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China’s leader behaves more like an emperor than a man of the people.

During a tense vote on a data center being built in her drought-stricken Arizona district last summer, Tucson City Councilmember Nikki Lee made an unlikely pitch: “We’re going to get a little out-of-this-world for a second, so just bear with me.”  Like many of her constituents, Lee did not want Project Blue, a sprawling 290-acre […]

As the ban on female education continues in Afghanistan, virtual and underground schools operating from overseas – including Canada – have become a lifeline for thousands of girls. The United Nations estimates 2.4 million of girls have been barred from getting secondary education, a number it said could increase to four million by 2030.

Americans who were stranded in Newfoundland after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States say they are dismayed by their president's treatment of Canada. Sue Riccardelli and her wife, Maureen Murray, have displayed a special flag at recent productions of 'Come From Away' to honour the care they received in Gander, N.L.

Data reporting by Melissa Lewis The Wonderful Company is the top sprayer of the herbicide glyphosate in California, according to records analyzed by Mother Jones as part of its searchable database of Top 100 users in the state. The company used 328,000 pounds in 2023, the latest year pesticide records are available—about 68 percent more than anyone else in the state. How California farmers use the weedkiller matters to the rest of the country, too: The state is the largest producer by val

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Global heating will reach at least 1.8 C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5 C, according to a UN report that warns every fraction of temperature rise intensifies destructive extreme weather, glacier melt, ecosystem loss, and island and coastal city submersion. The report by the Nairobi-based UN Environment Programme confirmed

Abdul El-Sayed is trying to win over undecided Jewish voters in Michigan — without compromising his substantive positions on Israel or disavowing his most radical allies.   During both his primary and general election campaigns, El-Sayed’s opponents have portrayed him as insensitive to Jewish concerns, if not outright antisemitic. These charges have often rested on falsely […]

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The word isn’t new—but lately, it’s everywhere.

Furious takes revenge on a fictional Jeffrey Epstein.

America's food-safety system is being methodically dismantled by the Trump administration.

Republicans have been turning transgender athletes into a wedge issue since Idaho passed the first state ban in 2020. This year, it’s already playing a major role in midterm ads, with Democrats in competitive races almost always on the defensive. At this point, the fight doesn’t even need a trans athlete: The WNBA spent the […]

Good morning. New lawsuits allege tech giant negligence in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. More on that below, along with the extended gas tax break and Hilroy’s hiccup.

Marc Rowan has a vision for Gaza. “The potential here is tremendous,” he said at a February gathering of President Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace, where Rowan described land devastated by Israeli bombing with a developer’s zeal. “This is not a problem of money or collateral. This is a problem with peace.” In the U.S., Rowan is simultaneously helping ensure a pro-Israel political project has no problem with money. Since the start of this year, according to Fede

Emerging from a cloak of secrecy and legal fog, a trove of storied imperial gemstones is about to go on display in Canada, the improbable country where they lay hidden for more than 80 years.