The Petersburg Post

Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 - Iran appeared to backpedal on previous threats to execute protesters, amid global condemnation and fears of U.S. military action, even as the government continues a brutal crackdown after weeks of demonstrations. Iran's judiciary said on Thursday that it had not issued a death sentence for Erfan Soltani, 26, a protester whose execution had been widely reported as imminent and had drawn intense international ...

Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 - BEIJING — With U.S. ties at their lowest point in modern history, Canada is turning to one of the only countries with which it had even worse relations: China . Canada is forging a "new strategic partnership" with China, its second-biggest trading partner, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday during what he called a "historic" trip to Beijing. That includes a break with the United States on tariffs, which ...