Open this photo in gallery Former diplomat Michael Kovrig embraces his wife Vina Nadjibulla

, Vina Nadjibulla, left, and sister Ariana on the tarmac at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Sept

Open this photo in gallery Vina Nadjibulla, wife of Michael Kovrig, speaks with Minister of Foreign

Spavor was handed an 11-year jail sentence just as final arguments in Meng's extradition trial got under way last month.... And today, he will not be alone in that walk.... We will accompany him, all of us," she said." He knows that this event is happening," she added....

For two years, the Canadian men have been held in separate prisons in northern China, largely cut off from the rest of the world.... Spavor shortly thereafter — two years ago on Thursday — were widely perceived as retribution. The fates of all three are being watched as President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. prepares to enter the White House next month.... In Canada, some experts and officials are hopeful that U.S.-China relations might improve under the Biden administration, perhaps smoothing th

OTTAWA-Canada's deepening dispute with India over its alleged campaign of violence against Sikhs in Canada could intensify Indian-based cyber espionage and hold back immigration, but analysts and experts see no immediate impact on trade. Concern about a widening rift between the two countries comes after a senior Canadian official told a parliamentary national security committee on Tuesday that Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was the maste

Sherman several demands, including that the U.S. abandon an attempt to extradite Ms.... Ltd. and daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei, is wanted in the U.S.on bank fraud charges, which she denies. Shortly after her arrest, two Canadians – Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor – were detained in China.... Xie gave his counterpart “ two lists of major concerns, ” according to Chinese state media: the lifting of sanctions and visa restrictions against Chinese officials and entities, and withdrawa

She arrived in Shenzhen on Saturday night to much fanfare. Advertisement Story continues below advertisement The blistering pace of events — in courthouses in Brooklyn and Vancouver and prisons in Beijing and Dandong — shocked observers.... Chinese officials had sometimes rejected the charge that the cases of the “ two Michaels ” and Meng were linked, and analysts expected China to wait before releasing them to keep up appearances. Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou arrived in China on

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Each bore the photo of an American held hostage abroad. Since then, the problem has metastasized into what the Biden administration calls a national emergency.... “ Totally undercovered," he said. The 32-year-old reporter had all-too-presciently picked up on how the U.S. and its rivals now conduct their affairs in a language of prisoner trading.... American athletes and chess grandmasters whose predecessors competed in Moscow through some of the Cold War’s tensest moments stepped back from tha