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Macron wants strategic Paris-Delhi-Canberra axis amid Pacific tension an hour ago
Macron said the like-minded democracies should forge closer ties. "This new Paris-Delhi-Canberra axis is absolutely key for the region and our joint objectives in the Indian-Pacific...
Karnataka elections 2018: Youth in fray: Fresh & furious 2 hours ago
Sharath Bache Gowda, 35, took to electoral politics with ease as he had grown up seeing his father B N Bache Gowda leading the masses in Bengaluru’s hinterland. The youngster is now...
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Assembly of First Nations wants provinces, territories to butt out of First Nations pot sales 8 hours ago
First Nations chiefs on Wednesday called on the federal government to amend its marijuana legalization legislation to prevent provincial regulations from applying on reserves...
Ontario MP Gord Brown dies after heart attack in Parliament Hill office 14 hours ago
Longtime Ontario Conservative MP Gord Brown has died after a heart attack in his Parliament Hill office this morning. The 57-year-old MP was married with two children...
Amazon coming to Vancouver reminds everyone affordability is a 2-way street 4 hours ago
So all-encompassing is the debate over housing in Vancouver that what would be considered a great news story years ago is now another worrying sign.
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New Trump Administration Trade Report Sticks to the Status Quo 22 days ago
The Trump administration’s recently released 2018 National Trade Estimate Report could become classic reading for political science students studying the “deep state”...
On Announcement of Revisions to U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement a month ago
Statement of Lori Wallach, Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the administration announced revisions to the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement...
Public Citizen Report: ‘Follow the Money: Did Administration Officials’ Financial Entanglements With China Delay Trump’s Promised Tough-on-China Trade Policy?’ a month ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the administration is poised to announce long-awaited action on a China trade investigation launched last summer, Public Citizen released a report revealing...
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U.S. infections from tick, fleas, and mosquito bites have tripled since 2004 – As climate warms, “it enables these ticks to expand to new areas” 14 hours ago
1 May 2018 (E360 Digest) – The number of people in the United States infected by mosquito, tick, and flea-transmitted diseases have tripled, increasing from 27,388 cases in 2004...
Climate change making California’s drought-flood cycle more volatile – “These are actually huge changes occurring – they’re just on opposite ends of the spectrum” a day ago
By David Colgan23 April 2018 (UCLA) – California is headed for a future of precipitation extremes.Research by UCLA climate scientists, published today in Nature Climate Change...
While journalists were mad at Michelle Wolf, the Justice Department was found quietly deleting references to press freedom a day ago
By Luke Darby30 April 2018(GQ) – Donald Trump's path to the White House has given at least one key lesson to rank-and-file Republicans: They no longer have to pay lip service to mainstream...
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When It Comes To AI, Facebook Says It Wants Systems That Don’t Reflect Our Biases 5 hours ago
Artificial intelligence is a big part of nearly everything Facebook does–from image recognition to detecting objectionable content to helping people find jobs. But with the...
( There's an idea that likely will die on the vine. WE want information that confirm our biases and preconceptions. It's one of the toughest filters of perception to overcome. )
How The “Handmaid’s Tale” Brought New Sets To (Terrifying) Life 9 hours ago
Gilead does not exist. At least it didn’t until The Handmaid’s Tale production team created it from scratch. Because Margaret Atwood’s alarmingly prescient novel is...
Fitbit’s fitness-tracker business slows again as smartwatch sales grow 9 hours ago
Fitbit claimed a small victory Wednesday when it announced March-quarter results that narrowly beat analyst expectations. The company reported revenues of $247.9 million, while...
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The Constitutional Work–Around for Term Limits 7 hours ago
I’ve always wondered why the National Education Association (NEA) and the country club conservatives in the Republican House and Senate leadership aren’t allies, instead...
#MeToo Movement Quickly Morphed Into #MeTooBS 11 hours ago
Leftist feminist women are trying to dominate/destroy our youth through their envy and hatred of men. Their denial of their own power to unite, or the power to divide, is significant...
Harvesting health information from an unusual place: The wastewater treatment plant 11 hours ago
Every day, people all over the world unwittingly release a flood of data on what drugs they are taking and what illnesses they are battling, simply by going to the bathroom and flushing...
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From Trudeau to Crudeau – How It Happened 5 days ago
It started so well. In December of 2015, newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada emerged from the Paris Agreement talks as a rising climate star and a beacon of hope for...
Canada on Earth Day – Climate Crisis, Carbon Pricing, Clean Energy 12 days ago
Perhaps every day needs to be Earth Day as we begin to adapt to the era of climate crisis. The earth is heating up. “We must make up our minds about it, before it makes up our minds for us,”...
The Renewable Energy Potential is Limitless 14 days ago
Every day new headlines highlight the limitless potential of renewable energy. The possibilities seem endless. The world’s energy use is only 16TWy (Terrawatts per year) compared...
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Happy May Day 2 days ago
It was the first of May A lovely warm spring day I was strolling down the street in drunken pride; But my knees were all a-flutter, And I landed in the gutter And a pig came up and lay down...
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Russia’s floating nukes to power oil and gas extraction in Arctic Ocean 9 hours ago
Russia has launched the first in a series of at least seven small-sized floating nuclear power stations largely to power its Gazprom’s massive expansion of offshore oil and gas...
Nuclear deterrence is used to justify the possession of nuclear weapons. But it's a myth. 2 days ago
In our new pamphlet, we lay out the arguments about why nuclear deterrence is a myth used to justify the continued possession -- and threatened use -- of nuclear weapons. In the current...
Why the press should stop quoting the IAEA and the WHO 6 days ago
From IPPNW report, Health Effects of Chernobyl 25 years after the reactor catastrophe: Note on the unreliability of official data published by WHO and IAEA At the “Chernobyl...
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The Turkish Roots of Swedish Meatballs 7 hours ago
Last week, Sweden's official Twitter account tweeted out a brief but momentous statement: “Swedish meatballs are actually based on a recipe King Charles XII brought home from...
The Artist Making Tapestries Out of Aquatic Trash 7 hours ago
Jo Atherton's tapestries can't be ignored. They're filled with texture, movement, and color. When placed on the blank walls of galleries, they're like fishing lures for the eye...
La Tulipe in Geneva, Switzerland 8 hours ago
This rare piece of Swiss Brutalism is a unique, gorgeous piece of architectural eye candy. The pink, blue, and orange hues of the windows make it look as through the glass is permanently...
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Wednesday Morning Links 15 hours ago
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Yanis Varoufakis discusses the loss of freedom when one's whole life needs to be planned around corporate wishes and sensitivities:A...
Tuesday Morning Links 2 days ago
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Scott Gilmore discusses how Canada is actually backsliding in some crucial development goals. And Colin Gordon writes about the inequality...
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