INTERNET ARCHIVE HEADS TO CANADA TO BE ‘ SAFE’

WASHINGTON. D.C.: The Internet Archive, which keeps historical records of Web pages, is creating a new backup center in Canada, citing concerns about surveillance following the US presidential election of Donald Trump. “On November 9 in America, we woke up to a new administration promising radical change. It was a firm reminder that institutions like ours, built for the long term, need to design for change,” said a blog post from Brewster Kahle, founder and digital librarian at the organization. “For us, it means keeping our cultural materials safe, private and perpetually accessible. It means preparing for a Web that may face greater restrictions.” Kahle said the center would begin raising funds to establish a copy of the archive in

BUS ACCIDENT KILLS 18 IN CHINA

BEIJING: A minibus crash in China killed at least 18 people on Friday when the vehicle plunged into a lake, state media reported. The minibus was traveling from Ezhou to Wuhan in the central province of Hubei with around 20 people on board, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Photos showed rescue workers pulling the vehicle out of a roadside lake. The driver was detained by police, CCTV said. Traffic accidents are common in China, where more than 260,000 people died on the country’s roads in 2013, according to the World Health Organization. The number is strikingly higher than official statistics, which say that there were 58,022 traffic fatalities last year. Long- distance coaches are a popular cheap mode of travel between cities and competition between transport firms can be fierce.