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Biden revokes Keystone XL permit, Canada disappointed
Jan 21, 2021 08:14US President Joe Biden has formally revoked the permit needed to finish the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a years-long project that would have carried oil sands crude from Alberta, Canada, to the American Gulf Coast.
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For COVID-19 vaccines, some are too rich — and too poor
Dec 31, 2020 06:14A few months from now, a factory in South Africa is expected to begin churning out a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine each day in the African country hardest-hit by the pandemic. But those vials will probably be shipped to a distribution center in Europe and then rushed to Western countries that have pre-ordered them by the hundreds of millions. None have been set aside for South Africa.
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Iran decides damages sum for victim families of Ukraine plane crash
Dec 31, 2020 03:32The Iranian government has decided the amount of compensation payable to families of victims of a Ukrainian plane crash days before the first anniversary of the incident that happened near Tehran in January this year at the height of military tensions between Iran and the United States.
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Is Canada’s ‘me first’ COVID vaccine policy hurting other nations?
Dec 23, 2020 06:51A recent report by the rights group stated that all of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccines and 96 percent of Pfizer-BioNtech’s vaccine doses have been secured by rich countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Iran slams Canada’s ‘interventionist’ stance on Ukrainian plane case
Dec 21, 2020 09:06Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson denounced the “interventionist and unacceptable” comments from Canadian officials on the case of a Ukrainian passenger plane that went down in Iran in early 2020, urging Canada to respect diplomatic courtesy and know its limits.
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Canada Muslim massacre convict’s sentence set back from 40 to 25
Nov 27, 2020 06:43The Court of Appeal in Quebec decides that a man from the province that murdered seven Muslims in an attack on a mosque there in 2017 can appeal for parole after 25 years instead of the 40 he had originally been handed down.
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Iran may tap sovereign fund to pay compensation for downed jet: Report
Nov 26, 2020 02:45Iran may decide to use its sovereign wealth fund to pay compensation for a Ukrainian airliner that was downed near Tehran early this year amid high military tensions with the United States.
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Iran dismisses Canadian-drafted resolution on its human rights situation
Nov 19, 2020 06:52Iran has condemned a UN resolution, drafted and proposed by Canada, as a rehash of “groundless” claims about the Islamic Republic’s human rights situation, saying it instead proves the “hypocrisy” of the “notorious” group of countries that voted for it.
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Iran summons Italy’s ambassador to protest Canada’s ‘anti-human behavior’
Nov 18, 2020 02:34Iran has summoned Italy’s ambassador, whose country represents Canada’s interests in the Islamic Republic, to protest the Canadian government’s anti-human approach and its hypocritical stance vis-à-vis civil and consular rights of Iranian nationals residing in the country.
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Iranian general deplores Canadian police’ refusal to arrest fugitive banker
Oct 26, 2020 03:30Iranian Police Commander Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari assailed Canada for declining to arrest a former top Iranian banker who has fled to that country after committing a massive fraud, saying Iran had notified the Canadian Police of the whereabouts of Mahmoud Reza Khavari.