US administration: Trump transferred classified information from the White House to his home in Florida

The US General Administration of Archives and Records said in a letter to Congress on Friday that former President Donald Trump transferred classified information to his Florida home after leaving the White House, and the administration had recovered 15 boxes of documents from Trump.

The US General Administration of Archives and Records said in a letter to Congress on Friday that former President Donald Trump passed classified information to his Florida home after leaving the White House.

The Archives said it had notified the Department of Justice, which would handle any investigation into the 15 boxes of documents that the department had recently recovered.

"The US General Administration of Archives and Records has identified materials that are classified national security information inside the boxes," US archivist David Ferrero said in a letter to Democratic Representative Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House Oversight Committee.

Maloney's commission is looking into Trump's handling of the records, and the Republican president left office in January 2021.

"These new discoveries deepen my concern about former President Trump's blatant disregard for federal records laws and the potential impact on our historical record," Maloney said in a statement.

"The public archive has found nothing, and has been given, upon request, Presidential Records in a normal and routine process to ensure the preservation of my heritage and in accordance with the Presidential Records Act," Trump said in a written statement.

"If it was anyone other than Trump, there would be no story," he said.

The Washington Post reported last week that some of the documents taken to his home were classified "confidential", which could increase legal pressure on Trump or his aides.

The Presidential Records Act requires the preservation of memos, letters, notes, emails, faxes, and other written communications relating to the president's official duties.

Trump filed an unsuccessful lawsuit to block the release of records from the White House, including the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters.

China: The graft agency investigates the head of a telecom company

China's anti-corruption agency announced the investigation of a former head of one of the country's three major state-owned telephone companies, and said the former general manager of China Unicom was accused of "serious violations of law and order."

China's anti-corruption agency is investigating a former head of one of the country's three major state-owned phone companies.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a one-sentence statement Friday, using the official term for corruption, that Li Guohua, former general manager of China Unicom, was accused of "serious violations of law and order."

Thousands of Chinese officials and state-owned company executives were caught up in a long-running crackdown on embezzlement, taking bribes and other bad behavior.

China Unicom or China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd. is one of the world's largest mobile phone companies and also operates fixed-line Internet and digital television services.

The company reported a profit of 9.2 billion yuan ($1.45 billion) for the first half of 2021, on revenue of 164.2 billion yuan ($26 billion).

A new test for the Trudeau government The cost of expanding an oil pipeline raises controversy in Canada

The total cost of the controversial Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project in western Canada, which the government nationalized in 2018, has risen more than 70% than expected, the company announced Friday.

The cost of the controversial Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project in western Canada that the government nationalized in 2018 will cost more than 70% than expected, the company announced Friday.

The total cost of the project rose from 12.6 billion Canadian dollars to 21.4 billion (16.8 billion US dollars), according to a company press release, citing the repercussions of the Covid-19 epidemic and the catastrophic flooding in British Columbia last fall, as reasons for the high costs.

The construction schedule has also changed, and the pipeline expansion process is now expected to be completed at the end of the third quarter of 2023, and not at the end of 2022, according to the company.

The Trans Mountain Line currently transports 300,000 barrels of oil to the Pacific coast daily.

It is the only Canadian pipeline connecting Alberta, a major oil-producing province, and the west coast.

In 2018, Justin Trudeau's government announced the nationalization of the "strategic" pipeline in exchange for C$4.4 billion.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland sought to reassure the public: "I want to reassure Canadians that no more public money will be invested in the Trans Mountain expansion project."

She added, "The Trans Mountain project will secure the necessary financing to complete the project through financing a third party, whether in the public debt markets or with financial institutions."

She stressed, "As we said from the beginning, our government does not intend to be the owner of the project in the long term."

She reiterated that the pipeline served the "national interest".

In February 2020, a study to re-evaluate the project expected the cost to rise to 12.6 billion dollars, compared to 7.4 billion previously expected.