What is the United Nations doing about those who took part in helping Hamas on October 7 2023 The United Nations says nine employees of UNRWA, its agency for Palestinian refugees, “may have been involved” in the October 7 attack on southern Israel by Hamas, adding that they have been fired.“We have sufficient information in order to take the actions that we’re taking – which is to say, the termination of these nine individuals,” UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Monday. Become a supporter of th...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith holds a news conference in Calgary to highlight a new partnership agreement between TC Energy Corp. and Indigenous communities. Earlier in the day, the Calgary-based energy company announced it has signed a $1-billion deal, backed by the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC), that will enable up to 72 Indigenous communities to purchase a minority stake in its Nova Gas transmission system and Foothills pipeline assets. Premier Smith is joined by Albert...
Aug 06, 2024•53 min
The economy of Lebanon was in a state of crisis before the explosion, with the government having defaulted on debt, the Lebanese pound plunging, and a poverty rate that had risen past 50%.[8] In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic had overwhelmed many of the country's hospitals, several of which were already short of medical supplies and unable to pay staff due to the financial crisis.[9] The morning before the explosion, the head of the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, which served as the main COV...
Jul 30, 2024•29 min
Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump. Kim Cheatle is scheduled to speak before the Oversight committee in Congress in the US House of Representatives. At 10am ET in Washington DC, the director of the United States Secret Service Kim Cheatle will be questioned about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally last week in Butler, Pennsylvania. Thomas Matthew Crooks has been identified as the alleged ...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault announces he is stepping down from his position for personal reasons. He is joined at the news conference in Ottawa by Elizabeth May, who is now the Green Party’s sole leader. Pedneault won the leadership of the party in November 2022 on a partnership ticket with May, who had previously served as leader from 2006 to 2019. He ran unsuccessfully in a federal byelection in the Montreal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount in June 2023. Become a suppor...
Jul 13, 2024•1 hr 5 min
In the wake of Monday’s attacks on the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital and other sites across Ukraine, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya today (9 Jul) told the Security Council that “hospitals have special protection under international humanitarian law,” and “intentionally directing attacks against a protected hospital is a war crime, and perpetrators must be held to account.” Msuya said these incidents “are part of a deeply concerning pattern of systematic attac...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Defence Minister Bill Blair takes part in a discussion on Arctic security and emerging technologies with Ravi Agrawal, editor in chief of Foreign Policy, at the FP Security Forum in Washington, D.C. The event comes ahead of this week’s NATO Summit in the U.S. capital, which Minister Blair will attend from July 9 to 11 with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly Is the IDF keeping reporters from interviewing Gaza residents. Should our Global Community be allowed t...
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland holds a news conference in Milton, Ont., to highlight funding from the latest federal budget in community sports programs. She is joined by Marci Ien, the minister of women and gender equality and youth, Adam van Koeverden, the parliamentary secretary to the minister of sport and physical activity, and Gordon Krantz, the mayor of Milton. Minister Freeland faces questions from the press on her government’s implementation of a digital services tax, which adds a t...
Jul 05, 2024•1 hr 4 min
At a news conference in Calgary, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announces $11.8 million in funding for eight hydrogen projects and two small modular reactor (SMR) projects in Alberta. He then takes questions from reporters, discussing his party's recent byelection loss in the longtime Liberal stronghold of Toronto–St. Paul's. The minister is joined by Lowy Gunnewiek from New Wave Hydrogen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339...
Jul 05, 2024•1 hr 1 min
What does Presidentual Immunity to the law mean for the people of the United States of America Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Freedom Convoy representatives hold a news conference in Ottawa to discuss the end of the parliamentary spring sitting. They also comment on foreign interference concerns, an e-petition presented to the House of Commons, and a "Rolling Thunder" event taking place in Ottawa on June 22 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support ....
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 16 min
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Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 12 min
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Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 13 min
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Jun 23, 2024•1 hr 6 min
ITER—designed to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power—will be the world's largest experimental fusion facility. Fusion is the process that powers the Sun and the stars: when light atomic nuclei fuse together to form heavier ones, a large amount of energy is released. Fusion research is aimed at developing a safe, abundant and environmentally responsible energy source. ITER is also a first-of-a-kind global collaboration that serves as the scientific backbone be...
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