
Sep 15, 2020, at 03:10 pm
Washington/UNI: US will take steps to block some exports from China's Xinjiang region, over the country's alleged human rights abuses directed mostly against the Muslim Uighur minority of the region.
US State Dept releases webpage highlighting China's atrocities on Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Sep 15, 2020, at 01:29 am
Washignton: The US State Department has released a new webpage that illustrates the Chinese Communist Party's abuses perpetrated against Uyghurs and members of other minority groups in Xinjiang.
Microsoft says ByteDance refused to sell its TikTok’s US operations
Sep 14, 2020, at 04:05 pm
Washington/Sputnik: ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok will not be selling parts of TikTok’s operations to Microsoft, the American tech giant announced on Monday.
US Blocking visas for Chinese science graduates to prevent research theft: DHS
Sep 12, 2020, at 12:06 am
Washington/Sputnik: The United States is blocking visas for certain Chinese graduate students and researchers to prevent them from stealing sensitive research, Chad Wolf, the acting head of the US Department of Homeland Security, said on Wednesday.
US to reduce military presence in Iraq to 3,000 in Sept: CENTCOM Commander
Sep 10, 2020, at 02:19 am
Washington/Sputnik: The United States will remove around 2,200 troops from Iraq by the end of this month in a significant drawdown of its military presence in the country, Central Command (CENTCOM) chief General Frank McKenzie said on Wednesday.
Canada's ascending coronavirus cases a cause for concern, says Chief Public Health Officer
Sep 09, 2020, at 04:44 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada has reported an average of 545 new cases during the past week, up from 435 on Aug 31 and 390 on Aug 24, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, Theresa Tam, said on Tuesday, which is an increase in the average daily case count by 40 per cent over the same period.