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Japan
See also APEC 2014 and China Seas 8-10 July Shinzo Abe’s Party Triumphs in Parliamentary Vote, Extending Legacy The Liberal Democrats and their partners gained enough seats to form a supermajority....
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Delighted to share the good news announced by the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Windsor “Please join me in welcoming Dr. Peter Frise as the inaugural Associate Dean – Professional...
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Britain, the Monarchy & the Commonwealth September 2022-
With Queen Gone, Former Colonies Find a Moment to Rethink Lasting Ties In Commonwealth nations with British colonial histories, Queen Elizabeth’s death is rekindling discussions about a more...
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Natural resources: mining
Mineral Exploration and Industry News — Latest News in Mineral Exploration, Oil Mining and Other Industry Ecological Impact of Mining Technology, Minerals and War in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
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12 October Why a Few Words in Montreal are Key to Ending Deforestation By preventing commodities linked to deforestation and habitat destruction from entering commercial supply chains, we can disable...
View ArticleHaiti 2022
Haiti Needs Help Foreign Troops Might Be the Least Bad Option By Renata Segura (Foreign Affairs) In Haiti, violence, hunger, and cholera threaten to kill thousands of people. As conditions grow ever...
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COP27 Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference
Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference – November 6-18 2022 UN Conference on climate change COP21 Paris & aftermath CO2 levels rise to highest point since evolution of humans (13 May 2019)...
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As Quebecers note (we can hardly say ‘celebrate’) the 25th anniversary of the infamous ice storm, Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement, forecasting freezing rain, snow, ice...
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The annual WEF (Davos) meeting runs this week (16-20 January) under the theme ‘Cooperation in a Fragmented World’. Presumably Global Risks Report 2023 is required reading for attendees. “The world...
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Jan. 22, 1973: The day that changed America Jan. 22, 1973, was the day Henry Kissinger flew to Paris to end the Vietnam War for the United States. It was the day the Supreme Court issued its opinion on...
View ArticleIslamic Emirate of Afghanistan January 2022-
UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) UN ready for ‘heartbreaking’ decision to pull out of Afghanistan Officials say it will leave in May if Taliban cannot be persuaded to let local women work...
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Natural resources: mining
Mineral Exploration and Industry News — Latest News in Mineral Exploration, Oil Mining and Other Industry Ecological Impact of Mining Technology, Minerals and War in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
View ArticleClimate change, uncertainty & security January 2024-
UN Climate Change Conference COP28 United Arab Emirates 30 Nov-12 Dec, 2023 Anthropocene Working Group NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (Global Affairs Canada) At the July 2023...
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Central Asia
CIA World Factbook ; BBC Central Asia News Central Asia’s waking giant Most people in the west have never heard of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, but it’s time they did The SCO emerged from the...
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8 May 1945 – Victory in Europe (VE) Day Great Britain, the United States and other Allied countries celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in the U.S., U.K., and Western Europe, along with in the...
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Brexit Bites Back Recreating a jump into Normandy D-Day zone 80 years later, British paratroopers face French customs Videos of paratroopers’ border checks on a Normandy field quickly went viral on...
View ArticleFood (in)security April 2024-
WFP HungerMap Live (UN World Food Programme WFP) Near real-time monitoring of food security situation in more than 90 countries set to inform better decisions. 8 June Tens of millions of acres of...
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Venezuela 2019 /2024
Venezuela’s Hyperinflation Hits 80,000% Per Year in 2018 14-17 August Venezuelans in Caracas and across the world demonstrate to defend opposition’s victory claim (AP) — Venezuelans across the world —...
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The UN Decade on Biodiversity and beyond 2019-
UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) IPBES Global Assessment Preview African elephants are migrating to safety —and telling each other how to get there What is biodiversity and why does it...
View ArticleTrump Tariffs & Trade 2024
6 December Decoding Trump’s tariff threats (Politico) At first blush, Trump appears to be upping the ante on tariffs during the presidential transition. In the past two weeks, he’s threatened 25...
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