Tag: Nations
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Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts apppointed to oversee protection of First Nations children | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times’ Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter. Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra…
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Even Rich Nations Now Worried About ISDS
[ad_1] Yves here. In the US, Public Citizen deserves a great deal of credit for turning policy-makers against the multinational-favoring, national-law-and-regulation-gutting “free trade agreement known as ISDS, or “investor state dispute settlement. These disputes are arbitrated by secret panels with no appeal and pro-corporate cronies acting as deciders. Public Citizen’s relentless digging got key bad…
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OPP ask residents to ‘shelter in place’ due to shots fired in Six Nations
[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size A shelter-in-place order is in effect and Ontario Provincial Police are urging traffic to avoid an area of Six Nations of the Grand River in the County of Brant, Ontario. OPP and Six Nations Police Service say they’re dealing with an “active weapons complaint,” called in…
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Doubts raised over Sainte-Marie’s past roil First Nations
[ad_1] Doubts raised over Buffy Sainte-Marie’s First Nations bona fides are roiling the community she claims to be part of. A CBC story saying the singer’s ancestry may not be Indigenous has renewed debate about who gets to speak for whom. Eleanore Sunchild, an Indigenous lawyer and professor, says that Sainte-Marie hasn’t…
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Tony Ward: We mustn’t become obsessed by World Cup at expense of the Six Nations
[ad_1] Will Jordan completes a hat-trick of tries against Argentina and a record-equalling eighth at a single Rugby World Cup as New Zealand swatted the Pumas aside. Photo: Getty Images So, there it was, in all its horrible glory in St Denis on Friday night. The it to which I refer? The dreaded Mexican wave,…
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United Nations Struggles to Meet Challenge of Changing World
[ad_1] For more than a week, world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly to debate the world’s most pressing problems: war in Ukraine, poverty, a warming planet and pandemics. They also acknowledged that the U.N.’s premier body, the Security Council is broken. The Council has been paralyzed by the inability of its permanent…
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Is England vs Netherlands on TV? Kick-off time and how to watch Nations League clash
[ad_1] Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter England face the Netherlands in their second match of the Women’s Nations League campaign tonight in Utrecht. The Lionesses began their participation in the inaugural competition with a 2-1 win…
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Biden Officials Focus on African Crises at United Nations Gathering
[ad_1] Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met on Friday with African leaders seeking to restore Niger’s democratically elected government to power, capping a week at the United Nations in which the Biden administration worked to deliver on promises of support amid high-profile crises elsewhere, like the war in Ukraine. In a sign of the…
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England make winning start in Women’s Nations League after tough Scottish test
[ad_1] Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter England got their Nations League campaign off to a winning start with a 2-1 win against Scotland at the Stadium of Light. Just over a month after their World Cup…
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England 2-1 Scotland: Lionesses hold off fightback to win first Women’s Nations League game
[ad_1] Manchester City’s Lauren Hemp scored three goals for England at the World Cup this summer England held on against Scotland at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light to win their first Women’s Nations League match and begin their quest to secure qualification for TeamGB for the Olympic Games. World Cup finalists England were tested by a…