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The Memorial to the Victims of Communism, which is under construction in Ottawa, has received letters of support from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other political figures. Former PM Stephen Harper and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney have backed the project as well. In addition to receiving an estimated Can$7.5 million …

Downing Street has decided that an inspection of Hancock’s private email account was “neither necessary nor proportionate.” However, the government has acknowledged that Hancock – who resigned last month after being caught on camera smooching with an aide, leading to allegations that he violated his marriage vows, as well as …

Several Big Tech companies, including Facebook and Microsoft, and technology investors like Elon Musk have funded projects exploring the use of brain-computer interface (BCI) devices to map out neural links. US government agencies are also studying the tech’s applications. In a new study published in the APL Bioengineering journal, researchers …

The security spending by the Missouri Democrat was highlighted by several right-wing news outlets this week, after the second-quarter campaign records were published on Tuesday by the Federal Election Commission. More than a third of the Bush campaign’s $197,000 expenses – or $69,120 – went to private security, the filings …

By the time Americans realized that the promised ‘trickle-down’ theory of neoliberal economics was in fact more of a speedy trickle-up, the government had all but destroyed the reputation of unions and the public sector that employed many of them, convincing the average American that these were corrupt and bad. …

Before many seriously thought about Brexit, and before Boris Johnson and the Leave brigade had even dared hope for a referendum on quitting the European Union, the party that went on to cause a political earthquake by winning the 2014 European elections came up with a brilliant campaign billboard that …

The deal to buy Verizon’s media unit, including Yahoo and AOL, was quickly met with mockery after it was announced on Monday. “This is interesting news,” podcast host Mark Eastman said. “Also, they are offloading pet rocks and a disco ball manufacturer.” Indeed, Yahoo and AOL have fallen a long …

One of the largest in the UK, Southampton Port is one of 21 under the jurisdiction of Associated British Ports (ABP). It processes some £40 billion in exports every year – and now it’s set to become the first mainland British port to operate with a private 5G network. Verizon …

However, the US-based agency has warned that a second wave of Covid-19 infections still poses a major risk to the recovery of Asia’s third-largest economy. According to the outlook, herd immunity against Covid-19 is unlikely to be reached before the end of 2022. “India’s near-term prospects have turned more favorable …

A 70-gigabyte trove of data dubbed “Gableaks” includes public posts on the platform, but also “private posts, user profiles, hashed passwords for users, DMs, and plaintext passwords for groups,”according to an entity called DDoSecrets. The information was allegedly stolen by a third party and leaked to the group, which operates …