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TUESDAY, FEB. 23 KABUL – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a working visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. COLOMBO – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (to Feb. 24). KYIV – Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis will pay a working visit to Ukraine (to Feb. 24). PARIS – Macedonia foreign minister Bujar Osmani visit France. ANKARA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets his Turkmenistan counterpart Rashid Meredov and holds a news conference. They then hold a trilateral meeting with Azeri counterpart Ceyhun Bayramov and a joint news conference – 1100 GMT. BERLIN – German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer speak at a summit to review Germany’s housing and construction policies – 1215 GMT. BRUSSELS – Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Europe fit for the digita
The Canadian parliament on Monday passed a non-binding motion saying China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region constitutes genocide, putting pressure on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to follow suit.
The Canadian House of Commons voted 266-0 for the motion brought by the opposition Conservative Party.
Trudeau and his Cabinet abstained from the vote, although Liberal backbenchers widely backed it.
The motion was also amended just before the vote to call on the International Olympic Committee to move next year’s Winter Olympics from Beijing if the treatment continues.
Trudeau’s Conservative rivals have been pressuring him to get tougher
Facebook Inc ends news blackout in Australian deal
Bloomberg
Facebook Inc yesterday backed down from its news blackout in Australia after the government agreed to amend legislation forcing the tech giant and Google to pay local publishers for content.
The social media platform last week switched off news sharing in Australia in opposition to the proposed law, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and government officials have been locked in talks to find a compromise.
Among key concessions, the government said it would take into account commercial deals Google and Facebook reach with news companies before deciding whether they are subject to the law, and would also give them one month’s notice. The platforms also won more time to strike deals with publishers before they are forced into final-offer arbitration as a last resort.
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