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.
Sep 08, 2020, at 01:39 am
Washington: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) on Monday joined a bipartisan group of Senators on a resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Winter Olympics out of China and rebid it to another country unless Beijing addresses its violation of human rights.
Trump discusses G20 work, Middle East situation with Saudi King - Reports
Sep 07, 2020, at 05:46 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has held telephone talks with US President Donald Trump, discussing the work of the G20, the global fight against the coronavirus and the situation in the Middle East, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reports.
Amazon bans sale of foreign seeds in US
Sep 06, 2020, at 06:26 pm
Washington/IBNS: Amazon has banned the sale of imported seeds in the United States after several Americans complained that they had received packets of seeds they had not ordered, mostly from China.
Canada's 2nd province, Newfoundland & Labrador launches COVID-19 Alert App
Sep 05, 2020, at 05:31 am
Newfoundland & Labrador/IBNS: The provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), the second Canadian province, signed up for the COVID-19 Alert App, details of which were unveiled Sep 3 by the federal government's exposure notification system, media reports said.
Canadian Health experts advise citizens to get flu shot to avoid toll on healthcare system
Sep 04, 2020, at 04:53 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's health experts are advising Canadians to get the flu shot to avoid an influx of people becoming ill as influenza and the novel coronavirus circulate at the same time, media reports said.
Joe Biden condemns Beijing's treatment towards Uyghur Muslims
Sep 04, 2020, at 01:05 am
Washington: Putting pressure on China, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden condemned Beijing's treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority.
Sep 03, 2020, at 05:15 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health has been widely criticized for six straight months over his lack of leadership and lack of clear communication as Ontarians crave for new leadership during the province's entering a critical new stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, media reports said.
Heath Canada willing to consider approval of home COVID-19 tests to screen for virus
Sep 02, 2020, at 05:01 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The news of the consideration of approval of home COVID-19 tests to screen for the virus by Health Canada was welcomed by public health experts and doctors who were in favour of frequent and inexpensive testing, media reports said.
Enforced disappearance: Baloch, Sindhis, Pashtuns demonstrate against Pakistan in Toronto
Sep 02, 2020, at 12:33 am
Toronto: Observing the ''International Day of Victims of Forced Disappearances’, members of Baloch, Sindhi and Pashtun organisations staged a protest against Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
US military blames Taliban for recent attacks on bases in southern Afghanistan - Reports
Aug 31, 2020, at 08:57 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The US military officials hold the Taliban responsible for the recent rocket attacks against the Camp Bastion air base and the Camp Dwyer forward operating base in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, The New York Times newspaper reported, citing sources.
Canada's COVID-19 cases continue to surge before school reopening
Aug 31, 2020, at 05:01 pm
Ottawa/Xinhua: There have been 127,673 cases of COVID-19 in Canada, including 9,113 deaths, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada on Sunday.
Uyghurs protest in Washington against Chinese persecution
Aug 31, 2020, at 04:07 am
Washington: Wearing masks, which were decorated with the flag of their native East Turkestan, a group of Uyghur Muslims demonstrated outside of the US Department of State here against their persecution and that of other religious minorities in China on Friday.
California becomes first state with over 700,000 total COVID-19 cases: Johns Hopkins
Aug 30, 2020, at 03:28 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: California has become the first US state where the number of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 700,000, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.
US House Speaker Pelosi says White House $1.3Trln COVID-19 relief package not enough
Aug 29, 2020, at 03:35 pm
Washington/Sputnik: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a statement said the White House's proposal to provide $1.3 trillion in COVID-19 relief would not be enough to meet the needs of the US public.