(Reuters) – Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said on Monday that the arrest of his daughter, Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, was politically motivated. “Firstly, I object to what the U.S. has done. This kind of politically motivated act is not acceptable,” Ren told the BBC in an interview. Canada arrested Meng on Dec. 1 […]
By Allison Lampert and Hyonhee Shin MONTREAL/SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States has blocked efforts by a U.N. agency to improve civil aviation in North Korea at a time when Pyongyang is trying to reopen part of its airspace to foreign flights, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The U.S. move is part […]
By David Ljunggren (Reuters) – A top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned unexpectedly on Monday amid allegations Trudeau’s office had pressured the former justice minister to help construction firm SNC-Lavalin Group Inc avoid criminal prosecution. Gerald Butts, Trudeau’s principal private secretary and a key architect of the Liberals’ 2015 election victory, said […]
By Lesley Wroughton REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – The United States and Iceland have agreed to set up formal economic channels to boost trade and business investment, the countries’ top diplomats said on Friday. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the NATO ally in the north Atlantic on Friday, also to discuss security relations and China […]
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that he did not give any directions to former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould over a decision about whether construction company SNC-Lavalin would face a corruption trial. “In terms of giving any direction she asked me if I would do that and I said no, […]
By Lesley Wroughton and Alicja Ptak WARSAW (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence accused European powers on Thursday of undermining Washington’s crack down on Iran by trying to break U.S. sanctions against Tehran, in remarks that were likely to further strain transatlantic relations. Pence spoke at a Middle East peace conference in Warsaw attended […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Philip, the 97-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, will not face prosecution over a car crash last month that injured two women and left his Land Rover flipped on its side. Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, escaped unhurt from the collision on Jan. 17 when he pulled out onto a main […]
By David Ljunggren and Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian parliamentary committee on Wednesday rejected an opposition bid to question senior officials about allegations of political interference involving a construction company that are becoming a problem for Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Former Veterans Affairs Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould quit unexpectedly on Tuesday after a […]
By Rod Nickel and David Ljunggren WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing a political crisis, on Tuesday said he was surprised his veterans affairs minister quit amid allegations she had been pressured to go easy on a major firm when she was justice minister. Trudeau told reporters that Jody Wilson-Raybould had […]
