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Belarus to present over 500 editions at Red Square book festival in Moscow
Canadian Prime Minister welcomes increased collaboration with the United States TL Bureau. Europe, TL Correspondent Ontario
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, today met with Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence. During the visit, Prime Minister Trudeau and Vice President Pence reaffirmed the strength of the CanadaUnited States relationship, highlighting how the partnership between our two countries has created millions of good, middle class jobs on both sides of the border. The Prime Minister and Vice President discussed the ratification of the new North American Free Trade Agreement, which will create good, wellpaying jobs and new opportunities for people in both countries. They then met with Canada’s council on the agreement, the Canadian Council for the United States-MexicoCanada Agreement. The Prime Minister and Vice President also welcomed the recent lifting of U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, and Canada’s retaliatory tariffs, and exchanged views on efforts to resolve other trade issues, including softwood lumber and uranium.
The stand will highlight several important themes, MINSK including the 75th anniversary of Belarus’ The Belkniga book retailer from Nazi will present over 500 edi- liberation invaders, the 2nd tions at the Red Square book festival that will take European Games and the place in Moscow on 1-6 Year of Native Land,” the June, BelTA learned from press service informed. the website of the Apart from that, the stand Information Ministry. will host an autograph “Belarus’ stand will feature signing by famous journalnew releases across vari- ist Inessa Pleskache ous themes, including fic- vskaya on 2 June at tion, children’s books, 11:30-12:30. Her book learning aids, books on Historical Journey With history, economics, psy- Francysk Skaryna is an journey chology and many more. enthralling
through Europe’s major cities where the Belarusian book printing pioneer studied, lived and worked: Krakow, Padua, Prague and
Vilnius. The fifth edition of the Red Square book festival is timed to the birthday of Alexander Pushkin and the Russian Language Day.
Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected smuggled central processing units. TL Bureau, Hong Kong Hong Kong Customs yesterday (May 30) seized 1 824 suspected smuggled central processing units (CPUs) with an estimated market value of about $2.8 million at Shenzhen Bay Control Point. Customs officers intercepted an outgoing private car at Shenzhen Bay Control Point yesterday CPUs concealed inside the evening and seized 1 824 car's spare tyre.
with one count of attempting to export unmanifested cargo. He will appear at the Tuen Mun Magistrates' Courts on June 13. Smuggling is a serious offence. Under the Import and Export Ordinance, any person found guilty of importing or exporting unmanifested cargo is liable to a maximum fine of $2 The 42-year-old male driver million and imprisonment was arrested and charged for seven years.
Syria: Thousands of children ‘hemmed in’ by ‘brutal and gratuitous’ spike in violence TL Bureau, UN Hq Executive Director Henrietta Fore said in a statement that over the past few days, intensifying violence, had left children “hemmed in” especially in villages in northern Hama and southern Idleb, driving many families from their homes while “others are unable to move to safer areas”. This latest escalation follows months of rising violence in the area, which has reportedly left at least 134 children dead and more than 125,000 displaced in 2019 alone. And with nearly 30 hospitals under attack, the spike in violence has forced some of UNICEF’s healthcare partners to suspend their lifesaving operations. Moreover, approximately 43,000 children are currently missing school. Final exams in
parts of Idlib have been postponed, “affecting the education of 400,000 students”, she continued. Although UNICEF’s partners are on the ground in the northwest, working to reach children and families with mobile health clinics, vaccines,
psychosocial support and sanitation supplies, she said that these “quick fixes” can “go only so far” in mitigating the humanitarian fallout from the “brutal and gratuitous violence”. “Children bear no responsibility for this war, yet they suffer its carnage and
consequences more than anyone”, stressed the UNICEF chief. Ms. Fore urged parties to the conflict in the northwest and across Syria to “make every effort to protect children and the infrastructure they depend on”, including hospitals and schools. “Parties
and those who have influence over them should also forge a comprehensive and lasting peace that finally brings this war to an end, for the sake of Syria’s children and the very future of the country and the region”, concluded the UNICEF Executive Director.
