Canadian Regulator Triples US Streamers’ Financial Contributions to Canadian Content

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Large online streaming services must contribute 15% of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content, the country’s federal broadcast regulator said Thursday. That figure is three times the 5% initial contribution requirement the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, CRTC, set out in 2024, which is being challenged in court by U.S.-based major …

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SpaceX to Launch Upgraded Starship for 12th Test Flight | National News

Key Takeaways: SpaceX will test its giant rocket designed to one day take people to the moon and Mars on Thursday. Starship, with a height of over 400 feet, is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built The latest version of Starship has several upgrades, including redesigned propulsion systems. SpaceX plans to launch its …

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US Sanctions Tanzanian Police Official for Alleged Human Rights Abuses

May ⁠21 (Reuters) – ⁠Secretary of ⁠State Marco ​Rubio ‌on Thursday ‌said ⁠the U.S. ⁠was designating Faustine ​Jackson Mafwele, ​a Tanzanian police ⁠official, ⁠for ⁠alleged human rights ​violations. The designation ​would ⁠prevent ⁠him from entering the U.S., Rubio ⁠said in a statement. (Reporting by Costas Pitas in ⁠Los Angeles and Ryan Patrick ​Jones in ​Toronto) …

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