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A Canadian former diplomat has been detained in China, the think tank where he now works said Tuesday, amid Beijing's outrage over the arrest of a senior technology executive. The International Crisis Group said it was aware of reports of the detention of Michael Kovrig, a Chinese-speaking expert who served as a Canadian diplomat in Beijing, Hong Kong and at the United Nations. Kovrig went to work last year for the International Crisis Group, which is known for its research on peaceful solutions to global conflicts. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EtKBVo via Latest News

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The head of North Carolina's elections board is suggesting more time may be needed to decide whether a new congressional district election is necessary due to absentee ballot fraud allegations. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PvfM3J via Latest News

Families separated at the border between the United States and Mexico are among the shortlist of finalists for Time magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year. Recent selections have included the Silence Breakers of the #MeToo movement and Donald Trump. This year’s shortlist also features the US president, along with Russian president Vladimir Putin and special counsel Robert Mueller, who was a runner up for last year’s title, and is looking at Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EcCNqd via Latest News

Michael Kovrig's detention comes after police in Canada arrested the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] on Dec. 1 at the request of U.S. authorities, a move that has infuriated Beijing. It was not immediately clear if the cases were related, but the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver has stoked fears of reprisals against the foreign business community in China. "International Crisis Group is aware of reports that its North East Asia Senior Adviser, Michael Kovrig, has been detained in China," the think-tank said in a statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RS961D via Latest News

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate was executed Tuesday evening for fatally shooting a newlywed during a robbery more than 25 years ago. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2UAG8VA via Latest News

At least four deaths have been blamed on "mammoth" snowstorm in the Southeast, causing drivers to abandon their cars on the road due to dangerous conditions. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PvKTfA via Latest News

A top executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei sought release from Canadian detention Monday, offering to submit to strict electronic monitoring, as Beijing escalates its protests over her arrest on a US warrant. Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, faces US fraud charges related to alleged sanctions-breaking dealings with Iran, and has been awaiting a Canadian court's bail decision -- which after two days of hearings was put off until Tuesday. Beijing's latest outcry over the case also led to the suspension of a planned Canadian forestry trade mission to China this week. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SExMup via Latest News

These were the top contenders for TIME's annual accolade from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RUgA48 via Latest News

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities arrested 32 people at a demonstration Monday that was organized by a Quaker group on the border with Mexico, authorities said. Demonstrators were calling for an end to detaining and deporting immigrants and showing support for migrants in a caravan of Central American asylum seekers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2rxf7W0 via Latest News

A lone gunman shot dead at least two people and wounded 11 others near a Christmas market in the city of Strasbourg before fleeing, police said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EtT8Yq via Latest News

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