On March 11, 2020, the very first day that the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, a senior official within the Canadian public health establishment went on TV to tell everyone not to “overreact.” Read More … [Read more...] about The complacent country: How Canadian public health allowed itself to be steamrolled by COVID-19
Canada ranks worse than most developed countries in COVID-19 ‘misery index,’ study says
OTTAWA — Canada has had a miserable time coping with COVID-19, according to new research that seeks to take the broadest possible measure of the country’s pandemic response, accounting for everything from mortality rates to economic malaise. Read More … [Read more...] about Canada ranks worse than most developed countries in COVID-19 ‘misery index,’ study says
What are NFTs? The new digital assets raking in millions, explained
A 10-second art video of a man who looks like Donald Trump collapsed on the ground, with insults written all over him, sold for US$6.6 million. A snippet from an L.A. Lakers game of LeBron James dunking sold for US$200,000. Another art video of cherubs flying in a desert landscape sold by Grimes for US$390,000. Read More … [Read more...] about What are NFTs? The new digital assets raking in millions, explained
China to push legislation to fight ‘long-arm’ foreign pressure
BEIJING -- China will speed up lawmaking aimed at countering foreign sanctions and "long-arm jurisdiction," its parliament said on Monday, amid increasing pressure from Western countries over issues ranging from Xinjiang to Hong Kong. Read More … [Read more...] about China to push legislation to fight ‘long-arm’ foreign pressure
‘Sell the house’: Latin Americans beg and borrow to pay COVID-19 debts
ASUNCIÓN/LIMA -- Sandra Contreras, camped outside Lima's Villa el Salvador hospital, is running out of funds to pay for her mother's COVID-19 treatment, a sign of thin welfare systems around Latin America that are dragging many into debt and poverty. Read More … [Read more...] about ‘Sell the house’: Latin Americans beg and borrow to pay COVID-19 debts
Biden’s picks for key Justice Department posts face confirmation scrutiny
WASHINGTON -- In her first big civil rights case after law school, Vanita Gupta two decades ago challenged the wrongful drug convictions of dozens of Black residents of the Texas Panhandle city of Tulia, all of which hinged on faulty testimony by an undercover police officer with a checkered past. Read More … [Read more...] about Biden’s picks for key Justice Department posts face confirmation scrutiny
Minneapolis trial in George Floyd death starts with weeks of painstaking jury selection
MINNEAPOLIS -- The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd was due to begin on Monday with the screening of jurors to weigh murder and manslaughter charges in a case seen as a referendum on police violence against Black Americans. Read More … [Read more...] about Minneapolis trial in George Floyd death starts with weeks of painstaking jury selection
From Florida to ‘Frisco, Americans flock to movies, bars and ballparks after winter of worry
DUNEDIN -- From the crack of the baseball bat in Florida to clinking of cocktails in San Francisco bars, the sounds of spring are in the air as Americans start to return to many of the beloved pastimes they were forced to abandon 12 months ago. Read More … [Read more...] about From Florida to ‘Frisco, Americans flock to movies, bars and ballparks after winter of worry
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