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Former governor-general David Johnston will issue his first report Tuesday on foreign interference, which could determine whether Ottawa establishes a formal public inquiry.
The government appointed Mr. Johnston as an “Independent Special Rapporteur”on…

Forty miles from the coast of Britain, where the government was again told this week that without urgent action it risks losing the electric vehicle race, “Battery Valley” is taking shape in northern France.…
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A man walks past an installation for the China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an, in central China's Shaanxi province on May 18th. Photograph: Jade Gao/AFP via Getty
The closing event at the China-Central Asia summit was billed as a “joint meeti…

Morgan Stanley (MS) CEO James Gorman said Friday he plans to step down from his role leading the firm within the next year.
"The specific timing of the CEO transition has not been determined, but it is the board's and my expectation that it…

A faceted brick wall stands in the middle of Venice’s Arsenale, like a sharply creased origami screen, blocking the route of visitors to this year’s Architecture Biennale. As you get closer, it looks like a rubble tapestry, with pieces of crushed brick…

ABOARD THE USS PAUL HAMILTON IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ (AP) — The Mideast-based commanders of the U.S., British and French navies transited the Strait of Hormuz on Friday aboard an American warship, a sign of their unified approach to keep the crucial wa…

ABOARD THE USS PAUL HAMILTON IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ (AP) — The Mideast-based commanders of the U.S.
ABOARD THE USS PAUL HAMILTON IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ (AP) — The Mideast-based commanders of the U.S.,…
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Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies vowed Friday to tighten punishments on Russia for its 15-month invasion of Ukraine, days before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins the Group of Seven summit in person on Sunday.…
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Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) planned $69 billion acquisition of Activision received approval from China's antitrust regulator.
China's State Administration for Market Regulation granted unconditional approval for the deal late in a Phase…

NEW DELHI, May 19 (Reuters) – China said on Friday that it is opposed to a G20 tourism meeting next week in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir in India and will not attend.…
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My top 10 things to watch Friday, May 19 1. Must we accept that there's a bubble in AMD, NVDA, META, MSFT, AMZN and GOOGL. All core tech holdings? Are we being too greedy?…
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Beijing wants to “subordinate and humiliate” the west, according to the Republican chair of a newly created China committee in Congress, who is leading a delegation of hawkish US politicians on a two-day trip to the UK.…
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Fast fashion brand Shein is coming back to India with the backing of the country’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani.
The Narendra Modi government has approved a partnership between Shein and the retail unit of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, according t…

FILE – Kosovo police officers patrol on the bridge dividing southern Albanian and the northern, Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. A new mayor has been sworn in in northern Kosovo after a…

Hungary has stepped up threats to block further EU funds for weapons to aid Ukraine, marring a show of unity from western nations at the G7 summit.
The Hungarian foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, has said his government will block a further €500m from…

Some Hong Kong-based staff with U.S. consultancy Mintz Group have left the city after the firm’s Beijing office was raided by Chinese police in March, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday unveiled a grand plan for Central Asia’s development, from building infrastructure to boosting trade, taking on a new leadership role in a region that has traditionally been a Russian sphere of influence.…
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FILE – Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin attends his meeting with Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov during the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II celebrations in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2023.…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is poised for a first post-invasion trip to the Asia-Pacific, meeting allies at a G7 summit in Hiroshima as the bloc hit Russia's "war machine" with further sanctions.…
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Canada’s spy service sought an electronic and entry warrant to monitor former Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan in the lead-up to the 2021 federal election, but it took several months for then-public safety minister Bill Blair to sign…