Author: Cole Hanson

(Washington) US Democrats were playing hard on Wednesday in Congress: They want to get an agreement on Joe Biden’s investment plans before he leaves for the G-20 and COP26 in Europe, so they have less than 24 hours to approve them. Posted on Oct 27, 2021 at 10:02 AM Updated at 12:06 Delphine Twito and Julie Chapanas France media agency The US president hopes to be able to present to his international partners an image of the United States engaged in energy transition, growth, but also in the fight against social inequality and tax evasion. Therefore, it is a race…

Deputy Health Minister Pierpaolo Celeri said on Tuesday that the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be available to everyone in Italy from January. • Read also: direct | Developments on COVID-19 • Read also: Demonstrations and barriers in Italy against the health passport at work “Most likely, the third dose will be necessary for everyone,” he said on Radio Capital. Currently, the third dose on the peninsula is reserved for critically ill patients, people over 60 and health personnel. “It will probably be the third dose for everyone (to follow) from January,” he announced. Italy has recorded nearly…

Did the name Osman Kavala mean anything to you before the president of Turkey made a big milk boom and threatened to expel 10 ambassadors, including from Canada and the United States, at the gates of his country? Odds are, the answer is no. Posted October 26, 2021 at 8:00 AM. Since the failed coup in July 2016, the Ankara regime has put so many political opponents in prison – we are talking about thousands of people – that it has been difficult to draw attention to any particular case. Margaret Mendel, Professor Emeritus at Concordia University, knows all about…

Despite new commitments from more than 120 countries registered as of September 30, the gap with what would be necessary to comply with the Paris Agreement aims to limit global warming to below +2°C, if possible to +1.5°C compared to the era pre-industrial, It still mattersThe report released on Tuesday concludes by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). So the new promises Reduce emissions forecasts for 2030 by 7.5%, while[une baisse de] 30% will be needed for +2°C and 55% for 1.5°C. Obviously this reduction It has to be four times larger to be compatible with +2°C and about eight…

At least those are the predictions shared by COP26 President Alok Sharma during a press conference held one week before the opening of this international climate conference, Sunday in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Canadian and German Environment Ministers Jonathan Wilcoxon and Jochen Flasbarth, who were tasked last July to catalyze donations to ensure that goal is achieved, said they have seen significant progress. However, they acknowledged that more needs to be done. The goal of raising US$100 billion (Canadian$123 billion at the current rate) was set at COP15, in Copenhagen, in 2009. There was talk of reaching it in…

Several thousand New York City employees, mostly firefighters, two-fifths of whom have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, marched on the Brooklyn Bridge on Monday to protest the vaccine demand announced by the city council last week. • Read also: Mandatory vaccination for police and firefighters in New York Are you asked if you have been vaccinated when you seek help? “No” to those who represent the “end of liberties,” US President Joe Biden and Democratic New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. All city employees were called to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and into City Hall, but the firefighters were…

Joe Biden travels to New Jersey on Monday to repeatedly praise his program of economic and social reforms, in which Democratic parliamentarians seem to have finally adjusted their fiddles, after many concessions. • Read also: Pelosi says Biden’s plans will be agreed next week The US president indicated that he had “hope” to complete this file before he heads to Europe on Thursday, to reporters gathered at the Delaware Air Force Base, where he spent the weekend. Joe Biden wants to give one final push before he leaves for Rome, where he will take part in the G20 summit this…

(Ottawa) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday brandished the state of global supply chains in an attempt to persuade a group of Southeast Asian nations to conclude a free trade agreement. Posted October 25, 2021 at 12:14 am Mr Trudeau has long sought a trade deal with the 10-nation bloc, which includes the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Burma. He told a virtual business summit hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that a free trade agreement with Canada would be a “win-win,” especially at the end of the pandemic. Speaking in a…

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that elected officials in her party may reach a compromise next week on the content of broad reforms that Joe Biden is coveting. • Read also: Obama accuses Republicans of threatening democracy • Read also: Biden makes concessions, says optimistic about vote on spending plans Like Economy Secretary Janet Yellen, Pelosi on Sunday also raised the possibility that these reforms could be financed in part through a tax on assets owned by the richest people in the United States. “We’re almost done,” the official told CNN, also responding to “that’s what’s planned,” when…

(Kabul) The Taliban government in power in Afghanistan on Sunday launched an aid program consisting of donating wheat for work for tens of thousands of men to fight hunger across the country. Posted on Oct 24, 2021 at 8:34am Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a press conference in the capital that the programme, which will provide jobs for 40,000 men in Kabul, is set to start in several other cities. “This is an important step in the fight against unemployment,” he said, adding that participants should “work hard.” The program is set to last two months, with 11,600 tons of…