Arabtoday - Tag

Toronto

Obama warns of social media dangers, in interview with Prince Harry

Toronto - Arab Today

Former US President Barack Obama told Britain's Prince Harry he was concerned social media was "corroding civil discourse", in what he said was his first interview since leaving the White House, aired Wednesday. "One of the dangers of the internet is that people can have entirely different realities," he told the prince, who was guest editing BBC Radio 4's TodayRead more

UAE Consulate in Toronto organises a dinner banquet for Syrian refugees

Toronto - Arab Today

The Consulate General of the UAE in Toronto, in cooperation with Member of the Canadian Parliament, Robert Oliphant MP, has hosted a Thanksgiving dinner in honour of Syrian refugees. The event, which falls in line within the consular activities during the Year of Giving, was attended by Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario, and Robert Keith Rae, the former Premier ofRead more

SWIFT says hackers still targeting bank messaging system

Toronto - Arab Today

Hackers continue to target the SWIFT bank messaging system, though security controls instituted after last year’s $81 million heist at Bangladesh’s central bank have helped thwart many of those attempts, a senior SWIFT official told Reuters. “Attempts continue,” said Stephen Gilderdale, head of SWIFT’s Customer Security Programme, in a phone interview. “That is what we expected. We didn’t expect theRead more

First Canadian plane with Syrian refugees arrives in Toronto

Toronto - NNA

A plane carrying 163 Syrian refugees arrived in Canada, kicking off a drive to take in thousands from the war-torn country. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was at Toronto's airport to greet them. The government hopes to bring in 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year. "We will all remember this day," Trudeau said shortly before greeting the refugees,Read more

Conservative Canadian site The Rebel disrupted as it loses

TORONTO - Arabnews

Conservative Canadian website The Rebel said its domain provider cut its Internet registration, making the site inaccessible to some users around the world on Monday as the company scrambled to get back online using a second provider. The move comes after GoDaddy Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google and other technology firms last week pushed the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer offline by terminatingRead more

Canada pays indigenous people taken from their homes

TORONTO - Arab Today

The Canadian government has agreed to pay compensation to indigenous people who were taken from their homes and adopted into non-indigenous families. Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett announced the settlement Friday in what’s known as the “Sixties Scoop.” Indigenous children were robbed of their cultural identities by being placed with non-native families by child welfare services during the 1960s, 1970sRead more

Risk of housing bubble rising in major cities: UBS

Zurich - Arab Today

Real estate markets in several major cities are heating up and some face risks of a bubble, with Toronto topping the list, a study from Swiss bank UBS said Thursday. "Major urban housing markets in developed economies are still overvalued, and more are at risk of a bubble than in 2016," UBS said in a statement. After Toronto, Stockholm, Munich,Read more

Lady Gaga says she’s taking a ‘rest’ from music

Toronto - Arab Today

Lady Gaga says that she’s planning to take a “rest” from music and “slow down for a moment for some healing.” The pop star was at in Toronto on Friday for a pair of concerts and to premiere a Netflix documentary about herself, “Gaga: Five Foot Two.” The film, playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, chronicles her life, lastRead more

Svitolina destroys Wozniacki in WTA Toronto final

Toronto - Arab Today

Elina Svitolina crushed Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-0 to win the Toronto WTA trophy on Sunday, capturing her fifth title of 2017 and her second final of the season over the former world number one. Fifth seed Svitolina, of the Ukraine, needed just 77 minutes to beat Wozniacki, blasting four aces and winning the final eight games of the hardcourt match.Read more

Wozniacki snaps Stephens' run at WTA Toronto, Svitolina routs Halep

Toronto - Arab Today

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki rolled into the final of the WTA Toronto tennis by cooling off the red-hot Sloane Stephens, while Elina Svitolina needed two wins Saturday to punch her ticket to the title match. Wozniacki, the 2010 champion, required 80 minutes to eliminate a resurgent Stephens 6-2, 6-3 and reach her sixth final of 2017. Fifth seeded Svitolina quashed defendingRead more