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Canadian Armed Forces saw a “significant increase” in 2022 despite promises of reform within the military following years of intense scrutiny, Statistics Canada says.The national statistical agency released on Tuesday the results of a survey that found roughly 1,960 regular force members, roughly 3.5 per cent, reported they were sexually assaulted either inside or outside the workplace involving a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) or another military member.“This rate of sexual assault — which includes sexual attacks, unwanted sexual touching, and sexual activity where the victim was unable to consent — represents a significant increase from rates reported in 2018 (1.6 per cent) and 2016 (1.7 per cent) when previous iterations of the survey were conducted,” Statistics Canada said.CAF was described as a “broken system” that is a “liability” to the country by former Supreme Court of Canada justice Louise Arbour, in her blistering report into sexual misconduct in May 2022.Arbour’s review was formally launched a year before that — in May 2021 — in response to exclusive reporting by Global News into allegations of sexual misconduct among the highest ranks of the Canadian Armed Forces.Global News first brought to light in February 2021 allegations of sexual misconduct against senior leaders — the first of dozens of exclusive reports into such allegations and the military’s handling of them over the 18 months after that initial report.The federal government has promised reform, and said earlier this month that a highly anticipated review into Canada’s military college system — an “outdated” program with a “problematic leadership model” as described by Arbour — is “about to be launched.”Statistics Canada said on Tuesday its report is

Russian officials and media say that heavy snowfall that hit Moscow has disrupted traffic on roads and flights in and out of three airports

Philadelphia police say a man who had tried to steal merchandise from a department store returned 15 minutes later and stabbed two security guards, killing one and injuring the other

Ohio state Senate Republicans are proposing vast changes to a recreational marijuana measure approved by voters last month

The major philanthropy, Open Society Foundations, said Tuesday it will commit $50 million to increase civic engagement among women and youth over the next three years as part of its strategy to support democracy in the U.S. Alex Soros, chair of the Ope...

The Supreme Court is taking up a case over a Washington couple’s $15,000 tax bill that is widely seen as a test of a never-enacted tax on wealth

The English Premier League has sold its domestic TV rights for 6.7 billion pounds for the next four-year cycle

U.S. employers posted 8.7 million job openings in October, the fewest since March 2021, in a sign that hiring is cooling in the face of higher interest rates yet remains at a still-healthy pace

Wall Street is hanging near its 20-month high after a mixed set of reports kept questions alive about whether the U.S. economy can pull off a perfect landing that kills high inflation and avoids a recession

The recent $4.3 billion settlement between Binance and various US government agencies, announced by top Biden administration officials, has stirred controversy due to the absence of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler at the announcement.

The Criminal Investigation Unit of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS:CI) noted an increase in digital asset tax investigations due to cryptocurrencies becoming more mainstream, according to the IRS:CI’s annual report released Monday.

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Apple (AAPL) App Store revenue increased 11.3% year-on-year in F1Q24, according to BofA analysts in a note Tuesday.

Investing.com -- U.S. job openings dropped in October, pointing to a possible easing in labor demand that could bolster the case for the Federal Reserve to start backing away from a long-standing campaign of interest rate hikes.

FreedomWorks senior economist Steve Moore provides insight on the state of the economy on 'Making Money.'

Bank of India (SBI), on Tuesday, announced that it is planning to acquire a 20% stake in SBI Pension Funds, which is held by SBI Capital Markets SBI currently holds a 60 percent stake in SBI Pension Funds. Through this latest transaction, the company is set to increase its stake to 80 percent, acquiring the additional shares for a sum of 229.52 crore. The remaining 20 percent stake in SBI Pension Funds is held by SBI Funds Management.

swearing-in ceremonyof the new government will take place on December 7, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said. Also Read | India to become third largest economy in the world by 2030: S&P Global "Congress President has decided to go with Revanth Reddy as the new CLP of the Telangana Legislative Party.

Annual global carbon budget highlights unprecedented emission levels Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have surged to record levels in 2023, posing an imminent threat to climate stability, according to research by the Global Carbon Project science team. The annual Global Carbon Budget reveals that fossil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are projected to reach a staggering 36.8 billion tonnes in 2023, marking a 1.1% increase from the previous year. While some regions, including Europe and the USA, witness a decline in fossil CO2 emissions, the global trend indicates an alarming rise.

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Investing.com — Here is your Pro Recap of the biggest analyst cuts you may have missed since yesterday: downgrades at Lululemon Athletica, Albemarle , Toro, and STAAR Surgical.

LONDON (Reuters) — Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has told the UK's antitrust authority its rival Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) uses business practices that restrict customer choice in the cloud computing market, the second major company to criticise the U.S. tech company's operations.