OTTAWA—Internet users in Turkey and Syria are being targeted by a state spying campaign making use of a Waterloo-based tech company’s products, new research from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab suggests. Researchers said Friday that Sandvine Incorporated’s products have been used to hack internet users’ devices along the Turkey-Syrian …
Read More »No change on Saskatchewan’s stand against carbon tax after meeting with prime minister
REGINA — The federal government and Saskatchewan are still deadlocked on a national climate change plan despite what the two sides call a constructive meeting on Friday. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to talk about several issues, including climate change. But Moe said he hasn’t …
Read More »Alberta premier threatens to turn off the taps in pipeline dispute with B.C.
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is threatening to turn off the oil taps in a fight with British Columbia over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Notley won’t say if she would cut off B.C. or the rest of Canada — or both — but says her government is ready …
Read More »Step up fake news fight at election time: top EU official
The EU’s top official charged with fighting fake news says Europe needs to redouble its efforts to tackle the phenomenon in the run-up to elections, as fears grow about Russian meddling in votes across the continent. Brussels is working on a Europe-wide plan to deal with fake news online, with …
Read More »Attack on Chinese billionaire exposes growing racial divide in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: A volley of insults hurled by ruling party officials in Malaysia at 94-year-old ethnic-Chinese tycoon, Robert Kuok, has exposed a racial and religious divide ahead of elections due by August. Leaders from UMNO targeted Hong Kong-based Malaysian billionaire Robert Kuok in the last two weeks, accusing him of …
Read More »Britain will respond if Russia is proved to be behind nerve attack: PM May
LONDON: Britain will respond appropriately if evidence shows Moscow was behind a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in England, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday. Former double agent Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, have been in hospital since they were …
Read More »Cuban vote begins end of Castro era
Cuba on Sunday designates the 605 members of its National Assembly, an electoral process without surprise since there are as many candidates as seats. But one of them will succeed President Raul Castro in April, marking the first generational change of leadership under the island’s communist rule. For the first …
Read More »PNG quake toll rises above 100
The death toll from an earthquake that hit Papua New Guinea last month has topped 100 with thousands injured, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said Friday, warning it will take years for the region to recover. The Pacific nation’s mountainous interior was struck by a 7.5-magnitude tremor on February 26, triggering …
Read More »Military vehicles to roll through Washington in parade
Military vehicles will roll through Washington on November 11 in a salute to veterans, a Pentagon memo said Friday, detailing President Donald Trump’s dream of hosting a military parade. The White House announced a month ago that Trump had asked for a large-scale military parade, an unconventional call that immediately …
Read More »Trump and Kim to hold historic meeting
President Donald Trump has agreed to a historic first meeting with Kim Jong Un in a stunning development in America’s high-stakes nuclear standoff with North Korea. Standing in front of the White House, South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong announced the first ever meeting between a US president and …
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