Sorry, your browser does not support videos (Hong Kong) A Hong Kong park, which has traditionally been a gathering place for the anniversary of the crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, remained empty Friday for the first time in 32 years as police denied access to it. Posted Jun 4, 2021 at 8:40am France media agency Police put up barricades around the park and warned against all gatherings, preventing, for the first time, the candlelight vigil usually held at 8 p.m. (8 a.m. ET) to commemorate the bloody crackdown on June 4, 1989 in Beijing. PHOTO ISAAC LAWRENCE, AFP Any commemoration…
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Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Thursday that Queen Elizabeth II will receive US President Joe Biden in person on June 13, the last day of the G7 summit in southwest England. • Read also: Justin Trudeau will travel to the UK to attend the G7 The 95-year-old will meet leader and first lady Jill Biden at Windsor Castle in west London, where she has retreated since the coronavirus pandemic hit the UK in March 2020. Her Majesty, who received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, has since kept almost the vast majority of her commitments, including hearings with…
Justin Trudeau calls the $20 million in bonuses to top Air Canada executives after a disastrous year and emergency aid drawn from taxpayers’ pockets “unacceptable”. Elected officials from all federal parties in the House of Commons on Thursday adopted a motion from the bloc that owes $20 million in bonuses to Air Canada’s top executives after a disastrous pandemic year and emergency aid drawn from taxpayer pockets. The day before, Justin Trudeau described the situation as “unacceptable”. “Shocked” and “outraged,” Canadians are entitled to ask “strong explanations” from the country’s largest airline, he said during the question period. • Read…
(San Jose) United States President Joe Biden Announces “Maybe Tomorrow” [jeudi] The head of US diplomacy, Anthony Blinken, announced Wednesday a plan to distribute 80 million doses of the vaccine to countries that need it most, in coordination with Covid-19. Posted on Jun 2, 2021 at 8:33 PM France media agency “In a few days, maybe tomorrow, chief [Joe Biden] On Wednesday, during a meeting at the U.S. Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica, Mr. Blinken announced in more detail the plan I had put in place to distribute 80 million doses of the vaccine worldwide. As the US Secretary…
Anheuser-Busch will offer free beer on July 4 if the White House reaches its goal of vaccinating 70% of the American population. • Read also: Win a pickup truck and shotguns for Father’s Day • Read also: COVID-19 Lottery: Winner Wants a New…Used Car An announcement about it is currently circulating south of the border and President Joe Biden mentioned it in his speech on Wednesday. President Biden also called on everyone to persuade Americans to vaccinate. He called on athletes, influencers and stars to join the movement to reach the milestone of vaccinating 70% of the population. He even…
Ottawa confirme ce qu’avait déjà dévoilé le bureau de son homologue britannique : Justin Trudeau participera en personne au sommet du G7 qui se déroulera dans le village de Carbis Bay en Cornouailles, dans le s’ du Angle-outer de 13 June. This event comes at a crucial moment for Canada and its allies. A bilateral meeting is expected with US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the summit. On the list of discussions: managing the epidemic, spreading vaccines on a global scale, economic recovery and climate. The summit will host Prime Minister Boris Johnson Last Sunday he said he…
(Jerusalem) Opponents of the outgoing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have until midnight on Wednesday to announce a possible deal on a government that is supposed to push the country into a “new era” and turn the page on more than two years of political crisis. Posted Jun 2, 2021 at 6:21 am Updated at 6:42 a.m. Daphne Rossio and Claire JunonFrance media agency Marathon negotiations continued late into the night as a Wednesday deadline of 11:59 p.m. (4:59 p.m. EDT) by the presidency to form a coalition approaches. The anti-Netanyahu bloc, as expected, failed to reach its agreement as…
Only one sub-lineage of the delta variant of COVID-19, which was first detected in India, is still considered a “concern”, while two others have been demoted, the World Health Organization (WHO). Also read: Removing restrictions on Quebec: There are no longer regions in the Red Zone as of Monday The B.1.617 variant, renamed Delta, and believed to be partially responsible for the outbreak in India, has since spread to more than 50 regions, with three distinct sublines. The World Health Organization classified the entire variant as “of concern” last month, but said on Tuesday that only one sub-line should be…
The head of this highly closed country in Central Asia said on Tuesday in a rare interview with foreign media that Turkmenistan has not recorded any cases of coronavirus since the beginning of the epidemic. Also read: Removing restrictions on Quebec: There are no longer regions in the Red Zone as of Monday Also read: COVID-19: Immunization committee to recommend mixing vaccines Also read: The World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are calling for equality in vaccines “Thanks to the work we have done,” Turkmenistan “has not yet discovered any case…
In Quebec or anywhere else on the planet, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives for more than a year. Here you will find all the news throughout the day related to this crisis affecting the population, governments and the economy. Last review 9:30 AM planet Status: 170784945 Dead: 3,551,570 United State Case: 33264 595 The dead: 594,568 Canada Ontario: 531,459 (8,757 deaths) Quebec: 370,319 cases (11,128 deaths) Alberta: 227,509 cases (2,227 deaths) British Columbia: 144,289 cases (1,703 deaths) Manitoba: 51,093 cases (1053 deaths) Saskatchewan: 46,748 cases (539 deaths) Nova Scotia: 5,567 cases (85 deaths) New Brunswick: 2,212 cases (43…
