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Today’s coronavirus news: Face masks now mandatory in enclosed, public places in Toronto

... 11 million students began taking China’s university entrance exam Tuesday... All of the new infections China reported Tuesday were people......
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How Toronto’s COVID-19 mask push could take a lesson from safe-sex campaigns of the past

... In some countries, such as China, citizens were already well......
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U.K. regulator rules on Chinese TV fake-confession complaint, as CRTC case remains open

... CRTC has a complaint about China Global Television Network CGTN ... in a legal battle with China’s government. Shortly after their... broadcast on the channel’s shows China 24 and News...
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Don’t criticize China’s treatment of Hong Kong, Beijing warns Canada

OTTAWA—China is threatening retaliation against... news conference, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry said Canada... relations, and grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs.” Zhao Lijian... right to get involved,...
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Intervention to free Meng Wanzhou would make Canada look ‘untrustworthy’: expert

... senior Asia advisor focusing on China with the Center for... to do prisoner swap with China Trudeau rejects pressure to do prisoner swap with China Canada and the U.S......
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Today’s coronavirus news: Mandatory masks, front-door boarding starts today on TTC; India s virus cases surpass 600,000, curve rises; New Zealand health minister resigns after coronavirus criticism

... country’s virus response. 5 13 a.m. China reported three new cases......
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Canadians must stand up for Uighurs, including boycotts of China’s products, says human rights activist

... now labelling a genocide of China’s Uighur population after explosive... including boycotting products made in China and protesting China’s government. The report found that China subjects minority women there......
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Today’s coronavirus news: India reports more than 18,000 new virus cases and 400 deaths; Scandinavian Airlines is getting an aid package worth $1.5 billion

... Rocca said Tuesday. 5 21 a.m. China confirmed 19 new cases......
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Activists urge Ottawa to streamline asylum process for Hong Kong demonstrators as Beijing imposes new law

VANCOUVER — As China prepares to impose new... include those persecuted in mainland China, such as ethnic Uighurs... meant to enjoy autonomy from China until 2047 under the... of...
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Quiet Salish Sea gives scientists chance to study endangered killer whales off B.C. coast

... the Port of Vancouver from China due to COVID 19 in......
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Canada almost self-sufficient in PPE as Canadian businesses step up, Trudeau says

... wild, global scramble for PPE. China is the dominant supplier......
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Extradition cases never dropped for political, diplomatic reasons, Trudeau was advised

... United States. In apparent retaliation, China soon after arbitrarily detained... against Meng in hopes that China will free the two... against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, China has publicly dropped...
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Extradition cases never dropped for political, diplomatic reasons, PM was advised

... United States. In apparent retaliation, China soon after arbitrarily detained... against Meng in hopes that China will free the two... essentially being held hostage by China as long as...
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Bowing to Beijing would put ‘an awful lot more Canadians’ at risk, Trudeau says

... Kovrig on allegations of undermining China’s national security — developments... countries around the world, including China, realize that by arbitrarily......
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Trudeau to announce details of federal student service grant; Toronto researchers looking at how sewage can provide warnings of second wave

... conference Monday. 6 05 a.m. In China, where the virus first... have been brought under control. China reporting 19 newly confirmed......
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‘Two Michaels’ fight is bigger than Canada, global observers say — and the world is watching

... be the next country on China’s bad list.” “The two... is free to return to China, ” the letter reportedly said... courts. In Beijing on Wednesday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson,...
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Sanction Chinese officials over human-rights violations, senators urge Trudeau

... sanctions on Chinese officials over China’s treatment of its Muslim... In a letter, they say China is “constantly and mercilessly... Michael Spavor, are imprisoned in China in what Canada...
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Joe Exotic, Dalgona coffee and murder hornets: A look back at our fleeting online pandemic obsessions

... concerns that supply chains from China would be cut off... names in countries such as China, Greece, Libya, Pakistan and......
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Should Canada shrink social distancing and join Britain in the ‘one-metre’ club? Here’s what the experts say

... some countries — such as China, Denmark, France and Singapore......
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China detained Kovrig, Spavor in ‘political decision’ over Meng arrest: Trudeau

... says it is clear that China detained Michael Kovrig and... was asked about claims by China that he should “stop making irresponsible remarks” by linking China’s detentions of the...