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Companies Meta Platforms Inc FollowOTTAWA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta (META.O) lift a "reckless" ban on domestic news from its platforms to allow people to share information about wildfires in the west of the country. Meta started blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram platforms for all users in Canada this month in response to a new law requiring internet giants to pay for news articles. Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez earlier said the ban meant people did not have access to crucial information. Canadians can use Facebook and Instagram to access content from official government agencies, emergency services and non-governmental organizations, the spokesperson added. Meta says users do not come to its platform for news and forcing the company to pay for content shared on its platforms is unsustainable for its business.

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☆ Troop deaths, injuries in Ukraine war nearing 500,000 - NYT citing US officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view shows graves of killed Ukrainian defenders, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a cemetery in Poltava, Ukraine May 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dan Peleschuk/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 18 (Reuters) - The number of Ukrainian and Russian troops killed or wounded since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022 is nearing 500,000, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing unnamed U.S. officials. Russia's military casualties are approaching 300,000, including as many as 120,000 deaths and 170,000 to 180,000 injuries, the newspaper reported. The NYT quoted the officials as saying the casualty count had picked up after Ukraine launched a counter-attack earlier this year. There was no immediate response from Ukrainian officials to Reuters requests for comment.

Persons: Dan Peleschuk, Mykhailo Podolyak, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Yulia Latynina, Rami Ayyub, David Ljunggren, Caitlin Webber, Chizu Organizations: REUTERS, New York Times, General Staff, Russian, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Poltava, Moscow, Kyiv, Russia

☆ Canada wildfires: what are the causes and when will it end?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Here are some questions and answers about Canada's wildfires, which have charred millions of hectares and polluted the air in that nation and the U.S.WHAT PARTS OF CANADA HAVE WILDFIRES HIT? Wildfires are common in Canada's western provinces, but this year the eastern provinces of Nova Scotia, Quebec and parts of Ontario have also reeled from out-of-control wildfires. This week, the focus returned to the west, as wildfires burned about 16 km (10 miles) northwest of Yellowknife, the capital of the vast, sparsely populated Northwest Territories. As of Wednesday, there were 1,054 active wildfires in Canada, including 230 in the Northwest Territories and 669 deemed out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center. Widespread spring fires across the whole of Canada are also unusual, and research shows fire seasons across North America are getting longer.

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[1/4] Vehicles leave Yellowknife on the only highway in or out of the city after a state of emergency was declared due to the proximity of a wildfire, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada August 16, 2023. REUTERS/Pat Kane Acquire Licensing RightsAug 17 (Reuters) - Canadian fire crews battled early on Thursday to prevent wildfires from reaching the northern city of Yellowknife, where all 20,000 residents are leaving after an evacuation order was declared. Water bombers flew low over Yellowknife as thick smoke blanketed the capital of the vast and sparsely populated Northwest Territories. This is Canada's worst-ever wildfire season with more than 1,000 active fires burning across the country, including 265 in the Northwest Territories. The deadline for residents to leave Yellowknife is noon local time on Friday (1800 GMT).

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Companies City of Yellowknife FollowYELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Canadian officials ordered the evacuation of the Northwest Territories' capital of Yellowknife and several smaller communities on Wednesday as a massive wildfire threatened the town of Hay River overnight. Canada is enduring its worst wildfire season with more than 1,000 active fires burning across the country, including 230 in the Northwest Territories. The Northwest Territories declared a state of emergency late Tuesday and the Canadian military has been mobilized to help tackle the blazes and airlift some residents to safety. Cochrane spoke to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the wildfire situation on Wednesday afternoon. Blazes have engulfed parts of nearly all 13 Canadian provinces and territories this year, forcing home evacuations, disrupting oil and gas production and drawing in federal as well as international firefighting resources.

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☆ US says two Pinterest directors resign from Nextdoor board of directors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 16 (Reuters) - Two Pinterest (PINS.N) directors have resigned from Nextdoor's (KIND.N) board of directors in response to U.S. Justice Department efforts to stop directors from holding similar board positions at rival companies, the department said on Wednesday. "Two directors who served on the boards of both Nextdoor and Pinterest resigned from the board of Nextdoor effective Aug. 1, without the directors or either company admitting liability," the department said in a statement. Nextdoor said in a filing to the government in late July that Leslie Kilgore and Andrea Wishom had decided to step down from Nextdoor's board. Both Kilgore and Wishom are on the Pinterest board of directors, according to that company's website. Neither Pinterest nor Nextdoor immediately responded to a request for comment.

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☆ White House says China's economic data has had transparency issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

An employee works on the production line at Jingjin filter press factory in Dezhou, Shandong province, China August 25, 2022. REUTERS/Siyi Liu/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 16 (Reuters) - The White House, pressed on Wednesday about recent Chinese growth, said there were issues with the transparency of economic data issued by Beijing. "We have all seen the reports of the economic weakness in China ... and as we've said many times before, there have also been transparency issues as we know, when it comes to (China) and on the economic data, specifically," spokeswomen Karine Jean-Pierre told a briefing. Reporting by Rami Ayyub, writing by David Ljunggren, editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Companies City of Yellowknife FollowYELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A huge wildfire in northern Canada is creeping closer to the capital of the Northwest Territories and could reach the outskirts of Yellowknife by the weekend unless rain comes, the territorial government said on Wednesday. Canada is enduring its worst-ever wildfire season with more than 1,000 active fires burning across the country, including 230 in the Northwest Territories. Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane said some Yellowknife residents were preemptively leaving the city but urged people to remain calm and warned that highways could close suddenly because of the fire risk. The Northwest Territories declared a state of emergency late Tuesday and the Canadian military has been mobilized to help tackle the blazes and airlift some residents to safety. Cochrane spoke to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the wildfire situation on Wednesday afternoon.

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Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File PhotoAug 15 (Reuters) - Christopher Clark, the senior lawyer representing Hunter Biden, is seeking to withdraw from the case involving the U.S. president's son on the grounds he might be called to testify, according to a court filing on Tuesday. The case is being heard in the U.S. state of Delaware, where Biden is represented by the Berger Harris law firm. "It is inadvisable for Mr. Clark to continue as counsel in this case," continued the joint filing from Berger Harris and Clark Smith Villazor, Clark's firm. In the filing, the two said Clark's withdrawal would not cause Biden substantial hardship since other firms involved in the case would continue to represent him.

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People walk to a Royal Canadian Air Force transport plane while being evacuated from an approaching wildfire in Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada August 14, 2023. “We are working closely with the Government of the Northwest Territories to ensure communities have the support they need," Canadian federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said in a statement. Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories and sits 450 km (280 miles) south of the Arctic Circle. Over the weekend, residents of most communities in the South Slave region of the Northwest Territories, situated along the Alberta border, were ordered to evacuate. Northwest Territories has so far had 265 wildfires this year, much higher than its 10-year annual average of 185.

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KAHULUI, Hawaii, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Hawaii Governor Josh Green on Sunday called a part of the island of Maui that was devastated by wildfires a "war zone," as the death toll reached 93 and was expected to keep climbing. "We're at 93 (victims) now ... it's a war zone, but the help is incredible." The death toll made the blaze Hawaii's worst natural disaster, surpassing a tsunami that killed 61 people in 1960, a year after Hawaii became a U.S. state. [1/2]The shells of burned houses and buildings are left after wildfires driven by high winds burned across most of the town in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, U.S. August 11, 2023. Reuters Graphics'TOO GRIM'Authorities began allowing residents back into west Maui on Friday, although the fire zone in Lahaina remained barricaded.

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☆ Trump swoops into Iowa Fair to scramble DeSantis' effort to reboot campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. August 12, 2023. DeSantis is making a high-risk bet that he can halt Trump's march to the Republican presidential nomination by winning Iowa. We'll take the consequences and let the chips fall where they may," he said in an interview with Iowa's Republican Governor Kim Reynolds at the fair. According to that Aug. 3 poll, Trump also leads DeSantis by 34 points, 47% to 13%. Trump turned down her invitation, angered by her public neutrality in the primary race and her appearance with DeSantis at several of his Iowa events.

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☆ Hunter Biden could face trial, newly named US special counsel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The filing came moments after U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland elevated Weiss to special counsel status, giving him additional authority and independence to pursue the investigation. As a special counsel, Weiss will be free from day-to-day supervision from the Justice Department and file charges anywhere in the United States. Hunter Biden has worked as a lobbyist, lawyer, consultant and investment banker and has said he has struggled with alcoholism and crack cocaine use. "If Weiss negotiated the sweetheart deal that couldn’t get approved, how can he be trusted as a Special Counsel?" Hunter Biden has been a focus of several Republican congressional committees.

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Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith's office asked a judge in a court filing on Thursday to start the trial on Jan. 2 in part due to the public's interest in a speedy trial. Prosecutors also predicted it will take about four to six weeks to put forward the bulk of their case against Trump at trial. A January trial would have Trump on trial three times in the first half of 2024. Trump also faces a May trial from Smith in southern Florida over the retention of classified documents after leaving office.

Persons: Donald Trump, Lindsay DeDario, Donald Trump's, Democrat Joe Biden, Trump, Jack Smith's, Prosecutors, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan, Smith, Jacqueline Thomsen, Jasper Ward, David Ljunggren, Scott Malone, Deepa Babington Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Democrat, Trump, Thomson Locations: Erie , Pennsylvania, U.S, Washington, New York, Florida

☆ US Senator Feinstein back home after fall, brief hospitalization
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) attends a Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting to vote on legislation and pending nominations before the committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 11, 2023. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, was briefly hospitalized following a minor fall in her San Francisco home, her office said on Wednesday, the latest incident involving a key member of the committee that approves federal judges. "All of her scans were clear and she returned home," after a brief Tuesday night hospitalization, Feinstein's office said in a statement. Feinstein is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee that plays a critical role in confirming presidential appointments of federal judges. First elected to the Senate in 1992, Feinstein has said she will not seek re-election in 2024.

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Conservative Party Leadership candidate Michael Chong, addresses crowd at the Conservative Party of Canada's final televised debate in Toronto, Ontario, April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill/File PhotoAug 9 (Reuters) - Canada said on Wednesday that an opposition Canadian legislator with family in Hong Kong had been targeted in an online disinformation operation and said China most likely played a role. In a statement, the Canadian foreign ministry said the target was Michael Chong, a member of the opposition Conservative party, a frequent critic of China who has drawn Beijing's ire. "While China's role in the information operation is highly probable, unequivocal proof that China ordered and directed the operation is not possible to determine," the statement said. The Globe and Mail newspaper, citing an intelligence report, said in May that China sought information about Chong and his family in China in a likely effort to "make an example" of him.

Persons: Michael Chong, Fred Thornhill, Chong, Kanishka Singh, David Ljunggren, Mark Porter, Matthew Lewis, Andy Sullivan, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Conservative, Conservative Party, REUTERS, Ottawa, Beijing, Globe, Mail, Canadian, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Hong Kong, China, Canada's, Beijing, Washington, Ottawa

☆ Former US Vice President Pence has qualified for Republican debate -team
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. Vice President and Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Day Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File PhotoAug 8 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has qualified for the first Republican debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, his campaign team said on Tuesday. The Pence campaign said it told Fox News - which is hosting the debate - on Monday that it had met the target. "Mike Pence made quick and easy work of the donor threshold and he's looking forward to a substantive debate," spokesman Devin O'Malley said in a statement. "Hopefully, former President Trump has the courage to show up."

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"It's probably going to be a rough July and a rough summer," she said in a phone interview. Canada's trade deficit with countries other than the United States, its biggest trading partner, widened to an all-time high as month-over-month exports declined 5.5%, while imports were down marginally. The overall trade deficit matched the C$3.73 billion shortfall in October 2020. The Canadian dollar traded slightly higher at C$1.3477 to the U.S. dollar, or 74.20 U.S. cents, up from C$1.3498 to the U.S. dollar, or 74.09 U.S. cents. By volume, imports were up 0.9%.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Statscan, Meena Aier, It's, Olivia Cross, Cross, Ismail Shakil, David Ljunggren, Bernadette Baum, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Port, REUTERS, OTTAWA, Statistics, Export Development, Capital Economics, Canadian, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Port of Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, Statistics Canada, United States, of Nova Scotia, Ottawa

☆ Western Canada dock workers vote to accept contract offer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo/File PhotoAug 4 (Reuters) - Dock workers in Western Canada voted to accept an improved labor contract after a month-long dispute that affected trade and disrupted operations at the country's busiest ports, their union said on Friday. The vote was 74.66% in favor of the terms of the settlement, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) said in a statement. The union provisionally agreed to a new contract on Sunday, averting an immediate strike, but the agreement needed to be approved by workers. The government had directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board to resolve the dispute after workers rejected a previous contract. Ottawa was seeking to keep two of Canada's three busiest ports - Vancouver and Prince Rupert - open.

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☆ Canada dock workers vote to accept contract offer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo/File PhotoAug 4 (Reuters) - Dock workers in Western Canada voted to accept an improved labor contract after a month-long dispute that affected trade and disrupted operations at the country's busiest ports, their union said on Friday. The vote was 74.66% in favor of the terms of the settlement, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) said in a statement. The government had directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board to resolve the dispute after workers rejected a previous contract. Ottawa was seeking to keep two of Canada's three busiest ports - Vancouver and Prince Rupert - open. The union provisionally agreed to a new contract on Sunday, averting an immediate strike, but the agreement needed to be approved by workers.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Prince Rupert, David Ljunggren, Gursimran Kaur, Simon Cameron, Moore, William Mallard Organizations: Port, Warehouse Union, REUTERS, Canada Industrial Relations Board, Ottawa, British Columbia Maritime Employers Association, Thomson Locations: Vancouver, Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, Western Canada, British, Bengaluru

☆ Canada unexpectedly sheds jobs in July, central bank seen pausing hikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Ismail Shakil | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Money markets see a 28% chance of a rate hike in September, down slightly from 32% before the data. Money markets see a 60% chance of another rate hike by the end of the year, down from 80% before the data. "I think their (the Bank's) conclusion from this would be that it's probably not a bad idea to pause on the rate hike front," he said by phone. While headline figures indicated some slowness, the average hourly wage for permanent employees - a figure the Bank of Canada watches closely - rose 5.0% from July 2022. "The softer labor market data support our view that the Bank is unlikely to follow through with current market pricing by raising rates further," he said.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Doug Porter, Royce Mendes, Stephen Brown, Statscan, David Ljunggren, Dale Smith, Fergal Smith, Jonathan Oatis, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, OTTAWA, Bank of Canada, Reuters, Statistics, The, BMO Capital Markets, U.S ., Desjardins, North, Capital Economics, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Canadian, Statistics Canada, North America, Ottawa, Toronto

[1/2] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill during U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 24, 2023. On Wednesday, Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau unexpectedly announced their separation, likely marking the end of their 18-year-long high profile marriage. "He's running again," said a source close to Trudeau, when asked whether the news of the separation might be prompting second thoughts. Trudeau's father, former Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau, also separated from his wife Margaret - known popularly as Maggie - when in office. Graves said the news of Trudeau's separation was unlikely to have "much if any discernible impact on the voter landscape”.

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☆ Canada PM Trudeau says he and his wife Sophie are separating
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Trudeau walk outside Westminster Abbey ahead of Britain's King Charles' coronation ceremony, in London, Britain May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File PhotoOTTAWA, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday that he and his wife Sophie were separating. He made the announcement in an Instagram post. Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; Editing by David LjunggrenOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Sophie Trudeau, Britain's King Charles, Lisi Niesner, Sophie, Ismail Shakil, David Ljunggren Organizations: Canada's, REUTERS, OTTAWA, Canadian, Thomson Locations: Westminster, Britain's, London, Britain, Ottawa

OTTAWA, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie said on Wednesday they were separating in an unexpected announcement that appeared to mark the end of the couple's 18-year high-profile marriage. Trudeau, 51, and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, 48, were married in May 2005 and have three children, aged 15, 14 and nine. His father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, separated from his wife, Margaret, in 1977, when he was in office. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau arrive before a dinner, during the ninth Summit of the Americas, in Malibu, near Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 9, 2022. In recent years, Gregoire Trudeau has curtailed joint appearances with her husband and signs of stress were clear.

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☆ Meta starts process to end news access in Canada over law on paying publishers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Morning commute traffic streams past the Meta sign outside the headquarters of Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc in Mountain View, California, U.S. November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Peter DaSilva/File PhotoAug 1 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O) has begun the process to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada, it said on Tuesday, in response to a legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers. The Online News Act, passed by the Canadian parliament, would force platforms like Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) and Meta to negotiate commercial deals with Canadian news publishers for their content. Canada's legislation is similar to a ground-breaking law that Australia passed in 2021 and had triggered threats from Google and Facebook to curtail their services. But on the Canadian law, Google has argued that it is broader than those enacted in Australia and Europe as it puts a price on news story links displayed in search results and can apply to outlets that do not produce news.

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