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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the World Law Congress at the United Nations, Friday, July 21, 2023. Trudeau returns to the UN on Tuesday for two days of meetings with world leaders, environmental crusaders and civil-society luminaries at a time when urgent climate priorities and geopolitical uncertainty are likely to dominate the agenda.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Wildfires and floods bring nations together for ‘a serious moment’

Widespread impact of climate change along with ongoing military conflict gives world leaders pause

 

In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, center, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, foreground right, arrive to inspect Russian warplanes at the Vladivostok International airport in Vladivostok, Russian Far East Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his way home after trip to Russia

Talks believed to be centred around possible weapons transfer

 

A Ukrainian soldier passes by a burning house after the Russian shelling close to the front line in Seversk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Libkos

CSIS disinformation campaign leans on Soviet imagery

Campaign appeared as an attempt not just to educate but invoke fear, say political science professor

 

A new federal report predicts Russian intelligence services and police will help cybercriminals operate with “near impunity” against their targets — including Canadians — in coming months. A woman uses her computer keyboard to type in North Vancouver, B.C., on Dec. 19, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Moscow helping cybercriminals operate with ‘near impunity’: federal report

Canadian Cyber Centre warns country likely to operate as a cybercrime safe haven

A new federal report predicts Russian intelligence services and police will help cybercriminals operate with “near impunity” against their targets — including Canadians — in coming months. A woman uses her computer keyboard to type in North Vancouver, B.C., on Dec. 19, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
A Russian serviceman inspects a part of a crashed private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, reportedly died when a private jet he was said to be on crashed on Aug. 23, 2023, killing all 10 people on board. (AP Photo)

Kremlin denies role in plane crash believed to have killed Prigozhin

The Russian mercenary leader conducted a brief mutiny 2 months ago

A Russian serviceman inspects a part of a crashed private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, reportedly died when a private jet he was said to be on crashed on Aug. 23, 2023, killing all 10 people on board. (AP Photo)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, left, and Ukrainian ambassador to Canada Yuliya Kovaliv take part in an event to mark Ukraine Independence Day in Ottawa on Thursday, August 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Ukraine getting Canada’s help in selling peace plan to skeptical states

Ottawa gearing up for a diplomatic push to get world to endorse Kyiv’s vision of an end to the war

Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, left, and Ukrainian ambassador to Canada Yuliya Kovaliv take part in an event to mark Ukraine Independence Day in Ottawa on Thursday, August 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Members of the media watch Russia's President Vladimir Putin address via videolink the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Iran, Saudi Arabia to join China and Russia in the BRICS economic bloc

6 nations invited to join in move that could double membership

Members of the media watch Russia's President Vladimir Putin address via videolink the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
A Russian serviceman guards a road near a private jet crash, near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, Russia, early Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Officials say a private jet has crashed over Russia, killing all 10 people on board. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, and Russia’s civil aviation agency says he was on board. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Mercenary chief presumed dead in plane crash seen as Putin breaks silence

Unclear why Prigozhin and several high-ranking members of Wagner were on the same flight

A Russian serviceman guards a road near a private jet crash, near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, Russia, early Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Officials say a private jet has crashed over Russia, killing all 10 people on board. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, and Russia’s civil aviation agency says he was on board. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
FILE - Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin is shown prior to a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on July 4, 2017. A business jet en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed Wednesday Aug. 23, 2023, killing all ten people on board, Russian emergency officials said. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, officials said, but it wasn’t immediately clear if he was on board. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool via AP, File)

Officials say a jet crash in Russia kills 10 and Wagner chief was on passenger list

Not clear at this point whether Prigozhin was on board

FILE - Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin is shown prior to a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on July 4, 2017. A business jet en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed Wednesday Aug. 23, 2023, killing all ten people on board, Russian emergency officials said. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, officials said, but it wasn’t immediately clear if he was on board. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool via AP, File)
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a plenary session of the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin promises no-cost Russian grain shipments to 6 African countries

Putin spoke at the opening session of a two-day Russia-Africa summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a plenary session of the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
A view of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant and the Dnipro river on the other side of Nikopol, Ukraine are shown on August 22, 2022. Canada is dusting off and updating emergency protocols to deal with fallout from a possible tactical nuclear exchange in Europe or the spread of radiation across the ocean from a Ukrainian power plant explosion. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Evgeniy Maloletka

Nuclear threat from Ukraine war prompts Ottawa to update catastrophe plans

Feds updating a highly secret plan to ensure it can continue to function in a severe crisis

A view of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant and the Dnipro river on the other side of Nikopol, Ukraine are shown on August 22, 2022. Canada is dusting off and updating emergency protocols to deal with fallout from a possible tactical nuclear exchange in Europe or the spread of radiation across the ocean from a Ukrainian power plant explosion. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Evgeniy Maloletka
In this photo taken from video released by Belarusian Defense Ministry via VoenTV on Friday, July 14, 2023, Belarusian soldiers attend a training by mercenary fighters from Wagner private military company near Tsel village, about 90 kilometers (about 55 miles) southeast of Minsk, Belarus. Mercenary fighters from the Wagner private military company are training Belarusian soldiers in Belarus, the country’s Defense Ministry said Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he offered the Wagner private military company the option of continuing to serve as a single unit under their same commander. (Belarusian Defense Ministry via VoenTV via AP)

Wagner mercenaries entering Belarus as Minsk announces ‘road map’ for joint military drills

Belaruski Hajun said at least 60 trucks, buses and other large vehicles crossed into the eastern European country

In this photo taken from video released by Belarusian Defense Ministry via VoenTV on Friday, July 14, 2023, Belarusian soldiers attend a training by mercenary fighters from Wagner private military company near Tsel village, about 90 kilometers (about 55 miles) southeast of Minsk, Belarus. Mercenary fighters from the Wagner private military company are training Belarusian soldiers in Belarus, the country’s Defense Ministry said Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he offered the Wagner private military company the option of continuing to serve as a single unit under their same commander. (Belarusian Defense Ministry via VoenTV via AP)
FILE - Workers load grain at a grain port in Izmail, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, File)

Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security

Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal…

FILE - Workers load grain at a grain port in Izmail, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, File)
In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP)

Russian mutiny leader Prigozhin in Belarus, country’s president says

Russia: criminal investigation closed without charges against Wagner leader or his troops

In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits in the ON Power Plant and the Geothermal Plant Exhibition and Carbfix in Hellisheidavirkjun, Iceland, Monday, June 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Trudeau warns against ‘too much speculation’ on how Russia’s revolt affects Ukraine

‘Too much speculation right now I think could probably be extremely counterproductive’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits in the ON Power Plant and the Geothermal Plant Exhibition and Carbfix in Hellisheidavirkjun, Iceland, Monday, June 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, right, sits inside a military vehicle posing for a selfie photo with a local civilian on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area of the headquarters of the Southern Military District. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Prigozhin’s troops who joined him in the uprising will not face prosecution and those who did not will be offered contracts by the Defense Ministry. After the deal was reached Saturday, Prigozhin ordered his troops to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to field camps in Ukraine, where they have been fighting alongside Russian troops. (AP Photo)

Russia tries to project order after mercenary revolt as uncertainty swirls

Moscow’s mayor announced end to the ‘counterterrorism regime’ imposed on the capital Saturday

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, right, sits inside a military vehicle posing for a selfie photo with a local civilian on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area of the headquarters of the Southern Military District. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Prigozhin’s troops who joined him in the uprising will not face prosecution and those who did not will be offered contracts by the Defense Ministry. After the deal was reached Saturday, Prigozhin ordered his troops to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to field camps in Ukraine, where they have been fighting alongside Russian troops. (AP Photo)
FILE - In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine. Prigozhin’s criticism of the top military brass is in stark contrast with more than two decades of rigidly controlled rule by President Vladimir Putin without any sign of infighting among his top lieutenants. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Wagner chief says he ordered his Russian mercenaries to halt march on Moscow

The announcement from Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared to defuse a growing crisis

FILE - In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine. Prigozhin’s criticism of the top military brass is in stark contrast with more than two decades of rigidly controlled rule by President Vladimir Putin without any sign of infighting among his top lieutenants. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)
FILE - Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, on April 8, 2023. On Friday, June 23, Prigozhin made his most direct challenge to the Kremlin yet, calling for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defense minister. The security services reacted immediately by calling for his arrest. (AP Photo/File)

Mercenary chief urging uprising against Russia’s generals has long ties to Putin

Yevgeny Prigozhin also owns the Wagner Group, a Kremlin-allied mercenary force

FILE - Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, on April 8, 2023. On Friday, June 23, Prigozhin made his most direct challenge to the Kremlin yet, calling for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defense minister. The security services reacted immediately by calling for his arrest. (AP Photo/File)
Jen Easterly, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, speaks on Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. Metro Vancouver Transit Police say the agency was targeted by hackers who accessed almost 200 of its files, as part of a global wave of attacks that U.S. officials have blamed on a Russian cyber-extortion gang. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Patrick Semansky

Metro Vancouver Transit Police files hacked in raid linked to Russian extortion gang

Other agencies targeted in Louisiana, Oregon, Nova Scotia and the UK

Jen Easterly, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, speaks on Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. Metro Vancouver Transit Police say the agency was targeted by hackers who accessed almost 200 of its files, as part of a global wave of attacks that U.S. officials have blamed on a Russian cyber-extortion gang. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Patrick Semansky
Ukrainian soldiers fire at the Russian air target on the frontline near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, June 5, 2023. (Iryna Rybakova via AP)

Collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine triggers emergency as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame

The environmental and social consequences quickly became clear

Ukrainian soldiers fire at the Russian air target on the frontline near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, June 5, 2023. (Iryna Rybakova via AP)