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At least 25 killed in Burkina Faso attack in Seno province
A man holds his national flag to show support for the military after Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore was detained at a military camp in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Vincent Bado
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Maryland woman, Florida man accused of plotting to disable Baltimore power grid
FILE - Workers work on equipment at the West End Substation, at 6910 NC Hwy 211 in West End, N.C., Dec. 5, 2022, where a serious attack on critical infrastructure has caused a power outage to many people around Southern Pines, N.C. A Maryland woman conspired with a Florida neo-Nazi leader to carry out an attack on several electrical substations in the Baltimore area, officials said Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, The arrest of Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Baltimore County, was the latest in a series across the country as authorities warn electrical infrastructure could be a vulnerable target for domestic terrorists. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, File)
toronto
TTC assault latest incident involving attacks on city’s transit system
A subway sign is seen in Toronto on Friday, August 24, 2012. The public transport agency that operates bus, subway, streetcar, and paratransit services in the Toronto area has been hit with a ransomware attack. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michelle Siu
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Retired CBC editor Michael Finlay killed in random assault
Story about the shoving homicide of CBC editor Michael Finlay in Toronto last week
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Pakistani officials blame ‘security lapse’ for mosque bombing as death toll rises to at least 100
Rescue workers conduct an operation to clear the rubble and search for bodies at the site of Monday's suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. The death toll from the previous day's suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistani rose to more than 85 on Tuesday, officials said. The assault on a Sunni Mosque inside a major police facility was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years. (AP Photo/Muhammad Zubair)
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Blinken reaffirms need for two-state solution after talks with Netanyahu
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a joint press conference, on January 30, 2023 in Jerusalem. (Photo by DEBBIE HILL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by DEBBIE HILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Ceremony marks sixth anniversary of murders of six Muslim men at Quebec City mosque
People hold pictures of the victims at a vigil to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting, in Quebec City, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. A ceremony will be held this evening to mark the sixth anniversary of Quebec City's deadly mosque shooting. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Iran reports drone attack on defence facility
This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
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The threat of ransomware is real. So why are Canadians handcuffing themselves?
Joe Masoodi
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Video shows struggle for hammer during Paul Pelosi attack
A screenshot from a police body camera video shows David DePape holding onto Paul Pelosi, the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in the couple’s house on October 28, 2022, in San Francisco District Attorney/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY REFILE - CORRECTING SOURCE OF THE PICTURE
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Fatal shooting at Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran raises tensions
The building of the Azerbaijan Embassy is seen in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. A man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital Friday, killing the head of security at the diplomatic post and wounding two guards, authorities said. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Gunman kills 7 near Jerusalem synagogue, Israeli medics say
People run as smoke rises behind amid clashes with Israeli troops, near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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Russia pounds Kyiv with deadly missiles
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Ceremony for Quebec mosque attack to be held in prayer room where shooting occurred
Maryam Bessiri, spokesperson for the citizens' committee organizing the event, speaks during a press conference for the 6th annual commemoration of the shooting at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City, Thursday January 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Francis Vachon.
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At least 21 members of civilian defence group killed by drone strike in northern Nigeria, witnesses say
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Two people killed, seven wounded in stabbing attack on train in northern Germany; suspect arrested
Police and rescue services are on duty at a level crossing near Brokstedt station in Brockstedt, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Several people were injured in a knife attack on a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg on Wednesday. A man had attacked passengers with a knife shortly before arriving at Brokstedt station. (Jonas Walzberg/dpa via AP)
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Toronto police upgrade charge to manslaughter for man who pushed woman to sidewalk
A Toronto police vehicle is shown parked on Yonge Street near King Street as rain falls in downtown Toronto on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. The Toronto Police Service has identified a man charged in a daytime attack on a bustling downtown street that left a woman dead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
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Woman killed in alleged unprovoked attack in downtown Toronto, police say
Police tape blocks off a street in Toronto on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. Toronto police say a woman is dead after an alleged assault at a busy downtown intersection and a suspect is in custody. Police say they received reports of a man assaulting a woman at the intersection of Yonge Street and King Street around 11:40 a.m. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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Calgary police say six teenagers have been charged in a swarming at drugstore
A Shoppers Drug Mart is shown in Bowmanville, Ont., on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Calgary police say six teenage boys have been charged in a swarming attack that left two store employees injured in November. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
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Russia launches land-based missiles in Kyiv region in what Ukraine says is strategy shift
People take shelter inside a metro station during massive Russian missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
report on business
Why are there so many cyberattacks lately? A look at the rising trend
A woman uses a computer keyboard in North Vancouver on December, 19, 2012. A wave of cybercrime has recently hit hospitals, businesses and organizations, including Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children in mid-December and the Toronto Transit Commission in late October, with the most recent impacting LCBO's website and mobile app beginning Tuesday evening.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Toronto Police identify homeless victim of teen swarming attack
Police have identified the Toronto man allegedly stabbed to death by a group of teenage girls as 59-year-old Ken Lee. Police say Lee died in hospital after he was allegedly swarmed and stabbed by a group of eight teenage girls in mid-December. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Toronto Police Service
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Gunmen kidnap 32 people from southern Nigeria train station
FILE PHOTO: Abuja-Kaduna train resumes services after an attack on its passengers in Abuja, Nigeria December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
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Russia claims deadly missile strike on Ukrainian barracks, Kyiv denies anyone killed
Nina Gonchar, 93, and her son Mykola Gonchar, 58, sit inside their house which was mostly destroyed by Russian forces in the recently retaken village of Bogorodychne, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2022. Gonchar's son Vasyliy and his wife Liubov were killed by Russian shelling on July 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Germany police detain Iranian suspected of chemical attack plot
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Kurds from around Europe march in Paris over unresolved killing of activists 10 years ago
Members of the Kurdish community attend a march to protest over the killing of three activists a decade ago, in Paris, France, January 7, 2023. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
u.s. politics
Biden marks anniversary of U.S. Capitol riots with award ceremony for day’s ‘heroes’
FILE - Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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Car bomb hits convoy in Nigeria’s southeast, killing four security officials
canada
Ransomware group LockBit apologises, saying ‘partner’ was behind SickKids attack
The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto is shown on Thursday, April 5, 2018. Some phone lines and internal clinical systems have been impacted by a "cybersecurity incident" at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, but the hospital said there is no indication personal health information has been compromised. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
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Toronto’s SickKids says it is ‘aware’ of online statement offering free decryptor
Toronto SickKids Hospital in Toronto is shown on Thursday April 5, 2018. Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children says it is aware of a statement from a ransomware group issued online that offers a decryptor to restore systems impacted by a mid-December cybersecurity incident. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
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Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several
Taliban fighters check the site of an explosion, near the Interior Ministry, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. A bomb exploded near a checkpoint at Kabul's military airport Sunday morning killing and wounding several people, a Taliban official said, the first deadly blast of 2023 in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack enters not-guilty plea
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 14: Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi sits and waits for his wife after portrait unveiling ceremony in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on December 14, 2022 in Washington, DC. Pelosi’s portrait is an oil painting on canvas and painted by Ronald Sherr. Speaker Pelosi recently announced her intent to step down from leadership in the House Democratic Caucus for the 118th schedule and is in the last couple weeks of her tenure as Speaker of the House. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Four substations in Washington state vandalized, cutting power to thousands
A Tacoma Power crew works at an electrical substation damaged by vandals early on Christmas morning, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022 in Graham, Wa. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
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Man convicted over German train knife attack that wounded four
FILE - An ICE train stands at the station in Seubersdorf, southern Germany, Saturday, Nov.6, 2021. A German court convicted a man of attempted murder and bodily harm and sentenced him to 14 years in prison on Friday over a knife attack on a train last year that left four people wounded. (Vifogra/dpa via AP, file)
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Russian shelling targets heart of Ukrainian city of Kherson
A view shows a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Bakhmut, Ukraine December 18, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak