Новости за 01.10.2024

Assessing Kamala Harris’s economic plan, released last week to little fanfare, in the context of her campaign against Donald Trump reminds me how Alan Bennett answered the actor Ian McKellen when McKellen asked the famously solitary playwright whether he was straight or gay. “That’s a bit,” Bennett protested, “like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water.” You, dear reader, might answer the same when I state that I prefer President Joe Biden’s economic... Читать дальше...

While speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last week, Donald Trump meandered his way into a riff on the issue that may well have won him the 2016 election: control of the U.S. Supreme Court, to which he appointed three justices during his four years in office. Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump warned the audience, wants to expand the court to up to 25 justices in order to “rig the system” for the “party of Communists.” He lauded the current court, whose four-year run of reactionary jurisprudence... Читать дальше...

A woman has gone viral after claiming she got flu-like symptoms from a metal water bottle. Karyn Wilson (@karynsmithwilson) says she discovered just how dangerous metal water bottles can be via a process of elimination. Her clip has amassed 916,200 views as of Monday.

Shakespeare contemporary who contributed prefatory verses to the First Folio: six letters.

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Third and Final Continent,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1999.

I want to embrace amor fati, but I really can no longer recollect who I once was.

Our yearning to be fully known is inevitable—and, perhaps, misleading.

Duelling visions of fatherhood will define the Vice-Presidential debate.

Trump leads a movement of men who are indifferent to suffering, averse to health guidance, and overly agitated. And it's putting America's men in danger.

Donald Trump's call for police to have one "rough" and "violent" day echoes ideas from "The Purge" and signals interest in an authoritarian police state.

JD Vance and Tim Walz will use the vice presidential debate on Tuesday between to show they are ready to step in for Trump or Harris in the order of succession.

California almost passed a landmark law to improve road safety. Even though Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the bill, it’s still a sign of progress.

Kohler partnered with luxury social wellness club Remedy Place on a $15,000 tub designed for recovery.

Disabled people deserve visibility, equity, career advancement, and leadership roles, writes this entrepreneur and disability rights advocate.

In an effort to consolidate its brands and bolster subscriptions, ‘NYT’ is updating the way readers find stories in its app.

Heavy fighting reported in southern Lebanon as Israel begins ground incursion.  Canada's surcharge on electric vehicles from China kicks in today.  McGill University could cancel law school semester unless agreement with faculty union is reached. 

The son of Donald Marshall Jr. is one of several Mi'kmaw youth featured in an exhibit commemorating the Marshall Decision at the Eltuek Arts Centre. The exhibit honours the legacy of the 1999 Supreme Court ruling, affirming the Mi'kmaw right to hunt, fish and trade for a moderate livelihood.

“Unfortunately, I didn’t plan to come to Canada to be a babysitter as a blind father but to add my bit to the Canadian society, community and economy at large,” says Waziri.

A group of real estate agents in Sudbury, Ont., plans to play video games for 24 hours straight later this month to raise money for a local charity.

Osama Rkieh arrived in Beirut last week to deliver aid to Lebanese civilians displaced by escalating Israeli airstrikes. As the Israeli military says it's starting to send ground troops over the border, Rkieh and Islamic Relief Canada are calling on Ottawa to demand a ceasefire in the region.

Two of Sudbury’s most experienced architecture firms say they would not have met the request for proposals requirements of the project had they not partnered up with larger companies.

A resident physician says Manitoba's doctors-in-training are being charmed by other provinces offering incentive packages specifically for physicians beginning their careers. 

Gardening isn't just a summer hobby. According to Peter Grobe, who owns Grobe Nursery, there's still a lot of work to be done in the backyard this fall.

The latest autumn booster vaccine has been designed to protect against the JN.1 strain, which is linked to the new XEC variant.