Trucks currently making massiveTURN AROUND- downtown OTTAWA, as Police threats towing…
Truckers making it MOAR difficult to tow
this too from January 26, 2022
CNN coverage of REQUEST for "evacuation of Beijing Embassy"
can't seem to find anything moar current than January
US Embassy in China asks State Department to let diplomats leave over Covid restrictions
By Jessie Yeung, Steven Jiang, David Culver and Jennifer Hansler, CNN
Updated 5:49 AM ET, Wed January 26, 2022
Beijing (CNN)The US diplomatic mission in China has formally requested the State Department grant American diplomats "authorized departure," allowing them and their families to leave the country amid increasingly strict Covid-19 containment measures, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
The request has not yet been approved by the State Department, according to the sources, who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity.
An "authorized departure" gives employees and families in the United States embassy and consulates the option to leave China for a period of time until they feel safe to return, but is not a mandatory evacuation under an "ordered departure."
China is one of the few places in the world still adhering to a zero-Covid strategy, in which it aims to stamp out all cases within its borders… (more at link…)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/china/china-us-embassy-authorize-departure-intl-hnk/index.html