Saudi Arabia cuts Canada ties over activist
By Bloomberg
06 August 2018 |
9:20 am
Saudi Arabia has frozen trade, investments and diplomatic ties with Canada in the latest escalation of their dispute over the kingdom's arrest of a women's rights activist.
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