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Tories, Bloc Québécois, Jewish leaders say new human-rights chief should stand down
The Liberal government is outlining a variety of steps intended to make the much-criticized Access to Information system work better.A person makes their way past the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says
FILE PHOTO: Destroyed buildings are pictured in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen near the Gaza coast, June 25, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
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China lashes out at Canada for raising concerns over Uyghur rights violations
This picture taken on July 18, 2023, shows women walking past a propaganda slogan promoting ethnic unity in "the new era", in both Chinese and Uyghur languages, in Yarkant, northwestern China's Xinjiang region.. Beijing stands accused of incarcerating over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in a network of detention facilities across Xinjiang, a region in northwestern China that is shrouded in secrecy, under extreme surveillance and under-reported. However, China insists allegations it has committed genocide are the "lie of the century" and says its actions have helped to combat extremism and enhance development. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-Xinjiang-Uyghurs, PHOTO ESSAY by Pedro Pardo (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Jewish advocates question minister’s vetting of new head of human rights commission
More than 15 civil society and Muslim groups are urging Canada's justice minister to hive off its proposed Criminal Code and Human Rights Act changes from its bill aimed at tackling online harms. Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General speaks in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Up to 4,000 Rwandan troops have entered combat in eastern Congo, UN report says
Aerial view shows Lake Kivu and the skyline of the city of Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo October, 21, 2023. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi
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Ukraine launches national sexual assault registry for victims of Russian forces
Viktoriia Litvinova, Ukraine's deputy prosecutor general, speaks to reporters in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Litvinova announced the creation of a national registry to document cases of sexual violence allegedly committed by Russian forces. (AP photo/Derek Gatopoulos)
international business
India’s human rights commission calls for scrutiny of Amazon warehouse labour practices
FILE - An Amazon company logo is seen on the facade of a company's building in Schoenefeld near Berlin, Germany, on March 18, 2022. Amazon has called off its proposed acquisition of iRobot, with the ecommerce giant blaming "undue and disproportionate regulatory hurdles." The companies said in joint statement Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 that they “entered into a mutual agreement to terminate their announced acquisition agreement." (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
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Canada sanctions 13 more Russians for role in Navalny’s imprisonment and death
<p>Canada is sanctioning 13 more Russians from the country's intelligence service, police force and its corrections system for their role in the poisoning, imprisonment and death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. A woman wears a photograph of deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a service in St. Mary's Church on the occasion of his birthday, in Berlin, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-dpa, Christoph Gollnow</p>
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Morning Update: The world’s deadliest hunger crisis
A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows a woman and baby at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. MSF/Mohamed Zakaria/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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London bullion market drops bid to block U.K. trial over allegations against Barrick mine
North Mara_public_mine road from Kwimange to Nyangoto_ Handout RAID
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Alexey Navalny’s widow to meet with Justin Trudeau, Mélanie Joly in Ottawa on Tuesday
The widow of former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly Tuesday in Ottawa. Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny meets Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, right, in Oslo, Norway, Monday, June 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NTB Scanpix, Terje Pedersen
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UN adopts a resolution demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city
FILE - Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, secure the area where Dagalo attends a military-backed tribe's rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan, on June 22, 2019. The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Thursday, June 13, 2024, demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary force halt its siege of the only capital in the vast western region of Darfur that it doesn’t control where more than a million people are reportedly trapped. The resolution, which was approved by a vote of 14-0 with Russia abstaining, expresses “grave concern” at the spreading violence and credible reports that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are carrying out “ethnically motivated violence” in El Fasher. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
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UN calls on Israel to end support of settler attacks on West Bank
A mourner reacts during the funeral of Palestinian Yazan Ishtayeh, who was killed in an Israeli raid, in Salim, near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 15, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
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Israel says Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles, 99% of which were intercepted
Israeli Iron Dome air defense system launches to intercept missiles fired from Iran, in central Israel, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Iran launched its first direct military attack against Israel on Saturday. The Israeli military says Iran fired more than 100 bomb-carrying drones toward Israel. Hours later, Iran announced it had also launched much more destructive ballistic missiles. (AP Photo/Tomer Neuberg)
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Ottawa says all options on the table for solving Sudan’s humanitarian crisis
Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen is shown on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Friday, March 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Europe stands firm against U.S.-driven ESG backlash
Skyscrapers in The City of London financial district on May 8, 2021.
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Mali’s junta bans the media from reporting on political activities in a deepening crackdown
Thai military personnel keeps guard along the Moei river on the Thai side, next to the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, in Thailand's Mae Sot district on April 12, 2024. Myanmar troops have withdrawn from their positions in a trade hub near the Thai border, a spokesman for the junta said, confirming reports from an ethnic armed group that has been battling the military for days. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Montreal’s English school board appealing to Supreme Court over Bill 21
MONTREAL, Que. (20/10/2021) – Giuseppe “Joe” Ortona, president of the EMSB and independent politician, poses for a portrait at the English Montreal School Board on Oct. 30, 2021, in Montreal, QC. Ortona is part of Montreal’s anglophone community, who expressed opposition against Bill 96. (Andrej Ivanov/The Globe and Mail)
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Swiss women win landmark climate case at Europe’s top human-rights court
Members of Swizz association Senior Women for Climate Protection react after the announcement of decisions after a hearing of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to decide in three separate cases if states are doing enough in the face of global warming in rulings that could force them to do more, in Strasbourg, eastern France, on April 9, 2024. Europe's top rights court on April 9 said Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change, in the first such ruling on the responsibility of states in curbing global warming. The ECHR however threw out two other cases against European states on procedural grounds. (Photo by Frederick FLORIN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Most Canadians think online harms bill should make porn sites verify users are 18 or older, poll says
A woman uses her computer keyboard to type while surfing the internet in North Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, December, 19, 2012. Increased corporate awareness and a string of high-profile incidents have done little to reduce the financial burden of cybercrime in Canada, according to a new report. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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