JANUARY 11, 2019
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in June 2019, has been criticized over a carbon emissions levy, his promotion of multiculturalism and immigration - AFP
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appealed Thursday for fellow Canadians to speak to each other respectfully following death threats by "yellow vest" protestors.
Visiting western Canada to unofficially kick off his re-election campaign, Trudeau...
JANUARY 11, 2019
Federal air traffic controller union members protest the partial U.S. federal government shutdown in a rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington - Reuters/JONATHAN ERNST
A union that represents thousands of U.S. air traffic controllers filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Friday claiming its failure to pay the workers during an ongoing partial government shutdown could...
JANUARY 10, 2019
Immigrants Surge Across Border Ahead Of Trump Inauguration - John Moore — Getty Images
President Trump spent Thursday in McAllen, Texas attempting to make his case for a border wall, but members of the Texas Border Coalition — including McAllen’s mayor — say an investment in a wall is the wrong choice.
On Thursday, Trump hosted a roundtable at...
JANUARY 10, 2019
FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, a man using a mobile phone walks past Google offices in New York, USA. The European Court of Justice’s advocate general released a preliminary opinion Thursday Jan 10, 2019, saying Google does not have to extend “right to be forgotten” rules to its search engines...
JANUARY 10, 2019
The ongoing trade war between Washington and Beijing is weighing on China toy exporters.
Even though their products have yet to take a direct tariff hit, exhibitors at the Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair said the tariff battle and heightened tensions are still impacting their business.
They cited uncertainty, the impact of tariffs already placed on some electronics...
JANUARY 9, 2019
Image: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin walks to talk with reporters at the White House on Dec. 3, 2018.- Evan Vucci
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has agreed to deliver a classified briefing to U.S. House lawmakers on Thursday on his recent decision to lift sanctions on companies linked to a Russian oligarch and Vladimir Putin...
JANUARY 9, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said he's planning to receive a briefing from Congress's nonpartisan tax scorekeepers on the process of requesting tax returns from the Treasury Department, as House Democrats are planning to use the process to try to obtain President Trump's returns.
"Don't interpret this as looking into it, but I'm...
JANUARY 8, 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un poses for photos in Pyongyang - Reuters/KCNA
BEIJING, CHINA - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is visiting China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, only days after warning he may take an alternative path if the United States does not ease sanctions and pressure on his country.
The visit, confirmed...
JANUARY 8, 2019
H-1B woes in the US are racking up big bills for India’s IT majors.
With the Donald Trump administration tightening the noose around visa clearances, Indian outsourcing companies are forced to recruit local talent in the US. But that will come at a massive cost. “…we foresee a rise in local hiring in (the) US, payment of higher...
JANUARY 8, 2019
NEW DELHI - The Lok Sabha Tuesday passed the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019 with 323 members voting in favour, to make way for 10 per cent reservation to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the general category in government jobs and avenues of education. The bill, which was tabled in the Lok Sabha, was cleared by...
