Belarus closing Canadian embassy as PM Trudeau condemns regime
The Government of the Republic of Belarus has announced it will be closing its embassy in Canada, just as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Belarusian authorities over the forced diversion of a passenger jet to arrest an opposition journalist.
The embassy will be suspending its activity on Sept. 1, 2021, though consular services such as processing visa applications and other documents will be halted as of July 10, authorities announced Tuesday.
The Bill C-10 Effect: Why Canadian Consumers Face a Future of Cancon Surcharges and Blocked Services
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault has frequently claimed that his legislative goal in Bill C-10 is to “get money from web giants”. As last week’s post on a Canadian Heritage departmental memo highlighted, Bill C-10 targets far more than just “web giants” as the bill adopts a far broader regulatory approach that targets podcast apps such as Stitcher and Pocket Casts, audiobook services such as Audible, home workout apps, pornographic sites, sports streaming services such as MLB.TV and DAZN, niche video services such as Britbox, and even broadcaster websites such as the BBC.
Soldier who called on troops to refuse vaccine distribution faces mutiny related charge
It’s believed to be the first time in decades that the Canadian military has laid such a charge.
George Floyd’s daughter, 6, says ‘daddy changed the world’ and his brother Philonise urges Congress to put the policing act ‘on Biden’s desk’ during meeting with Pelosi at the Capitol
Nancy Pelosi told George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter Gianna on Tuesday that her father changed the world as the family met with the House speaker and other lawmakers on the one year anniversary of his death.
‘Gianna said, ‘My daddy will change the world.’ Indeed, her prediction is coming true,’ Pelosi told reporters as she stood along Representative Karen Bass and members of Floyd’s family.
During the meeting at the Capitol, Floyd’s brother Philonise urged Congress to get a police reform bill on President Joe Biden’s desk.
Kim Yo Jong massacre: North Korea panic as despot’s ‘Devil Woman’ sister orders killings
Reports of a massacre carried out by Pyongyang’s “Devil Woman” have trickled out of the isolated regime in recent days. Sources within North Korea have said that Kim Jong-un’s sister has given orders for a purge of government agencies. Two North Korean officials said: “News that they shot to death a high-ranking official in Pyongyang is spreading among officials in Hyesan right now.
Biden Left Out 1 Big Name in His Cybersecurity Order, And It’s Starting to Look Suspicious
Cybercriminals launched a serious attack on the Microsoft Exchange Server in March.
After assessing the breach, the company’s Threat Intelligence Center concluded with “high confidence” the attack had originated in China, from the sophisticated Chinese hacking group Hafnium, according to the Washington Examiner.
This group is said to have ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Outside cybersecurity experts agreed with Microsoft’s findings.
