An international alliance of human rights activists and parliamentarians will today launch a campaign in solidarity with imprisoned Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai. Politicians from the UK, France, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada and other countries worldwide will join prominent rights defenders in posting a “Letter to Lai,” a short video message expressing support for […]

La plus importante entente entre la Chine et 14 autres partenaires de l’Asie-Pacifique jamais conclue excluant les Etats-Unis datant d’un an déjà a été mis au jour par Jean-François Lépine, représentant du Québec à Shanghail, en Chine, depuis 2015 lors d’une interview avec Patrick Lagacé à Radio-Québec diffusée le 29 novembre 2021. Voici les détails […]

CANADIAN National (CN) is to receive $US 1.4bn in termination fees through two payments, each of $US 700m, from Kansas City Southern after the latter provided a notice of termination of the planned CN-KCS merger announced on May 21. KCS will pay CN $US 700m cash for a ‘Company Termination Fee’ and a further $US […]

PARIS – THRUSDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2021 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE La Sombreuse, a Riopelle masterpiece on offer in the Post-War and Contemporary Art sale Christie’s Paris – 3 December 2021 Jean Paul Riopelle La Sombreuse, oil on canvas (280×200,6 cm), 1954 Estimate : €2,500,000-4,000,000   “He puts himself in tune with natural laws but also with his […]

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a petition for certiorari today in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Rodney Young, a man incarcerated on Georgia’s death row with an intellectual disability. The Constitution forbids the execution of persons with intellectual disabilities. New Jersey educators first diagnosed Mr. Young’s disability when he was a child. […]

A New York appellate court Thursday barred Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and personal lawyer to former President Donald Trump, from practicing law in New York because he made false claims about the 2020 election. The state’s bar association first said in January that it would consider pushing for Giuliani to be […]

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou arrived in China on Saturday, ending her near three-year U.S. extradition fight, the same day two Canadians detained by Beijing for more than 1,000 days returned home, potentially paving the way for improved ties between China and the two western allies. Meng here, the daughter of Huawei Technologies founder […]

On the occasion of the International Day of Democracy, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ (IFES) President and CEO Anthony Banbury today announced the launch of the IFES Center for Anti-Corruption and Democratic Trust. Corruption is a triple threat to democracies: It perpetuates unjust systems of power; it stunts the ability of governments to deliver for all […]

Defendants Filed Reports Claiming to Be Inspecting Residential and Commercial Sites While They Were Out of the State and Country, Jeopardizing New Yorkers’ Health and Safety New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Department of Investigation (DOI) Commissioner Margaret Garnett today announced the indictment of four Certified Asbestos Investigators (CAI) for repeatedly […]

Conditionally Court-Approved Resolution Shuts Down Purdue Pharma, Ends Sacklers’ Ability to Sell Opioids Ever Again, and Secures Unprecedented Public Disclosure New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that she has secured more than $4.5 billion from the Sackler family and foundations that they control for their role in fueling the opioid crisis. A mediated agreement […]