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Elon Musk, Trump and MAGA October 2023-Jan 2025
Elon Musk Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX Some executives and board members fear ...
News and Social Media matters 15 July 2023-15 November 2024
World Press Freedom Day 2023 2023 World Press Freedom Index Pew Research: State of the News Media Reuters Institute for ...
The UN Decade on Biodiversity and beyond 2019- November 2024
UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) IPBES Global Assessment Preview African elephants are migrating to safety †...
Cryptocurrencies
12 most popular types of cryptocurrency Is Crypto in Terminal Decline? NFTs, stablecoins and the value of Bitcoin: Predi ...
Science & Technology, Society, Social Media March 2022-
Social media, society and technology 2021-November 2022 Rest of World Rest of World: 2022’s best stories on global tec ...
Cities, globalization and governance December 2022 –
Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection Paul Romer: Why the world needs charter cities New Cities Lab, McGil ...
The Papacy 2018 – 2024
5 April 2024 The strange world of Catholic ‘integralism’ — and Christian nationalism 16 December 2023 What ...
Paris Olympics 2024
AP Olympics Olympics logo or dating app? THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES (Reuters) For twelve centuries, the sacred Games in O ...
Climate change, natural disasters March 2022-September 2024
Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference – 6-18 November 2022 Â the International Disaster Charter website NASA A ...
Quebec Healthcare/Bill 15 October 2022-July 2024
Santé Québec CEO will be paid $652,000 a year during first two years on the job The successful candidate will also enj ...
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U.S. Government & governance: Shutdown 2025
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Wednesday Night #2278
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Europe & EU August 12 2025-
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Putin’s War Russia-Ukraine September 2025
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Canada – U.S. 1 May 2025-
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Middle East & Arab World: Saudi Arabia August 2023-
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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
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Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
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UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-
October 22, 2025, 1 Comment
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
Johannah Bernstein post: "eternally proud of my father’s extraordinary aeronautical engineering. legacy. here is a photo of the Canadair Water…