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Canada's annual inflation rate accelerates to 0.5% in September

Gasoline prices fell 10.7% in September on a year-over-year basis.

China justifies warning to Canada to not grant asylum to Hong Kongers

China on Friday justified a warning by its envoy to the Canadian government to not to grant asylum to Hong Kong residents fleeing abroad, saying that the ambassador was stating Beijing's just position

China envoy warns Canada against granting asylum to Hong Kong protesters

Protests against the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese governments swelled last year, and Beijing clamped down on expressions of anti-government sentiment in the city with a new national security law

China allows consular access to detained Canadians first time since Jan

Canada continues to press Beijing to release Kovrig and Spavor, both detained since December 2018 following Canada's arrest of Meng Wanzhou, a Chinese Huawei official and the daughter of the company's

China happiest nation, India 13 in marketing firm's online survey for 2020

Peru, Chile, Spain are least happy, according to Ipsos's study in 27 global markets.

PM invites Canadian biz to invest in education, agri, manufacturing sectors

PM Modi hard sold his government's latest labour, education and agriculture reforms, saying they will make doing business in India easier as also give farmers the right to choose their market.

Infosys looks to double headcount in Canada in 12-18 months: Nilekani

The Aadhaar architect pointed out that Canada is a great centre for artificial intelligence (AI) and University of Toronto and Montreal are big centres for the new-age technology

PM invites Canadian biz to invest in education, agri, manufacturing sectors

PM Modi hard sold his government's latest labour and agriculture reforms, saying they will make doing business in India easier as also give farmers the right to choose their market

Covid-19 crisis: Canada's exports, imports fall 1% in August, shows data

Statscan revised July's trade deficit to C$2.53 billion from an initial C$2.45 billion.

Canada's Trudeau announces more funding for coronavirus-hit businesses

The Canadian government has announced a funding of C$600 million to help small- and medium-sized businesses that were affected by the lockdowns

Google to pay publishers in 5 nations $1 bn over 3 years for news content

The internet search giant said Thursday that it has signed agreements for its news partnership program with nearly 200 publications in Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the U.K. and Australia

Second wave of coronavirus 'already underway' in Canada: Justin Trudeau

Canada is already experiencing a second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a televised address to the nation

PM Trudeau to unveil plan to revive Canada's economy from Covid-19 pandemic

Trudeau, who has consistently vowed to do more to combat climate change, is paring down talk of a green revolution to slash reliance on export of fossil fuels

Canada reaches coronavirus vaccine agreement with two pharma giants

Pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi have agreed to provide Canada with up to 72 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine as governments buy up supplies of unproven treatments in hopes of ensuring supplies of whatever works. On Tuesday, the companies reiterated their commitment to make the vaccine affordable and available globally. Both companies have significant R&D and manufacturing capability worldwide and are already working hard to scale up production, Roger Conner, president of GSK's vaccine unit, said in a statement. This announcement from the Government of Canada supports our ongoing efforts. The agreement with Canada follows earlier deals with the US, European Union and UK governments.

Toronto: Canada's shortest term prime minister John Turner dies at 91

John Turner, a Liberal party politician who served stints as Canada's justice and finance ministers before a very brief turn as the country's 17th prime minister, has died at age 91

Coronavirus: Canada, US agree to extend cross-border closure to October 21

Canada and the US have agreed to extend the cross-border closure to non-essential travels for another month until October 21 to slow the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic

Canada extends deal to keep US border closed till Oct 21 due to Covid-19

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Friday they will continue to base the decision on the best public health advice available to keep Canadians safe

Canada looks set for a fight over $758 million compensation for Huawei gear

Canada, under pressure from the United States to ban Huawei Technologies Co Ltd gear on security grounds, is studying whether to allow the firm into the country's next-generation 5G networks

World Coronavirus Dispatch: US expels 8,800 unaccompanied migrant children

Japan to relax curbs for events, UK labs stressed as Johnson pledges millions of tests,watchmakers reboot to suit Chinese and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Canada coronavirus update: More Covid-19 cases among younger people

There have been 131,495 cases of COVID-19 in Canada, including 9,143 deaths, with the trend of increased cases among younger people, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said