The environment chapter of the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, which was leaked to the public Wednesday by WikiLeaks, is “unacceptable” and would render President Obama’s environmental trade record “worse than George W. Bush’s,” environmental groups warned in a joint analysis hours after the leak. As WikiLeaks reported Wednesday morning, the draft environmental chapter […]
Afghan president Hamid Karzai said he will not sign the Bilateral Security Agreement unless the United States enters into peace talks with the Taliban. “In exchange for this agreement, we want peace for the people of Afghanistan. Otherwise, it’s better for them to leave and our country will find its own way,” Karzai told a […]
Daniel Ricciardo says Renault is “properly in the hunt” for P3 in the Constructors’ championship with the French outfit racing neck to neck for a spot on the podium with Force India and McLaren. Ahead of this weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix, the three teams are separated by just six points, with Racing Point leading the […]
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the RCMP “let down” Indigenous peoples facing violence amid an intensifying dispute between commercial fishers and Mi’kmaw fishers in southwest Nova Scotia. “The acts of violence we have seen in the past days and weeks are disgusting, unacceptable, and racist in nature,” Miller said at a press conference in […]
The president of a prominent think tank used a high-level UN Security Council meeting attended by China’s foreign minister Tuesday to appeal for the release of the think tank’s northeast Asia expert, Michael Kovrig, who has been held by Beijing for nearly two years as part of a diplomatic dispute with Canada. At the end […]
Countries in favour of nuclear disarmament have reached the point where they are ready to set a date for the start of formal negotiations to eliminate nuclear weapons, a decision that could be taken in Austria at the end of this year. This was the general sense at the close on Friday Feb. 14 of […]
Cling to a food system that contributes to climate change and jeopardizes food security, or adopt a regenerative system that strengthens food security and helps mitigate the climate crisis—”The choice is ours to make,” a new report states. From the Center for Food Safety’s Cool Foods Campaign, Food & Climate: Connecting the Dots, Choosing the […]
Since the attacks on September 11, 2001, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) has been at the center of government efforts surrounding the expansion of inter-agency information sharing when it comes to data collected by the National Security Agency. Despite what is know about the rules and manner by which that information is regulated—specifically personal […]
Israel has threatened to take “unilateral” action over a Palestinian bid to join 15 UN agencies, including the Geneva Conventions. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made the announcement, which prompted scorn from U.S. and Israeli officials, last week. “The Palestinians’ threats to appeal to the UN will not affect us,” stated Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. […]
McLaren principal Andreas Seidl has confirmed that the team will continue to run its new Mercedes-influenced nose concept on the MCL35 in this weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix. Both drivers used the upgrade last time out at the Nurburgring, but it wasn’t the best of outings for the team despite Carlos Sainz picking up fifth place […]