Proposed UN progress indicators include greenhouse-gas emissions, life expectancy and children’s performance in reading and maths.

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Younger people in the province are overshadowed by the older groups who make up over half the population. This demographic is worsening with as out-migration of young people.

While war in the Middle East sends oil prices soaring and households brace for higher bills, one tiny German village has spent 30 years making itself immune to exactly this kind of shock.

Just out - Canadian opinions on US/Israel air strikes on Iran. Deep division between CPC and Libs.

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The Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6 per cent in the third quarter, Statistics Canada said on Friday, avoiding a technical recession largely due to a surge in defence spending.

On the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Nuremberg Trials Donald Trump accused elected Democrats “of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death.” Only George Santayana could have made this s…

I am a child of war. So are you. So will be our children and grandchildren – unless we remember, and change.

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I happen to be in Italy, in Milan, where I’ve been following New York Politics with a mixture of giggles and disbelief.

The long read: Across the globe, vast swathes of land are being left to be reclaimed by nature. To see what could be coming, look to Bulgaria

Economy adds more than 83,000 jobs, beating estimates, driven mostly by growth in part-time work

Donald Trump is blaming other countries for his country’s large trade deficits when the U.S. should be looking at itself

AI has upended how the web works, and search traffic is plummeting. In a world of content scraping bots and ‘Google Zero,’ journalism needs a new plan.

Results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.

On March 11, 1848, after years of efforts, ‘Responsible Government’ became a feature of Canadian politics, giving rise to one of the world’s oldest continuous democracies. Let’s make that more of a po...

Timothy Garton Ash on the shocks that fuelled a populist challenge — and how the liberal centre could yet hold

At least 186 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, Israel, Lebanon and the West Bank in the last 20 months.

Fifty-four years ago, Katharine Graham defended The Washington Post against presidential threats. Her granddaughter now fears its soul is being sold.

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Government leaders from across the political spectrum are working together to safeguard the country’s long-term prosperity

Canadians are rightly angry and scared about what the U.S. tariffs and threats will mean for the economy. When the trade war first began, the outlook was dire. But since then, Canada has swung from th...

Trump’s regulatory rollback is poised to unleash a wave of pollution North America hasn’t seen since the 1960s

The United States on Wednesday announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals who "censor" Americans.

During the so-called decade of federal 'attacks on oil,' Alberta oil giants set records for production and profits, writes Jim Stanford. So why is the average Albertan not getting their

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the fight against "Hamas terrorism" does not justify the suffering of civilians in Gaza. He no longer "understands what Israel is trying to achieve." DW has more.

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The Israeli Government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable and risks breaching International Humanitarian Law.

Comments at Cannes come after US president’s social media posts against Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift

Invisible, toxic and slow to break down — forever chemicals are contaminating our water and food. Here’s what we know about forever chemical hotspots in Canada.

The Handmaid’s Tale author spoke out as she accepted the freedom to publish prize at the British Book awards