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PANAMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio brought a warning to Panamanian leader José Raúl Mulino on Sunday: Immediately reduce what President Donald Trump says is Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or face potential retaliation from the United States. Rubio, traveling to the Central American country and touring the Panama […]

Good morning from the White Housepublished at 11:20 Greenwich Mean Time 11:20 GMT Bernd Debusmann JrReporting from the White House Image source, Bernd Debusmann Jr/BBC News Good morning from the White House – which is already buzzing with activity in the pre-dawn hours of inauguration day. Getting here was itself an unusual experience. I took […]
This week, the American Council on Education (ACE) released its Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education: 2024 Status Report. The report highlights updated data that show significant disparities in attainment levels among underrepresented groups by race and ethnicity. Black or African American students consistently had lower completion rates than those of any other racial and […]
New college admissions data for the first group of admitted students since the US Supreme Court sharply limited affirmative action last year suggests that the decision has had a negative impact on Black enrollment at some universities. While some colleges have seen major fluctuations in the enrollment of students of color in the class of […]
The unarmed African-American’s death on 25 May was captured on video while a police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes in Minneapolis, sparking worldwide protest. During the debate on racism, alleged police brutality and violence against protesters that preceded the resolution’s adoption, no less than120 speakers took the floor. Many expressed sympathy […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said he can’t guarantee that his promised tariffs on key U.S. foreign trade partners won’t raise prices for American consumers and he suggested once more that some political rivals and federal officials who pursued legal cases against him should be imprisoned. The president-elect, in a wide-ranging interview with NBC’s “Meet […]

A “failure of regulation and policy’: U.S. government took action before Ottawa to sanction Waterloo tech company Sandvine Waterloo Region Record Source link
Amnesty International Canada will contribute its expertise to court proceedings about the landmark Black Class Action lawsuit. In a decision dated February 8, Federal Court Associate Chief Justice Jocelyne Gagné granted Amnesty International Canada’s request to deliver arguments in the Black Class Action case, which targets systemic anti-Black racism in the federal public service. In […]
While much of the world has eyes on Israel’s battles with Hezbollah and Hamas, the U.S. Navy has its sights set on another of Iran’s proxies, the Yemeni Houthi rebels. With a mission to keep international waterways at peace, the Navy now finds itself fending off attacks from the shadowy gang of pirates who have […]