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Liberal national director in hot seat over foreign interference

Three months after the bill was introduced in Parliament, the national director of the Liberal Party of Canada says he has yet to read a shocking report concluding that one of his party’s nomination races was linked to foreign interference by China. Azam Ishmael testified Friday before the public inquiry into foreign interference. He initially told investigators he did not …

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Major Russian disinformation site with anti-Trudeau articles prompts calls for new focus in public inquiry

A website at the center of an international Russian disinformation campaign has published more than a dozen articles about Canadian politics in an attempt to undermine support for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and bolster his main rival, Pierre Poilievre. The website Reliable Recent News has been targeted by officials in Europe and the US as a repository for pro-Kremlin articles …

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CIA official says plan to attack Taylor Swift’s shows in Vienna was intended to kill thousands

The suspects in the foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna earlier this month planned to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA uncovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests, the agency’s deputy director said. The CIA alerted Austrian authorities to the plan, which reportedly included ties to the Islamic State group. …

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Blinken says Israel agrees to US-backed ceasefire proposal, urges Hamas to do the same

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel had accepted a proposal to bridge differences that are blocking a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza. He called on Hamas to do the same, but did not say whether the move would address the militant group’s concerns. Blinken spoke after holding a 2½-hour meeting with Israeli Prime …

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Mpox is a global emergency again. How deadly is it? What are ‘clades’? What you need to know

Mpox first made global headlines in 2022, when the virus suddenly exploded across the globe, rapidly spreading through sexual networks to dozens of new countries outside Africa. The World Health Organization declared it an international public health emergency that same year. The global outbreaks have primarily affected men who have sex with men, causing a range of symptoms from mild …

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Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for shooting at Oslo 2SLGBTQ+ festival in 2022

An Iranian-born Norwegian man was found guilty on Thursday of terrorism charges in connection with a 2022 attack on a 2SLGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison. The shooting at three locations, mainly outside the London Pub, a popular gay bar, on June 25, 2022, left two people dead and nine seriously injured. The Oslo District …

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