Albert Wagner 
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified knife-wielding man during a visit Tuesday to the southeastern city of Busan, police said. Lee, head of the main opposition Democratic Party, was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Police and emergency officials said … Read more
HONG KONG – Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to all charges against him in a high-profile national security trial that could see the city’s leading critic of the Chinese Communist Party jailed for life. Lai faces two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces — including … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was attacked and injured by an unidentified man during a visit Tuesday to the southeastern city of Busan, emergency officials said. Busan’s emergency office said Lee was attacked as he visited the construction site of a new airport in the city. It … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the phone on Monday, reassuring him that Canada will continue to support the fight against Russia’s invasion. “As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its second winter, Ukrainians can count on Canada’s support—for as long as it takes,” Trudeau announced on X on … Read more
A woman who fell out of an Edmonton city bus has died, police said in a media release issued Monday. The woman was injured after falling out of a moving bus Friday in west Edmonton. According to the police, the woman was riding in a bus heading south on 174 Street at … Read more
Manitoba’s police watchdog agency is looking into a fatal officer-involved shooting in Fort Richmond Sunday afternoon. Winnipeg police say it happened Dec. 31 around 2:20 p.m., when officers were called to an apartment suite in the first 100 block of University Crescent for reports of a man acting erratically. “Two officers were … Read more
TORONTO – The Professional Women’s Hockey League rule book released hours before its first game Monday features a short-handed goal ending a power-play for the opposing team. The six-team PWHL, which opened Monday with Toronto hosting New York, modelled its rule book on the NHL’s and the International Ice Hockey Federation’s. But … Read more
LAS VEGAS – A former NBA developmental league player accused with his ex-girlfriend of killing a woman whose body was found last month in southern Nevada is due to face a Las Vegas judge on Tuesday following his transfer in custody from a jail in Sacramento, Calif. Chance Comanche, 27, who played for … Read more
Japan issued its highest-level tsunami alert on Monday after a series of earthquakes rocked the country’s west coast. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported more than a dozen quakes in the Japan Sea off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures. The largest quake reached a magnitude of 7.6, collapsing buildings on Japan’s main … Read more
OTTAWA – An internal evaluation by Canada’s border agency suggests its detector dogs could play a bigger role in sniffing out deadly fentanyl and illicit firearms. The agency has dozens of canines trained to detect smuggled currency, drugs, guns, and food, plant and animal products. A recently published evaluation found the detector … Read more
