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The Indo-Pacific region is home to some of Canada's most important creative export markets and holds great growth potential for Canadian creative firms. The South Korean market, in particular, holds enormous promise. Canada's Creative Export Strategy...

Speaking in the High-Level Segment of the annual Petersberg Climate Dialogue, attended by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and a number of Climate and Foreign Affairs Minister Ministers, COP28 President Dr Sultan Al Jaber...

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" "Us children in Palestine do not grow up." This snippet comes from a conversation between a reporter and a child in the war-torn Palestinian enclave that is the Gaza Strip in 2023. Even today, the agonies of...

Family members confirmed that thanks to the growing international public and government awareness, illegally detained philanthropist, Ruben Vardanyan, was granted permission to speak to his wife, Veronika, today. This marks only his second call to...

The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative today announced its lineup of global thought leaders and local changemakers speaking at the upcoming Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity events. They will convene May 8-10 at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin...

OPUS, the opportunity community for business builders, today announces a partnership with leading Dubai-based think-tank, Fiker Institute, as it launches in the...

The American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee, made up of leading U.S. solar manufacturers from across the country (Convalt Energy, First Solar, Meyer Burger, Mission Solar, Qcells, REC Silicon, and Swift Solar), represented by DC law...

Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, is providing the following statement on an April 21 meeting in Ottawa with ministers and high-level representatives from all regions of the world organized in...

Grant Assistant today launched an AI-enhanced toolkit to simplify and streamline the complicated and time-consuming process of responding to solicitations. Grant Assistant provides a simple and structured workflow for preparing proposals for...

Below are National Press Club World Press Freedom Day events that take place on May 3. World Press Freedom Day has always been important to the mission and purpose of the Club. In 2011 ? the only year where WPFD took place in the United States -- it...

The U.S. House of Representatives has successfully passed two critical Ukraine Aid Bills, H.R. 8035 (311-112) and H.R. 8038 (360-58), unblocking approval in the Senate and subsequent signing by President Biden to ensure the swift provision of...

Following the Vardanyan family's urgent appeal to the international community regarding his hunger strike, Ruben Vardanyan was allowed to call his family for the first time, after more than two weeks of incommunicado detention. During the call,...

Note: All times local Victoria, British Columbia 10:20 a.m.    The Prime Minister will greet the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda. Note for media: Pooled photo opportunity10:25 a.m. The Prime Minister will meet with the President of Poland,...

The Minister of Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu, issued the following statement today: "I would like to sincerely thank Mr. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, for...

Note: All times local Victoria, British Columbia 10:20 a.m.    The Prime Minister will greet the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda. Note for media: Pooled photo opportunity10:25 a.m. The Prime Minister will meet with the President of Poland,...

The family of illegally detained philanthropist, Ruben Vardanyan, announced today that he entered into a hunger strike to demand the immediate and unconditional release of himself, and the other Armenian prisoners illegally held in Baku.   The...

Nova Ukraine, a California based nonprofit supporting Ukraine's fight for liberty, extends its backing to two critical pieces of legislation, H.R. 8035 - Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 and H.R.8038 - 21st Century Peace through...

A report from People's Daily: On the morning of April 16, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Beijing. This is Scholz's second visit to China since he took office, and Scholz is the first leader of a major Western...

Israel Bonds has surpassed $3 billion in global sales in the six months since the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7th ? a sum almost three times the company's average annual sales volume in recent years. The unprecedented sales numbers ? driven by...

Plastic pollution is everywhere in the environment, travelling beyond national borders, posing a risk to wildlife, and damaging ecosystems. Plastic production and waste is set to triple by 2060, and up to 37 million metric tons of plastic pollution...

Communication follows an exhaustive investigation into the genocide of Armenians in Armenian territory under the unlawful occupation of AzerbaijanIntent to commit genocide unequivocally proven by statements made by President Aliyev and Azerbaijan's...

A recent business confidence survey released by the German Chamber of Commerce in China reveals confidence in the prospects of China-Germany economic and trade cooperation. Among the 566 member companies surveyed, 91 percent expressed their...

On May 31, 2024, LOBBY CLUB, Ukraine's pioneering lobbying organization, will host the International Forum on Lobbying and Government Relations (GR). This landmark event will explore the transformative potential of lobbying following the recent...

The Center for Truth and Justice (CFTJ), an international human rights organization dedicated to the documentation of atrocity crimes via firsthand evidence, will present violations committed by Azerbaijan in the upcoming United Nations compliance...

The total investable wealth currently held on the African continent amounts to USD 2.5 trillion and its millionaire population is set to rise by 65% over the next ten years, according to the 2024 Africa Wealth Report, published by international...

The second conference on veteran policy in Ukraine convened, marking a significant milestone in collaboration between experts from Ukraine and the United States. Building upon the success of its predecessor, which drew participation from 55 speakers...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, will visit Canada from April 18 to 23, 2024. President Duda will travel to Vancouver and Esquimalt, British Columbia, as well as Edmonton, Alberta....

The conflict in Sudan is one of the worst in the world today, and millions of children and adolescents bear the brunt within and across the border from Sudan....

The conflict in Sudan is one of the worst in the world today, and millions of children and adolescents bear the brunt within and across the border from Sudan. As we mark the one-year anniversary of this vicious conflict, we call on world leaders to...

We, the Leaders of the G7, unequivocally condemn in the strongest terms Iran's direct and unprecedented attack against Israel. Iran fired hundreds of drones and missiles towards Israel. Israel, with the help of its partners, defeated the attack. We...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the attacks by the Iranian regime against Israel: "Canada unequivocally condemns Iran's airborne attacks against Israel. We stand with Israel. After supporting Hamas' brutal...

A promotional event for the seventh China International Import Expo and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum was held in Windhoek, capital of Namibia, on April 9....

This is a report from China Daily: The construction of a modern national center in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province, was...

We, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and Prime Minister of the French Republic Gabriel Attal, met yesterday and today to deepen the already strong bilateral relations between our two countries, rooted in a shared history, a common language,...

Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, welcomed the Prime Minister of France, Gabriel Attal, on his first official visit to Canada from April 10 to 11. United by a common history and a strong relationship, Canada and France share a vision for the future....

"It's a country's responsibility to ensure all citizens have high-speed broadband and access to the health and wealth that AI can bring to its people." This was the stark warning from Granahan McCourt founder and CEO David McCourt as he spoke at...

The Future Aviation Forum (FAF) returns to Riyadh from 20-22 May 2024, bringing...

World leaders past and present gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, to remember the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Over a dozen current and former Heads of State, including South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Czech...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement marking 30 years since the beginning of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: "Today, we remember one of the most tragic losses of human life in history. Thirty years ago,...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): "For 75 years, NATO has been the cornerstone of transatlantic security. Created in the aftermath of...

Nearly 6 months of relentless indiscriminate carpet bombing of Gaza  has killed more than 33,000 civilians including approximately 15,000 children.  On April 1, 2024 Al Shifa Hospital a specialized hospital complex was bombed by Israeli Defense...

The Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA) welcomes the latest announcement of the normal value review by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in Carbon and Alloy Steel Line Pipe 2 from the Republic of Korea. This development shows that...

Paula Bellizia, EBANX President of Global Payments, leads a diversity action council at the official G20 dialogue forum with the global business community (B20): "The private sector needs to take responsibility"Founded in 2012 in Brazil with the...

Following is a statement from Emily Wilkins, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the decision by the Israeli government to block Al Jazeera from broadcasting to Israeli...

Qatari food company Baldana is signing an agreement with the Algerian government to establish a farm to produce powdered milk in the North African country, a source familiar with the matter told Doha News. ...

The Municipality of Clarington, as a founding member of the Canadian Association of Nuclear Host Communities (CANHC), joined heads of state, representatives from the nuclear industry and non-governmental organizations at the first-ever Nuclear Energy...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that the Prime Minister of France, Gabriel Attal, will travel to Canada from April 10 to 12, 2024. Canada and France enjoy a strong relationship rooted in close co-operation and shared history,...

Golden Gate Global, a USCIS-licensed EB-5 regional center headquartered in San Francisco, California, reports a substantial increase in interest in the EB-5 visa in 2023 compared to 2022....

High-level Chinese officials on Monday met with heads of global organizations and business leaders as the China Development Forum (CDF) concluded in Beijing, reaffirming China's pursuit of high-quality development and high-level opening-up to create...

NWPCA today announced a significant victory for wooden pallet manufacturers worldwide following the finalization of the European Union's (EU) Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). NWPCA's successful advocacy efforts secured an exemption...