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B.C. government announces multi-year boost to subsidize veterinary education
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government says it is permanently doubling the number of subsidized seats for people who want…
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This dissident uses Chinese-owned TikTok to criticize China’s government
Comment on this story Comment Kim Wong, a longtime journalist in Hong Kong who now lives in the Boston area,…
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Business and government together on Balearics tourism circularity
At the auditorium on the ParcBit technology park in Palma on Thursday, there was a conference with the title ‘Opening…
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A US Agency Rejected Face Recognition—and Landed in Big Trouble
In January that year, an Internal Revenue Service contract for online account verification with startup ID.me, which uses selfies and…
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Liberal MP at centre of Chinese government election interference allegations says CSIS has yet to reach out | CBC News
Liberal MP Han Dong says he has yet to receive a call from Canada’s intelligence agency following recent allegations that his…
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US aid worker Jeff Woodke, held hostage six years in Africa, is freed
An American aid worker kidnapped by militants in West Africa in 2016 has been released from captivity, the Biden administration…
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Your Tap Water Is Filthy, but That Could Finally Change
Following years of concern, the US Environmental Protection Agency moved this week to clean up drinking water, announcing the nation’s first…
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Inside a Misfiring Government Data Machine
Last week, WIRED published a series of in-depth, data-driven stories about a problematic algorithm the Dutch city of Rotterdam deployed with…
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Conservative government would launch $44B lawsuit against big pharma: Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if he were to be elected prime minister he would launch a $44-billion lawsuit…
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