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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The death toll from unrest in Iran climbed to almost 2,600, a rights group said on …
Read More »Storm surge threat, higher tides trigger coastal flooding alert for B.C.’s South Coast
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A coastal flooding alert is in place this weekend for B.C.’s South Coast, including Metro Vancouver …
Read More »Maduro slams ‘colonial threat’ as Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be closed
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more …
Read More »Trump’s threat of a billion-dollar lawsuit adds to the BBC’s existential crisis
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to sue the BBC for an eye-popping $1 billion US has upped the ante in what was already shaping up as an existential crisis for Britain’s public broadcaster. In a letter to British MPs on Monday and later in a media interview, BBC chair Samir …
Read More »Why Trump’s team is portraying Antifa as a terrorist threat
U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to persuade Americans that the anti-fascist movement dubbed Antifa poses as grave a threat to the country as designated terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah. Trump, his top law enforcement officials, and a handful of conservative journalists spent more than an hour at a White …
Read More »Trump says imports of wood products may pose national security threat to U.S. — raising fears in B.C.
B.C.’s forestry sector is awaiting the results of a U.S. Commerce Department investigation into the imports of wood products, which could impose further tariffs on the beleaguered industry. It comes months after U.S. President Donald Trump launched a Section 232 investigation into whether importing timber, lumber and derivative products could pose a …
Read More »Carney’s ministers say Hong Kong’s new arrest warrants for exiles a threat to Canadians’ security
Two ministers in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government are condemning Hong Kong police’s new arrest warrants for 19 overseas-based activists and their offer of rewards for information leading to their capture. Officers have accused the activists of violating a national security law imposed by Beijing. In a joint statement Saturday afternoon, Foreign Affairs …
Read More »Trump drops tariff threat against EU after weekend call with bloc chief
A weekend telephone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen gave “new impetus” to trade talks, the EU said on Monday, after Trump dropped his threat to impose 50 per cent tariffs on imports from the European Union next month. Trump restored a July 9 deadline …
Read More »Trump reiterates 51st state threat as Carney prepares for critical White House meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump is doubling down on threats to make Canada the 51st state and says he’ll “always talk about that” as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares for a crucial White House meeting and insists Canadian sovereignty is not up for discussion. “You don’t even realize what a beautiful …
Read More »Singh reveals RCMP warned him about death threat in late 2023
Jagmeet Singh says he was warned by the RCMP about a credible threat to his life and placed under police protection two winters ago — and that he considered stepping down as leader of the NDP. “When I got that threat, I was floored,” Singh told reporters at a campaign event …
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