US & World

Ocean temperatures are rising so dramatically that the organization that monitors threats to coral reefs worldwide has added three new alert categories.  Alert Level 5 means ‘risk of near-complete mortality’ from coral bleaching, says Coral Reef Watch. Ocean temperatures are rising so dramatically that the organization that monitors threats to …

The federal Conservatives are demanding that the Liberal government donate to Ukraine tens of thousands of surplus air-to-ground rockets that are slated for disposal. But the weapons may not be ready for the field.  A defence official says Canada doesn’t have warheads for all the weapons. The federal Conservatives are …

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday issued an executive order that targets Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been accused of attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory, imposing financial sanctions and visa bans in an initial round against four individuals.  U.S. ready to impose financial sanctions on Israeli …

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is making a surprise visit to Ukraine as the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion approaches.  Estimates of the number of children taken by Russia range in the thousands. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is making a surprise visit to Ukraine as the two-year …

Geopolitical observers say the Houthis’ disruption of trade in the Red Sea, ostensibly in support of Palestinians in Gaza, is winning them new recruits in Yemen, where they control two-thirds of the population, often through brutal means.  Militant group remains defiant in face of U.S., U.K. airstrikes. When Yemen’s former …

The federal government announced last week it was suspending “additional funding” for the UN agency that supports Palestinians in Gaza. So what is UNRWA? What does it do? And why is it under pressure now?  The federal government suspended funding last week after UNRWA staff were accused of aiding Hamas. …

Rifts within Ukraine’s top leadership have burst into the open following swirling rumours that the country’s top military chief will be dismissed amid reported tensions with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.  Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s possible dismissal is being tracked, seized upon by Russia. Rifts within Ukraine’s top leadership have burst into the open …

On Wednesday, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies went before the U.S. Senate judiciary committee to testify as lawmakers and parents grow increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on young people’s lives.  Lawmakers, families of victims say platforms not doing enough to protect …

While Israel’s government has been vague about its vision for what happens to the Gaza Strip — and the roughly two and a half million Palestinians who live there — after the war, the country’s far-right settler movement has a very clear idea of what it wants.  ‘We can no …

The first human patient received an implant from Elon Musk’s computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend, the billionaire says.  Patient ‘recovering well,’ Musk said, but no details have been shared by company. The first human patient received an implant from Elon Musk’s computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend, …