Global National

Global National: Feb. 23


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Fears are growing China could supply Russia with weapons to bolster its faltering invasion of Ukraine, as Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to unveil his own “peace plan,” signalling his government's stance on the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's plea to meet with Xi, and NATO's warning to Beijing. The horrific death toll from a year of Russia's war has sadly made funerals and burials a daily ritual, testing the strength and resilience of the Ukrainian people. Jeff Semple reports from Lviv with the story of one of the many soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice, and the grief of loved ones left behind. A record number of people died from police-related incidents in Canada in 2022, according to researchers from the Tracking (In)Justice data and transparency project. The study also found persistent racial disparities. How calls for policing reform were amplified following the May 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, but in Canada, the situation only worsened. Plus, Google is blocking content from certain news sites for some Canadians, in what the tech titan calls a “test run” of its response to Bill C-18, also known as the Online News Act. The reaction to Google's move, how much money is at stake, and how long the test could last.
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