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President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet Thursday for two days of discussions on a range of topics, but both men face Chinese-manufactured crises at home that they may be keen to escape. “Justin Trudeau had been claiming for months that he had not been briefed …

Britain’s health regulator said on Tuesday it would introduce new measures for faster and easier approval and execution of clinical trials in the country. The move comes months after an industry report showed that the number of annual clinical trials started in Britain dropped by 41% between 2017 and 2021, …

A prominent German environmental group said Wednesday that it’s suing Facebook’s parent company Meta over persistent death threats posted on the social network against its staff. Environmental Action Germany, known by its German acronym DUH, says Meta has failed to take steps to stop the threats of violence regularly directed …

Two anti-government activists in Cambodia were charged in court Wednesday with insulting the king and incitement to commit a felony for comments they made on social media about Prime Minister Hun Sen and King Norodom Sihamoni. Yim Sinorn and Hun Kosal, both associated with the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, …

Thai police announced Wednesday they have busted a gang that operated call centers to deceive elderly U.S. citizens into wiring them money, netting more than $87 million. Police said they had arrested 21 people in the syndicate after simultaneously raiding nine locations across four Thai provinces on Tuesday, seizing 162 …

German authorities have arrested a Syrian man accused of belonging to a unit of the Islamic State group in his homeland that kidnapped and killed opponents, prosecutors said Wednesday. The man, identified only as Asmael K. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested in the western city of Essen …

Israeli officials have warned the Biden administration that Iran is enriching uranium to a dangerous level and could trigger an Israeli military strike. A senior Israeli official told Axios that Israel is monitoring Iran’s nuclear program and may take action if it enriches uranium above the 60% level. The warning …

A Brazilian appeals court has agreed to rule on whether companies and farmers can plant cannabis in the country, which could open the door to legal cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes after legislative efforts stalled in recent years. The decision by the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), Brazil’s top …

China on Wednesday secured another win in the South Pacific after it won a multimillion-dollar bid in the Solomon Islands to upgrade an international port in the capital city of Honiara. The project will be funded by the Asian Development Bank and was awarded to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. …

New ‘giant’ spider found in Australia The arachnid has been named Euoplos dignitas to reflect “the impressive size and nature of the spider,” scientists with the Queensland Museum said. (Queensland Museum) A rare and giant species of trapdoor spider was found in Queensland, Australia, with scientists saying that the arachnid …