OTTAWA—It was only a few lines in the federal budget, and the money involved represents a rounding error in the overall scheme of things. For defence officials and experts who have been sounding the alarm about North America’s aging defences in an increasingly turbulent world, however, it represented an important step: the first real funding…
Budget First Small Step in Long, Expensive Path to Upgrading North American Defences
OTTAWA—It was only a few lines in the federal budget, and the money involved represents a rounding error in the overall scheme of things. For defence officials and experts who have been sounding the alarm about North America’s aging defences in an increasingly turbulent world, however, it represented an important step: the first real funding…
The Nation Speaks (April 24): Election Reform Battle Lines; Racism Reality vs Perception; Pandemic’s Unexpected Impacts
April 24, 2021
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Conservatives Confront Corporate Activism Georgia’s new election reforms were meant to address the long list of problems that plagued the 2020 election, particularly those caused by the sudden spike in absentee voting. The legislation immediately sparked protests from Democrats, then corporate America, calling it racist and an attempt at voter suppression. Most-criticized is the provision…
Chauvin Sentencing Date Set as Judge Orders Juror Information Sealed Indefinitely
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced on June 16 for murdering George Floyd last year, a Minnesota court announced Friday. The sentencing will take place in Hennepin County at 1:30 p.m. central time. Jurors found Chauvin, 45, guilty of second-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter, and third-degree murder in the May 25, 2020, death of…
Biden Speaks to Erdogan as Armenian Genocide Question Looms
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden spoke with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday as Biden prepared to move forward with a campaign pledge to formally recognize that atrocities committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire more than a century ago were genocide. The U.S. and Turkish governments, in separate statements on the call, made…
Southeast Asian Leaders Discuss Burma Crisis With Junta Chief
JAKARTA—Southeast Asian leaders began a crisis meeting on Burma (also known as Myanmar) on Saturday aiming to persuade Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who led the military takeover that sparked turmoil in his country, to forge a path to end the violence. The gathering of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in…
PM Urged to Explain Funding of No 10 Flat Renovation After Cummings Allegations
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under pressure to explain how the expensive refurbishment of his Downing Street flat was paid for, after his former chief advisor Dominic Cummings criticised his “unethical” handling of the matter. In a blog post published on Friday, Cummings said Johnson had planned to “have donors secretly pay for…
Biggest Space Station Crowd in Decade After SpaceX Arrival
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year. It’s the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade. All of the astronauts—representing the U.S., Russia, Japan and France—managed to squeeze into camera view for a congratulatory…
Old SpaceX Capsule Delivers New Crew to Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A recycled SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, the third high-flying taxi ride in less than a year for Elon Musk’s company. The Dragon capsule docked autonomously with the orbiting outpost more than 260 miles above the Indian Ocean, a day after launching from NASA’s Kennedy…
‘Dangerous’ and ‘Jezebel’: Bette Davis’s Two Oscars in the 1930s
Bette Davis became one of the most respected actresses in Hollywood during the 1930s, largely because she rarely played average heroines. Do the characters she created continue to challenge our expectations today? People who love 1930s cinema are familiar with the Pre-Code Era, which is roughly categorized as 1930–1934. These first few years of talking…
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