In the final communiqué released by G20 summit host Saudi Arabia, the leaders of the world’s most advanced economies promised financial assistance to see to it that countries in Africa and small island nations in the Pacific secure access to COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines in a timely manner.
When you hear the word “climate change,” what’s the first thing that you think of? ”
Forest fires, historic flooding and melting glaciers are just some of the examples of how the impacts of a changing climate and the extreme, unpredictable weather patterns that come with it have been experienced by Canadians.
And while many of the effects of climate change will be shared to varying degrees, such as the increased frequency of more extreme and unpredictable weather, the way it manifests in different parts of Canada will probably look different, experts say.
Over 13 hours, a man disguised as a Mountie travelled nearly 200 kilometres through Nova Scotia, killing 22 people. The Fifth Estate explores what the RCMP knew about the gunman that night, how they remained one step behind and why the public was left in the dark.
If one thing is clear in the ongoing problem of gun crime in Canada it’s that we’re focused on the wrong issues — at least the political leaders in Ottawa are.
How bitter and TDS-ridden are folks on the left about President Donald Trump?
Well, a headline and article in Yahoo perhaps reveals how far over the slide some have gone.
News broke yesterday that President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump, Jr. had tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus.
Now most normal people on both sides of the aisle would wish him well, perhaps even telling the president they wished his son well.
One of The Washington Post’s syndicated columnists, Michael Gerson, went on a Twitter rant on Sunday about how “angry” he is that Republicans won’t stand up to President Donald Trump.
Migrants, and more important, the people who traffic and profit from migrants, are like the stock market: They’re forward-looking. They make decisions now based on what they see coming down the pike.
We are constantly told by our political leaders and the compliant media that a pandemic lockdown is absolutely necessary if we are ever to defeat the COVID virus. Mask mandates, quarantine camps, self-isolating, limited sociability, the stoking of public fear and panic, the shuttering of businesses and the attendant cratering of the economy have become, once again, the false solution to a politically ginned-up crisis — déjà vu all over again.
A trial due to begin next week in the Belgian city of Antwerp is set to cast further light on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s use of official diplomatic missions in its ongoing campaign of violence and harassment of its opponents across the globe. While the threat of activities by non-state Sunni jihadi organizations remains high on the agenda of many western countries, the flouting by Iran of global norms in pursuit of the regime’s perceived enemies has received little focus. The Antwerp trial may serve to change this.
The ruling class knows only two ways to communicate with its subjects. (Three ways if you count omnipotent claims to be speaking on behalf of science and truth.)
1. Call them racist
2. Tell them they’re the victims of racism
Which side is the celebrated and ever-winsome Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mogadishu) really on? She showed us again Wednesday evening.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) tweeted a video of the radical Leftist Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock with the comment: “Not shocked #Georgia Democrat Senate candidate Raphael Warnock said ‘You cannot serve God and the military’ at the same time. These & even crazier things is what the radicals who control the Democratic party’s activist & small dollar donor base believe.”
