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Canada's pesticide regulator is years behind on a cumulative assessment of health risks posed by a group of pesticides linked to autism, hyperactivity and reduced intelligence scores in children. 

Russia vowed to continue its bloody offensive in Ukraine as the war neared its seventh week on Wednesday, April 12, 2022, as President Vladimir Putin insisted the campaign was going as planned despite a major withdrawal and significant losses.

The U.N. Security Council scheduled a meeting on Friday, March 11, 2022, at Russia’s request to discuss what Moscow claims are “the military biological activities of the U.S. on the territory of Ukraine,” allegations vehemently denied by Ukraine's leader and the Biden administration.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has revoked the status of Syria's honorary consul in Montreal following outrage over the diplomatic envoy's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad and controversial social-media posts.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau levelled fresh condemnation at Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, but refused to weigh in on the Russian president's meeting with Donald Trump — underscoring what experts say is the difficult tightrope act that the U.S. president is forcing Canada to walk on the world stage.

Canada has become the latest to lay the blame for a deadly chemical-weapons attack in Syria last week at Syrian President Bashar Assad's doorstep, despite Russian suggestions to the contrary.

Trump said he was stirred to act by the sight of children killed by sarin gas. His retaliatory strike at a Syrian airfield received broad backing in Washington, the Russians say they are livid.