Police in parts of the Greater Toronto Area will be increasing their presence after shots were fired at two synagogues in North York and Vaughan.

Economic consequences are an intrinsic aspect of the Iran conflict, writes BBC economics editor Faisal Islam.

“The Pentagon and OpenAI are saying to the public, You’re just going to have to trust us. And the public is saying, Well, we don’t.”

Anthropic has said it will sue the Defense Department over the designation, which could prevent the start-up from doing business with the U.S. government.

The decision to settle the court action is particularly striking because the defendant was accused of a serious violation of securities laws. He denied the charges.