On February 26 the Canadian Parliament passed a motion, by a vote of 226 to 0, expressing the opinion that “the People’s Republic of China has” implemented “measures intended to prevent” Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim births and that these measures are “consistent with” the United Nations Genocide Convention.

New calculations show a moderately ambitious tax on the ultra-rich would generate $19.4 billion for public coffers in first year

"It’s a strategy, obviously, to silence the voices and the views of First Nations people who have been excluded for a very long time from infrastructure strategy and investments in terms of our partnership on a government-to-government basis," Daniels said in an interview.

Britain’s existing nuclear arsenal has the capacity to kill hundreds of millions of people – but that isn’t enough for Boris Johnson, and he’s prepared to tear up the Non-Proliferation Treaty to prove it.

As Paris prepares to commemorate the 150th anniversary, the communards’ vision of a new form of radical democracy is once again dividing France

This Interim Report of the Commission focuses on actions that need to be taken immediately to get the pandemic under control and to ensure a prompt and robust recovery. It takes an explicitly global perspective on these issues, with particular attention to what the international community needs to do to help those in the developing world and emerging markets. The central thrust is that there are a series of actions that the developed countries could take today, at low cost to themselves, but which would be in their enlightened self-interest—and would be of enormous benefit to the billions of people in the developing world and emerging markets.

Beijing has accused the U.S. of perpetuating a Cold War mentality as President Joe Biden and senior administration officials shore up alliances in the Pacific region to counter China’s growing influence and increasingly describe the country as a geopolitical threat. Vijay Prashad, director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, says the “bellicose” tone out of Washington is not because the U.S. sees China as a military threat, but because China threatens U.S. dominance in the scientific, technological and diplomatic spheres. “It’s very chilling what the U.S. government is doing in ramping up this cold war,” says Prashad.

"Canadian governments should be loathe to adopt Uber’s proposal. History will reflect poorly on politicians that entrench gig workers’ status as a sub-minimum wage underclass."

“Despite the passage of time, the role of misogyny – and white male entitlement – continues to play a role in women’s death,” said the report.

“Yet still today we continue to witness resistance to acknowledging the role of misogyny in violence against women and girls, particularly if men and boys are killed alongside female victims.”