On the Middle East, public trust and the meaning of impartiality
We use this editor’s blog to explain our journalism and what’s happening at CBC News. You can find more blogs here. Last week, I received two emails from two different …
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U.S. attorney general slams Republican conspiracy theories in Trump criminal cases
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland took aim on Tuesday at Donald Trump’s Republican allies, accusing them in congressional testimony of peddling false narratives that endanger law enforcement and undermine the Justice …
He died at just 35 in 1947. Now Josh Gibson is baseball’s batting average champ
Josh Gibson, who died just three months before the league’s colour barrier was broken, is now the holder of multiple Major League Baseball records as the result of a three-year …
U.S. suing Ticketmaster owner Live Nation
The U.S. Justice Department and a group of 30 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday sued to break up Live Nation, arguing the big concert promoter and its Ticketmaster …
Canada’s foreign student push ‘mismatched’ job market, data show
Canada’s recruitment of international students has tilted strongly toward filling spots in business programs, while doing little to meet the demand for workers in health care and the skilled trades, …
U.S. lawmakers are taking aim at private equity in health care. Here’s what is happening in Canada
In the U.S., the growing role of private equity firms in health care is coming under heightened scrutiny, with Senate committee hearings and a cross-government public inquiry launched earlier this …
Elon Musk’s X, Australia government clash over order to take down church stabbing video
Elon Musk lashed out at Australia’s prime minister on Tuesday after a court ordered his social media company X to take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack in Sydney, …
Israel still hasn’t provided evidence to back up claims UNRWA staff linked to Gaza militants, panel says
A review of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has found that it has “robust” frameworks to ensure compliance with humanitarian neutrality principles, though issues persist, in a report which …
Calgary halal grocers and wholesaler shut down by Alberta Health Services over sales of uninspected meat
Investigators with Alberta Health Services served closure orders on four halal grocery stores in Calgary on Friday, and another on a Calgary halal warehouse and distribution centre. The outlets are …
Video appearing to show MLB coach inside cockpit of Toronto-bound flight prompts probe
Federal transportation officials in the United States are investigating an unauthorized in-flight cockpit visit by a coach for the Colorado Rockies baseball team during a United Airlines charter flight last …