Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for a review of foreign interference in his country’s elections and will appoint an independent special investigator to probe alleged Chinese meddling in Canada’s polls. Trudeau has come under pressure to act amid Canadian media reports, citing anonymous intelligence sources, that detail alleged schemes run by China to influence Canada’s elections in 2021 and 2019. The Globe and Mail newspaper reported last month that China preferred to see Trudeau’s Liberals reelected in the 2021 election and had worked to defeat Conservative politicians considered unfriendly to Beijing. Opposition parties have demanded a full public…
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A news outlet reported that jewels worth more than $3m were discovered in the backpack of a former aide in October 2021.The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has ordered a police investigation into allegations that government staff under his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, tried to bring millions of dollars worth of jewellery into the country. Justice Minister Flávio Dino announced the probe on Monday, calling on police to explore whether Bolsonaro’s staff tried to cross the border “without complying with legal procedures” for government gifts or high-value items. The announcement follows a report in the O Estado…
Authorities in the United States have charged 23 people with “domestic terrorism” following the latest round of arrests in a months-long movement against the construction of a sprawling police training facility in a forest in Atlanta, Georgia. Protest groups have pushed back on the police characterisation of events that led to the arrest of 35 people late Sunday, which came as demonstrators held a festival near the site of the proposed complex — dubbed “Cop City” by opponents, who have sought to end the project since 2021. In a statement, the Defend the Atlanta Forest coalition said about 1,000 people…
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy will undergo surgery Friday after swelling in his injured throwing elbow subsided, a person familiar with the plans told The Associated Press. The operation will be done in the Dallas area by Dr. Keith Meister, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Monday because the team didn’t announce the plans. Purdy was originally scheduled to have surgery on Feb. 22, but Meister delayed it because there was too much swelling in the right elbow. Meister met again with Purdy last week and cleared…
More than a year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war appears to have reached a deadlock. Since the liberation of Kherson by Ukrainian forces last November, both sides have been engaged in positional warfare with only minor changes in territorial control. The widely expected Russian winter offensive barely moved the front line and failed to seize long-contested towns in the Donbas region, such as Avdiivka, Mariinka, Bakhmut and Vuhledar. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian army used heavily fortified positions and Western-supplied arms to successfully repel Russian armoured assaults. Even if Russian forces ultimately seize the largely destroyed Bakhmut, the heavily…
Jens Scheuer has left his position as Brighton Women head coach by mutual consent after just six games in charge.Former Bayern Munich coach Scheuer had only been in the role since late December when he was appointed as Hope Powell’s successor. But after failing to win any of his three Women’s Super League games in charge, Brighton sit second-bottom in the table, just two points above Leicester City.Amy Merricks, supported by Perry Northeast, will take interim charge of the Women’s Super League match at Chelsea on Wednesday evening, the club said. Scheuer’s six game in charge FA Cup: Brighton 5-0 Coventry United (Feb…
The Toronto Maple Leafs recalled forwards Pontus Holmberg and Alex Steeves from the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League on Monday. Goaltender Joseph Woll was also loaned to the Marlies, the club announced. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Holmberg made his NHL debut this season and has five goals and 13 points in 36 previous games with the Maple Leafs. He also has five goals and 11 points in 22 games with the Marlies. Steeves, who has made two appearances with the Maple Leafs this season, has 17 goals and 44 points in 53 games with the…
Ukrainian military leaders are determined to hold onto Bakhmut, Kyiv officials said on Monday, even as Russian forces continued to encroach on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city that they have sought to capture for months at the cost of thousands of lives. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office said he chaired a meeting with military officials during which the country’s top brass advocated strengthening Ukrainian positions there. Intense Russian shelling targeted the Donetsk region city and nearby villages as Moscow deployed more resources there in an apparent bid to finish off Bakhmut’s resistance, according to local officials. “Civilians are fleeing the…
A pitch invader who collided with the Liverpool players celebrating their seventh goal against Manchester United has been arrested.As the players celebrated the final goal of Sunday’s 7-0 drubbing of their rivals, the fan ran onto the pitch and slipped, colliding with Andrew Robertson who went down clutching his ankle, although the Scot finished the match.A 16-year-old boy from Winsford has now been arrested on suspicion of encroaching onto a football pitch. He is scheduled to voluntarily attend a police station in Merseyside regarding this incident.Liverpool have said the boy will be banned from Anfield for life.”There is no excuse…
Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk dedicated her first WTA Tour title to “all the people who are fighting and dying” after beating Russia’s Varvara Gracheva at the ATX Open in Texas.Kostyuk overcame Gracheva 6-3 7-5 in her maiden final and did not shake her opponent’s hand afterwards.The 20-year-old has been outspoken about the decision to allow Russian and Belarusian players to continue competing following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, saying players from those two countries should be banned unless they publicly denounce the war.Kostyuk previously refused to shake Belarusian Victoria Azarenka’s hand at the US Open last September, saying it…