Kosovo voted to form a fully-fledged army on Friday, angering neighbouring Serbia and ratcheting up tensions along one of the Balkans’ key fault lines. Kosovo’s parliament gave its approval to converting the country’s current lightly-armed security force, which until now has dealt with civil defence and emergency response, into a 5,000-strong standing army backed…
OTTAWA — A year into its effort to help equip youth for the rapidly evolving workforce, one of the country’s largest banks says enhancing young Canadians’ human skills will be critical in navigating the machine-led disruption that lies ahead. In a new study, the Royal Bank of Canada is calling for a national review of…
It’s all very well Wesley painting an ever-so-exciting picture of Cyberpunk 2077 after seeing nearly an hour of the game at E3 2018, but we – everyone watching from afar – haven’t seen it, have we? I mean we’re not jealous but it’s really unfair. All we’ve seen is the Cyberpunk 2077 reveal trailer which,…
The main opposition bloc to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party dramatically split on New Year’s Day, leaving the centre-Left Zionist Union without its most prominent politician, just four months out from an election. Avi Gabbay, Labour’s leader, announced on Tuesday that the party would run independently, without the smaller Hatnua movement of Tzipi Livni, former…
A seven year-old Indian girl has complained to the police to have her father arrested after he failed to build a toilet in their home as promised, police said on Wednesday. Millions of Indians do not have access to sanitation and open defecation is a problem, even in developed, industrial states. The girl, E Hanifa Zaara, didn’t want to go…
Canadian company Instant Pot is warning its customers that some models of its popular multicooker are prone to overheating and melting. The company says it has received “a small number of reports” that its Gem 65 8-in-1 Multicooker can overheat, causing melting on the underside of the device. The company says it believes only models…
Joseph Kabila, president of Democratic Republic of Congo, said "there is no further reason" to prevent Sunday’s presidential election after two years of delays as protests began to ease following a decision to delay voting in eastern regions hit by Ebola. Mr Kabila blamed the outbreak of the disease for the last-minute decision to keep…
Australia has passed unprecedented legislation that will allow its spies to snoop on encrypted messages on services like Whatsapp, in a world-first that has alarmed privacy advocates and the tech industry. Under the legislation, police and intelligence agencies can force technology firms – including overseas communication giants like Facebook – to remove encrypted protection for people…
The director of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence has demanded that Germany return an artwork that was looted by the Nazis during the Second World War. Eike Schmidt, who is German himself, said Berlin had a moral duty to give back the painting, Vase of Flowers, by the 18th century Dutch artist Jan van Huysum. It…
OTTAWA — The ratio of Canadian household debt relative to income edged down slightly in the fourth quarter of last year, raising speculation that the growth in debt may have turned a corner. Statistics Canada said Thursday household credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income was 170.4 per cent in the fourth…