Global National: April 23, 2024 | Montreal UN workers busted in China-Libya drone sale conspiracy
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The RCMP has charged two men of violating international sanctions by conspiring to sell Chinese drones and other military equipment to Libya. As Mike Armstrong explains, they are both former employees of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations (UN) agency based in Montreal.

Nishan Duraiappah, the chief of Ontario's Peel Regional Police, was photographed meeting with the inspector-general of Sri Lanka's police, who was recently found to have personally participated in torture. Touria Izri reports on the meeting and the reaction.

David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer and a longtime friend of former U.S. president Donald Trump, testified in Trump's criminal hush money trial. As Neetu Garcha explains, Pecker described his "catch and kill" strategy, which involved paying sources for negative stories about Trump to "take them off the market," so they would never run.

Thousands of delegates from around the world are in Ottawa to figure out how to curb plastic pollution, something the United Nations warns is causing serious damage to oceans and other bodies of water. Mackenzie Gray reports on efforts to turn the tide on a huge environmental problem.

Debate is growing about stratospheric aerosol injection, a type of solar geoengineering which could someday help slow the effects of climate change. Eric Sorensen explains how the technology works and why it is dividing the scientific community.

Plus, while service dogs are already used to detect early warning signs of many dangerous medical conditions, new Canadian research shows some canines can also sense oncoming symptoms of emotional trauma. Heidi Petracek explains how this groundbreaking study backs up what people with PTSD say they have experienced first-hand.

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