We, the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States Secretary of State reiterate our serious concern regarding China’s imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong. Following the imposition of the National Security Law and postponement of September’s Legislative Council elections, this decision further undermines Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms.
Day: November 18, 2020
Northern Ireland police arrested a man Wednesday in connection with the 1974 bombings of two pubs in Birmingham, England. The bombings were one of the worst attacks committed by the Irish Republican Army during its armed campaign to get Britain out of Northern Ireland, which officially ended with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
Scott Milanovich, Mike O’Shea and Orlondo Steinauer opened the Grey Cup Unite coaches availability Wednesday. The CFL is staging many of its annual championship week events virtually after cancelling its plans for an abbreviated 2020 season in August because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shane Wright is well aware of the names to come before him. Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid are among the 16 year olds to suit up for Canada at the world junior hockey championship. Wright is going to do everything in his power to join that list.
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter gets you primed for the NBA draft, where the Raptors’ finally have a first-round pick but it’s a lean year for Canadian prospects.