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Rwanda
30 years after Rwandan genocide, Roméo Dallaire feels ‘rage’ amid global crises (video) Roméo Dallaire led ...
Haiti 2022-March 2024
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 5 October 2021 ‘The Greatest Heist In History’: How Haiti Was Forced To Pa ...
The Republicans/MAGA July 2023-
The Republicans The Lincoln Project What Is QAnon: Explaining the Internet Conspiracy Theory The 45th President of the U ...
U.S. Government & governance January 2023- February 2024
29 January President Biden has said he’d shut the US-Mexico border if given the ability. What does that mean? (AP) — ...
SCOTUS & the US courts June 2022-December 2023
How to Fix the Supreme Court Lawfare See also: SCOTUS and the US courts SCOTUS, Trump & the US courts 21 December Tr ...
Corruption & crime November 2021-December 2023
Transparency International The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Conference of the States Parties to ...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by repr ...
Henry Kissinger 1923-2023
Henry Kissinger, dominant US diplomat of Cold War era, dies aged 100 (Reuters) – Henry Kissinger, the most powerfu ...
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 ...
Spain & Catalonia 2017 – 2023
8 August One of Europe’s Hottest Cities Rediscovers an Old Cooling Technique (Bloomberg) One of the coolest spots in S ...
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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-
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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…