World’s female foreign ministers to meet on Iran, Canada says
Ottawa, CanadaReuters Many of the world’s female foreign ministers will discuss the “brutal” crackdown against protesters in Iran during a virtual meeting this week hosted by Canada, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement on Wednesday. Joly and 14 others will meet virtually on Thursday at 8am ET to address unrest ignited by […]
Canada and Denmark divide small Arctic island, ending ownership dispute
Copenhagen, Denmark Reuters Denmark and Canada will divide small, uninhabited Hans Island in the Arctic, eding an almost 50-year ownership spat, in a largely symbolic act of diplomacy designed to avoid tensions in the high North. The NATO allies have been engaged in a mostly good-natured squabble over the island, situated at equal distance between Greenland […]