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Ukraine traders concerned over plans to change grain export rules again
FILE PHOTO: Cayman Islands-flagged bulk carrier Puma leaves the sea port of Odesa, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Ukraine September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Dublin stabbing that injured three children sparks riots
Flames rise from the car and a bus, set alight at the junction of Bachelors Walk and the O'Connell Bridge, in Dublin on November 23, 2023, as people took to the streets following the stabbings earlier in the day. Protesters in Dublin on Thursday torched a car and fought police, an AFP journalist reported, after three children were injured in a suspected school stabbing that social media rumours attributed to a foreign national. (Photo by Peter MURPHY / AFP) (Photo by PETER MURPHY/AFP via Getty Images)
technology
EU lawmakers make progress in crucial talks on new AI rules, sources say
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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Turkey’s Erdogan submits Sweden’s NATO bid to parliament for ratification, presidency says
FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits for the start of a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO to Turkey’s parliament for ratification, his office said Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Erdogan had been delaying ratification of Sweden’s membership, accusing Stockholm of being too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups he considers to be security threats. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
opinion
Parliament is rushing through a bad law that could curdle future free-trade talks
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Lower house of Russian parliament votes to revoke ratification of global nuclear test ban
FILE - In image from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Oct. 26, 2022, a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is test-fired as part of Russia's nuclear drills from a launch site in Plesetsk, northwestern Russia. The lower house of Russia's parliament on Wednesday gave its final approval to a bill revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty, a move Moscow described as putting it on par with the United States. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
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Australian Aboriginal leader threatened ahead of referendum on Indigenous rights
This screen grab taken from video released by the Parliament of Australia on June 15, 2023 shows independent senator Lidia Thorpe addressing the Senate in Canberra. Thorpe on June 15 detailed allegations that she had been sexually "assaulted" in parliament, stating the building was "not a safe place" for women to work. (Photo by Handout / PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Parliament’s problem isn’t a lack of decorum. It’s the House’s lack of power
Andrew Coyne
canada
Trudeau apologizes in Parliament over honouring of man who fought in Nazi unit
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politics
Speaker resigns after inviting man to Parliament who fought alongside Nazis in Second World War
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opinion
Anthony Rota does the inevitable, and now Trudeau must pick up the pieces
Campbell Clark
canada
NDP MP calls for speaker's resignation after honouring man who served in Nazi SS unit
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NDP, Bloc call for House Speaker Anthony Rota’s resignation after man who fought with Nazi unit honoured
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
canada
‘Life and justice must prevail,’ Zelensky says in rousing speech to Parliament
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canada
Most of Canada’s dangerous offenders housed in medium- and minimum-security prisons
Federal statistics show most of Canada's more than 700 dangerous offenders are housed in medium and minimum security prisons. A correctional officer enters the gate at Millhaven Institution in Bath, Ontario, on Wednesday Oct. 17, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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Iran’s parliament passes stricter head scarf law days after anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
FILE - A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Iranian celebrities have been startlingly public in their support for the massive anti-government protests shaking their country. And the ruling establishment is lashing back. Celebrities have found themselves targeted for arrest, have had passports confiscated and faced other harassment. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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Parliament must do better on Artificial Intelligence and Data Act
Nicole Janssen, Mike Murchison, Louis Tetu and Laurent Carbonneau
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Cybersecurity bill languishes in Ottawa while attacks escalate
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino holds a news conference in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
world
More than half of Australians oppose Indigenous panel in constitution, poll shows
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during the Yes23 official campaign launch in Adelaide, Australia August 30, 2023. AAP Image/Mark Brake via REUTERS
opinion
Canada’s election laws have sidelined Green voters for far too long
David Beatty
opinion
The Charter challenge of first-past-the-post could lead to a better electoral system
Maxwell Cameron
canada
Ontario NDP member resigns Kitchener Centre seat, cites child-care challenges
The New Democrat member of provincial parliament for Kitchener Centre has officially resigned her seat today. Laura Mae Lindo's resignation will trigger a byelection call within six months - two other byelections in Kanata-Carleton and Scarborough-Guildwood are set for July 27. Lindo, poses for a portrait in her home, in Kitchener, Ont., Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
politics
Elizabeth May says a stroke, not fatigue, led to recent hospital stay
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May addresses candidates and supporters during a rally in Vancouver, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. Green Leader Elizabeth May hopes to use whatever influence her three-member caucus has to ensure bolder climate action, a pharmacare plan and a promise of lower cell-phone rates make their way into the next throne speech. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Key questions remain as Credit Suisse crash investigated by Swiss lawmakers
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Credit Suisse is pictured in front of the Swiss Parliament Building, in Bern, Switzerland, March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/
world
U.K. Conservative lawmaker faces ejection from Parliament for groping strangers at a London club
Workers hang a Union Jack flag along The Mall, in London, on April 18, 2023 ahead of the London Marathon of April 23, 2023. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Should we replace some public servants with computerized agents?
Peter Loewen and Gillian Hadfield
politics
Probe under way into firing of infectious disease scientists at top-secret Winnipeg lab
The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 17, 2021. SHANNON VANRAES / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
politics
Western premiers urge bail reform, more funding
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canada
Western premiers disappointed by delay to federal bail reform on repeat offenders
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Infrastructure is taking centre stage as Canada's western premiers meet in Whistler today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Australia’s High Court dismisses Russia’s bid for injunction to stop its embassy’s eviction
The Australian flag flies on Parliament House, seen behind an unoccupied building on the grounds of a proposed new Russian embassy near the Australian Parliament in Canberra, Feb. 28, 2023. Australia's House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday, June 15, 2023, to prevent Russia from building a new embassy near Parliament House on security grounds. (AP Photo/Rod McGuire)
canada
National residential schools monument to be built on Parliament Hill
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British lawmakers back scathing report that slammed Boris Johnson over ‘partygate’
FILE - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, on May 25, 2022. Britain’s House of Commons is likely to endorse a report that found Johnson lied to lawmakers about lockdown-flouting parties in his office. That would be a humiliating censure that would strip the former prime minister of his lifetime access to Parliament. Lawmakers on Monday, June 19, 2023 will debate a report by the Privileges Committee that found Johnson in contempt of Parliament, and are expected to approve its findings. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
canada
Conservatives vote in favour of bill enshrining long-term funding for child-care system
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, June 19, 2023. Conservative members of Parliament joined other parties to vote in favour of a bill that enshrines into law the federal government's long-term commitment to the Canada-wide early learning and child-care system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick