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Inside China’s probe of Meta’s ‘conspiratorial’ $2bn Manus deal
Financial Times: Chinese regulators have since mobilised across multiple agencies to review the transaction, drawing in bodies including…
April 16, 2026
Public health veteran is Trump’s pick to lead CDC as administration shifts tone on vaccines
CNN: Dr. Erica Schwartz’s nomination to lead the embattled agency came just hours after US Health and Human…
April 16, 2026
Data centre delays threaten to choke AI expansion
Financial Times: The bottlenecks are emerging as a key constraint on how quickly companies can turn vast spending…
April 16, 2026
Latest AI models could threaten world banking system, financial officials warn
Financial Times: Senior international financial officials have warned the latest AI models from US tech companies could threaten…
April 16, 2026
Era of solo unicorn is near
Bloomberg: Thanks to AI hype, a billion-dollar startup with one person on the payroll could quickly go from…
April 16, 2026
Acting ICE chief Todd Lyons resigns, a year into Trump’s deportation campaign
Washington Post: “This was not an easy decision, but I believe it is the right one for me…
April 16, 2026
Sam Altman’s side hustles blur line between OpenAI’s interests and his own
Wall Street Journal: Ahead of a planned IPO, Altman’s personal investments remain opaque, making it hard to spot…
April 16, 2026
Alberta’s governing UCP to revisit proposed riding changes before next election
Global: The UCP appointees recommended creating more than a dozen merged urban and rural ridings. They defended it…
April 16, 2026
White House moves to give US agencies Anthropic Mythos access
Bloomberg: The US government is preparing to make a version of Anthropic PBC’s powerful new artificial intelligence model…
April 16, 2026
Canadian manufacturers slammed by changes to U.S. metal tariffs
The Globe and Mail: The U.S. began applying a 25-per-cent tariff on the entire value of imported “derivative”…
April 16, 2026
Former British ambassador to US Peter Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision
The Guardian: Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting clearance but the decision was overruled by the Foreign Office…
April 16, 2026
Poilievre blasts Carney, Liberal economic record in Canadian Club speech
The Canadian Press: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a new Liberal majority government means Prime Minister Mark Carney…
April 16, 2026
Gordie Howe bridge opening date being ‘quietly’ negotiated to avoid angering Trump
CTV: The opening date of the new bridge linking Canada and the U.S. is being quietly negotiated to…
April 16, 2026
Liberal MPs throw support behind ex-minister Navdeep Bains’s potential run as Ontario Liberal Leader
The Globe and Mail: Several federal and provincial Liberals told The Globe and Mail that they are encouraging…
April 16, 2026
Audit warns military procurement faces ‘persistent’ hurdles
The Canadian Press: An internal federal government audit delivered late last year warned that the work of buying…
April 16, 2026
Privacy Commissioner says stronger data laws needed as Canada readies for Chinese EVs
The Canadian Press: Dufresne’s comments come after Canada reached a deal with China to dramatically lower tariffs on…
April 16, 2026
Conservatives say Champagne avoiding committee study into Alto rail connection
The Canadian Press: Champagne’s partner, Anne-Marie Gaudet, is a vice-president of environment at Alto, the Crown corporation responsible…
April 16, 2026
Canada’s Champagne to discuss Anthropic at meeting with Bessent
Bloomberg: Canada’s finance minister plans to discuss Anthropic PBC’s Mythos model with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The…
April 16, 2026
Bill ‘against foreign interference’ announced by Macron, one year before presidential election
Le Monde: These instances of interference “have sometimes affected you ,” he told the newly elected municipal officials…
April 16, 2026
Trump signs several pipeline permits to facilitate Canada-U.S. oil transport
Global: Documents released by the White House include a permit allowing the Bakken Pipeline Company to “construct, connect,…
April 16, 2026