Severe weather is sweeping across Canada and being felt by millions of Canadians from coast to coast, with warnings about dangerously cold temperatures and snowstorms in every province and territory. In the Middle East, tensions are escalating beyond the crisis in Gaza, after a series of joint British-American strikes on Houthi rebels late Thursday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada supported what he called the “precise targeted strikes” against the Houthis, but the Opposition NDP voiced worry that Canada is supporting an escalation of military activity in a very volatile region. Meanwhile, the premise of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was challenged in the Hague on Friday, as Israel delivered its defence to the United Nation’s (UN) highest court. In Taiwan, a flood of disinformation is hitting voters ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, overwhelmingly aimed at candidates opposed by China. And finally, an Austro-German heiress is setting up a citizens group to decide how she should give away much of the fortune she inherited from her grandmother.
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