Canada, under Pierre Trudeau in the early 1970s, was among the first Western nations to recognize the communist government in China, nearly a decade ahead of the United States. Canada establishes ties with Beijing and ends diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into xAI, an artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk, over reports its chatbot Grok is being used to create nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes.