Featured News

Agence France-Presse: Earth Estimated to Lose 3,000 Glaciers a Year at 'Peak Extinction'

Al Jazeera: Israel denies entry to Canadian MPs trying to reach occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera: Trump expands US travel ban to include Syria, Palestine

Anadolu Ajansı: Israeli premier storms Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque to celebrate Jewish Hanukkah holiday

CNBC: Payrolls rose by 64,000 in November after falling by 105,000 in October, delayed jobs numbers show

The Globe And Mail: U.S. private-equity giant KKR sees opportunity in Canada’s infrastructure push

Canada & USA

Canadian news:

• 400 jobs to be cut at Natural Resources Canada by 2029

• BC’s newest far-right party, OneBC, entangled in conflict after removal of leader

• Canada's appeal dismissed in battle over fixing mould in Oneida grandmother’s home

• Canadian military intelligence officer allegedly shared classified information with Ukraine

• DND seeks U.S. help for $400-million Canadian Forces space project

• How many glaciers in Canada's Arctic can be saved from extinction?

• McGuinty 'confident' Canada will hit NATO spending targets

• Ottawa to announce plan to slash methane pollution from fossil fuel production, landfills

• Skate Canada ices Alberta events over transgender law

USA news:

• Disability Rights Lawyers Threatened With Budget Cuts, Reassignments

• Execution postponed for Georgia man convicted of 2003 murders

• Federal agents testify on first day of Judge Dugan trial

• Federal court again blocks Arkansas social media restrictions

• Flag linked to Christian nationalism, Jan. 6 hung at Education Dept.

• ‘Gambling With Lives of Their Constituents,’ House GOP Leaders Refuse Vote on ACA Tax Credits

• Pentagon ‘escalating’ investigation into Arizona Sen. Kelly for illegal-orders video

• State Supreme Court affirms Catholic Charities unemployment insurance exemption

• Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch

• Trump admin threatens retaliation against Spotify and others over EU tech regulation

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World News

• Berlin state government to expand surveillance powers with the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany

• Congo: Shipwreck on the Kwango River Leaves 38 Dead

• Garbage Is Poisoning Gaza

• Gaza Newborn Dies of Hypothermia as Israel Continues to Block Lifesaving Aid

• Israeli settlers burn olive trees near Ramallah

• Norway’s national oil company facing £53m penalty for oil spills and gas leaks

• Police repress Indian farmers’ protest against ethanol plant

• Propped up by foreign troops, Benin’s regime targets opposition

• Serbian president threatens reprisals after plans for Belgrade Trump Tower thwarted

• Trinidad and Tobago authorizes transit of U.S. military aircraft

• Trump Admits to Election Interference in Honduras and Chile

• US officially labels Colombia’s EGC group a ‘terrorist organization’

• U.S. Strikes 3 More Boats in Eastern Pacific, Killing 8

What I’m Reading

• Critical Materials: A Strategic Analysis (Thanks to JM Hatch for sharing this article)

• ‘Extremely offensive’: B.C. premier’s plans to change Indigenous Rights law met with frustration

• Israel's interference with Canada-Palestine diplomacy is an act of aggression

• No, Diversity Is Not the Cause of Violence

• The alphabet soup strategy: How Canada hides its military base system

• Why a Bollywood spy film sparked a political storm in India and Pakistan

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