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All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
UN Biodiversity Convention COP15 (Part 2)
‘A biodiversity catastrophe’: how the world could look in 2050 – unless we act now The climate crisis, invasive sp ...
E is for espionage /4 September 2022-November 2023
E is for espionage /3 WaPo The Discord Leaks Bellingcat we have pioneered the use of open source research methods to inv ...
Health & healthcare September 2019 -November 2023
Brookings Topic Page on Marijuana European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control World Health Organization (WHO) STA ...
World-wide migration/refugees
Why Al Jazeera will not say Mediterranean ‘migrants’ The word migrant has become a largely inaccurate umbrel ...
Wednesday Night #2175
22 November 1963 -President John F. Kennedy is assassinated Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. K ...
Israel, Palestine/Gaza/Hamas October-21 November 2023
Two years on, what is the state of the Abraham Accords? (14/09/22) Hamas: Who are the group’s most prominent leade ...
Wednesday Night #2174
Do you have courtroom sketches of yourself and your children? If the answer is no, you are doing just fine [as a parent] ...
Canada: International relations, defense and foreign policy May-November 2023
Setting the scene Welcome to our special Policy issue of January-February-2023, The Diplomats, on the Canadians who repr ...
Australia/3
What is the Indigenous voice to parliament and how would it work? Future Directions Research Institute New York Times To ...
Democrats/progressives 2022- November 2023
9-10 November Sen. Joe Manchin announces he won’t seek reelection in 2024 (NPR) The long-awaited decision by the r ...
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North Korea/South Korea June 2023-
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The Papacy 2024-
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Democrats/progressives – November 2024
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Putin’s War Russia-Ukraine September 2024-
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U.S. Education May 2024-
April 17, 2025, No Comments
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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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SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
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Wednesday Night #1974
January 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1974
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.…
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…