Toronto

Toronto is establishing itself as a global artificial intelligence powerhouse, threatening the exclusive status of Silicon Valley. The technological revolution in the Canadian city began four decades ago, when Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton left a well-funded job in the United States to research machine learning at the University of Toronto.

"If depicting Jews as vermin and calls for the destruction of the Jewish state do not cross the threshold of Canadian laws - what does?", protested the country's Jewish organizations. The signs were described as antisemitic caricatures reminiscent of Nazi propaganda - and the demonstration where they were waved took place at a time when synagogues in the city had already been targets of gunfire.

At least one shot was fired early Monday morning outside the US Consulate in Toronto. Police found evidence of a weapon used on University Avenue; no injuries were reported.

Two branches of the Kiva's Bagel Bar chain were attacked in quick succession: shots were fired at one branch, and a window was shattered at another. Police are investigating the incidents as potential hate crimes.

Phoenix and Menora, two of Israel's largest institutional entities, have partnered with BST Group to acquire a rental housing portfolio in Toronto for 332 million shekels. This marks the first step in a strategy aimed at a tenfold increase in assets.