Taiwan, feuding with China, gets vaccines from Japan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A flight carrying 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from Japan touched down in Taiwan on Friday to help the vaccine-starved island fight its largest outbreak since the pandemic began.
Taiwan, feuding with China, gets vaccines from Japan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A flight carrying 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from Japan touched down in Taiwan on Friday to help the vaccine-starved island fight its largest outbreak since the pandemic began.
UK Treasury chief optimistic on tax deal targeting big tech
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief says he’s optimistic finance ministers from the world’s richest countries will agree on plans to help low-income countries combat COVID-19, slow global warming and confront tax avoidance during two days of meeting...
UK Treasury chief optimistic on tax deal targeting big tech
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief says he’s optimistic the world’s richest countries will agree on a plan to tax internet companies and other multinationals on their global profits during two days of meetings that begin Friday in London.
European regulators launch fresh probes of Facebook, Google
LONDON (AP) — European Union and British regulators opened dual antitrust investigations Friday into whether Facebook distorts competition in the classified advertising market by using data to compete unfairly against rival services.
Biden rebuffs GOP infrastructure offer, citing broader goals
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday dismissed a fresh Republican infrastructure proposal that offered modestly more spending but fell short of “his objectives to grow the economy,” the White House said.
Crossing points reopen in split Cyprus as virus numbers fall
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Ethnically split Cyprus took a key step toward a return to its routine rhythms of life amid the pandemic on Friday when nine crossing points along a United Nations-controlled buffer zone were reopened, enabling ordinary Cypriots
China urges closer Afghanistan ties as US withdrawal looms
BEIJING (AP) — China is urging closer security and economic cooperation with Afghanistan in an apparent effort to bolster its influence in the region as the U.S. and its allies prepare to withdraw their forces from the country.
Mother still seeking answers a year after Chantel Moore killed by N.B. police
FREDERICTON — A year after Chantel Moore was fatally shot by a police officer in Edmundston, N.B., her mother's suffering remains, as do many unanswered questions. "The pain still hurts as much as it did the first day that I received
‘No road map’ for grieving or healing after B.C. residential school finding: chief
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The stories from elders about death and mistreatment at a former British Columbia residential school are finally being heard by Canadians, says Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation. There is no road map for