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Hong Kong uses new national security law against exiled activists
FILE - In this image taken from video, former employee at the British consulate in Hong Kong Simon Cheng speaks during an interview in London, on July 3, 2020. The Hong Kong government on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 canceled the passports of six overseas-based activists including Cheng under the new national security law, stepping up its crackdown on dissidents who moved overseas. (AP Photo)
report on business
Western armed forces growing more reliant on contractors – a boon for CAE, chief executive says
CAE Inc. reported a loss in its latest quarter and lowered its outlook for the current fiscal year. The new CAE logo is seen in front of the aeropspace company’s plant, Thursday, July 21, 2022 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
opinion
Party leaders have the ability to step up and clean house of alleged colluders
Stephanie Carvin and Philippe Lagassé
world
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen assaulted in central Copenhagen, man arrested
FILE - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen attends a ceremony at the Danish monument outside of Sainte Marie du Mont, Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Frederiksen has been assaulted by a man on a square in the capital of Copenhagen, according to a report on Friday, June 7, 2024 by the state news agency Ritzau. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez, File)
opinion
What else do you call it when people conspire against their own country?
Andrew Coyne
report on business
Cybersecurity standards emerging in Canada as ransomware business booms
A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Sunday, Oct. 9 photo illustration. The ransomware business is booming in Canada. Recent victims have included large corporations such as retailer London Drugs, as well as the City of Hamilton, Ont., and the government of Newfoundland and Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
canada
Quebec to spend $31-million to boost security at courthouses after violent incidents
The Quebec government is pledging $31 million to add security checkpoints and more special constables to the province's courthouses after recent violent incidents raised safety concerns. The Quebec Superior Court is seen Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
world
Mexicans set to vote Sunday after election campaign marred by rise in political violence
A state police officer stands outside a school that will be used as a polling station, ahead of the June 2 general election, in Morelia, Mexico, May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Arias
opinion
National-security intelligence is bogged down in an amateur-hour paper chase
Campbell Clark
politics
‘Unacceptable state of affairs’: Watchdog slams handling of foreign interference intel
Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), David Vigneault, adjusts a translation aid as he waits to appear before a Special Committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Canada's spy service warns that adversaries will turn to espionage and foreign interference tactics to target the country's increasingly important artificial intelligence sector. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
world
British Labour Leader Keir Starmer tries to woo undecided voters with vow to safeguard national security
British opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer gives a keynote speech during a Labour party general election campaign event in Lancing, Britain, May 27, 2024. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska
canada
Quebec police search for escaped inmate serving sentence for second-degree murder
Yacine Zouaoui is shown in Quebec provincial police photo. Quebec provincial police are asking for help in locating a 32-year-old inmate who escaped from a federal training detention centre in the Montreal-area. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Surete du Québec **MANDATORY CREDIT**
canada
Saskatchewan NDP demands government house leader address gun allegations
Saskatchewan Government House Leader Jeremy Harrison speaks to the media at the Saskatchewan legislature in Regina, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. The Saskatchewan government plans to invoke the notwithstanding clause to override a judgeÕs injunction and introduce legislation about the provinceÕs pronoun policy in school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
world
Israel reprimands Irish, Norwegian, Spanish envoys over plan to recognize Palestinian state
Ana Salomon Perez, the Ambassador of Spain to the State of Israel, Per Egil Selvaag the Ambassador of Norway to the State of Israel and Sonya McGuinness the Ambassador of Ireland to the State of Israel prepare to view a newly published video of Hamas taking female captives during its October 7 attack on Israel, after they were summoned to be reprimanded by Israel over their governments' plan to recognise a Palestinian state next week, in Jerusalem May 23, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
opinion
Make no mistake, there’s an economic war happening, and the West is losing
George Salamis and Mike St-Pierre
world
Two men in U.K. court accused of plot to kill Jewish people
FILE PHOTO: A Union Jack flag flutters in the wind near Big Ben and Parliament in Parliament Square in London, Britain, March 29, 2024 REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/File Photo
canada
Cyberattack on B.C. government information systems was state sponsored
The head of British Columbia's public services says there's high confidence that cybersecurity incidents targetting the provincial government's networks were conducted by a state or state-sponsored actor. A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Sunday, Oct. 9 photo illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
opinion
Only Ottawa can fix the Mounties and keep Canada safe
The Editorial Board
world
New leaders take on Haiti’s chaos as those living in fear demand swift solutions to gang violence
A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a destroyed police station in Port-au-Prince on April 19, 2024. Haiti’s National Police remains largely overwhelmed by gangs that are better armed and have more resources. Goran Tomasevic/The Globe and Mail
politics
Chinese institute compiled profiles of Canadian MPs of Chinese descent
<div>Global Affairs Canada says a social media campaign&nbsp;connected to the People's Republic of China is targeting dozens of Canadian members of Parliament, including the prime minister, with spam. A Chinese flag is illuminated by sunshine in the Hall of Honour, in Ottawa, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</div>
politics
Top official says reputation of Canada’s Level-4 lab is unharmed by clandestine activities of two fired scientists
The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg on February 28, 2024. Shannon VanRaes/The Globe and Mail�
world
Biden taps Curtis Ried to be next US ambassador to OSCE, White House says
U.S. National Security Council Chief of Staff Curtis Ried speaks during a meeting for Cyprus Maritime Corridor to Gaza at the Zenon Coordination Centre in Larnaca, Cyprus March 21, 2024. Stavros Ioannides/PIO/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
world
Biden hosts Czech leader at White House to promote Ukraine aid amid holdup in Congress
President Joe Biden, right, speaks as Prime Minister Petr Fiala of the Czech Republic listens during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, April 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
world
Fall of Myanmar town to rebels sends people fleeing into Thailand
People cross the Thailand-Myanmar Friendship Bridge as a stream of people, some of them fearing air strikes, queued at a border crossing to flee Myanmar early on Friday, a day after the strategically vital town of Myawaddy adjoining Thailand fell to anti-junta resistance that has been growing in strength, in Mae Sot, Tak province, Thailand, April 12, 2024. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
politics
Former Commons Speaker Rota urged to explain invitation to Waffen-SS veteran Hunka
Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota rises in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Rota says he is deeply sorry that he has offended many people by praising a member of a Nazi unit as a Ukrainian war hero.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
u.s. business
TikTok divestiture deadline could be extended to one year, U.S. senator says
FILE - The TikTok logo is displayed n a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying the TikTok home screen, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, April 9, 2024, two tribal nations accused social media companies — including Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms; Snapchat's Snap Inc.; TikTok parent company ByteDance; and Alphabet, which owns YouTube and Google — of contributing to the disproportionately high rates of suicide among Native American youth. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
canada
New security plan for Montreal metro amid rise in mental health and addictions issues
Montreal's transit authority has begun concentrating security personnel in metro stations where officials say riders have most reported feeling unsafe.A lone commuter walks a tunnel leading to the subway in Montreal, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
hockey
Prank war: Wild’s Marc-Andre Fleury, Avalanche’s Brandon Duhaime decorate each other’s vehicles
Colorado Avalanche forward Brandon Duhaime's Jeep is seen in a parking lot at Ball Arena on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Denver. Minnesota Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury took off the tires, chained them to a fence, and placed the car on cinder blocks. He piled dirt on the hood, along with the lug nuts and a socket wrench. He finished it off with an arrangement of colorful flowers and a note that read: “My dear friend ... If you would like to know where the keys to the lock are and the tools to put the tires back on send me an apology video.” (AP Photo/Pat Graham)
soccer
Champions League matches to go ahead as scheduled despite Islamic State terror threat
(FILES) Police officers stand in front the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on March 10, 2020 on the eve of the UEFA Champions League Group A football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Dortmund. Security will be "considerably reinforced" at Wednesday's Champions League match in the French capital between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona after a "threat" from the Islamic State group, the interior minister said. Gerald Darmanin said the jihadist group had threatened all the quarter-final matches on April 9 and 10, not just PSG's first leg clash with Barcelona at the Parc des Princes. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
Human rights lawyers complain about late filing of evidence at foreign interference inquiry
A person enters the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, Monday, April 8, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
globe investor
Ether fettered by fate of spot ETF proposals
Souvenir tokens representing cryptocurrency Bitcoin and the Ethereum network, with its native token ether, plunge into water in this illustration taken May 17, 2022.
canada
Canadian Armed Forces deployed to Jamaica to help train Caribbean soldiers for Haiti mission
<p>A Canadian flag patch is shown on a soldier's shoulder in Trenton, Ont., on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. A group from the Canadian Armed Forces have been deployed to Jamaica to train Caribbean Community troops for a mission in Haiti. A news release from National Defence says 70 armed forces members were deployed on Friday at the request of the Jamaican government. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg</p>
world
Three UN military observers, a Lebanese interpreter wounded in blast while patrolling southern border
FILE - The United Nations and the Ireland flags fly at half-staff, at the UNIFIL headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura, Lebanon, on Dec. 16, 2022 Four United Nations military observers were wounded Saturday while patrolling along the southern Lebanese border after a shell exploded near them, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon said. The military observers of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization support the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)
politics
Canada offering evacuations from Haiti to interested Canadians: Joly
People walk past the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
canada
Ottawa evacuating vulnerable Canadian citizens out of Haiti, Mélanie Joly says
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly responds to a question from a reporter about the situation in Haiti, Monday, March 25, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
world
Kyiv endures third air attack in five days as Russia steps up bombardment of Ukrainian cities
Rescuers work at the site of a building damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko