Warning that passing Fast Track legislation would amount to rubber-stamping corporate trade pacts like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, progressives are vowing to hold members of Congress accountable for their votes on the compromise bill announced Thursday—and reminding them of how dangerous such trade policies are for the public, workers, and the planet. #StopFastTrack Tweets “[T]he big…
Protesters in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 14 march ahead of a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper. In an escalating dispute over how much allies should pay the U.S. to station troops on their soil, U.S. negotiators walked out on talks with South Korea in Seoul on Tuesday, as the two sides staked…
TORONTO — Consumers who yearn for more alternatives to Canada’s large wireless carriers will have to wait longer, but in the meantime the CRTC has ordered the Big Three to offer consumers the option of lower-cost, data-only plans. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said Thursday that it has ordered Rogers, Bell and Telus to…
C’est évident, bien manger lorsqu’on est enfant permet d’assurer une croissance optimale. Mais les conséquences des premiers menus sont encore plus subtiles. De petits écarts chez le bébé peuvent avoir de grandes répercussions sur le futur adulte ! Diabète, obésité, allergies, risque cardiovasculaire… Tout se joue-t-il dès le biberon ? Il existe des liens très…
At the beginning of Gender Revolution, Katie Couric’s new documentary for National Geographic, she says: “It used to be so simple: You were a boy, or you were a girl … but that was then, and this is now.” Immediately, a scene from Amazon’s Transparent flashes across the screen. Jill Soloway’s critically-acclaimed series is just one example of…
Logistics service DHL expanded its partnership with Fashion Weeks around the world to include the London Fashion Week, to be held from 18 – 23 September 2009. Other cities where DHL sponsor Fashion Week events include Milan, New York, Toronto, Berlin, Mexico City, Moscow, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Miami and Sydney. Since September 2008, the company…
The card for this Saturday’s Victory Road event has been announced. Eric Young will defend the Impact World championship against Eddie Edwards. It was Young that defeated Edwards to win the championship back on the September 1 edition of Impact. Suzie, Su Yung’s alter ego, will challenge Deonna Purrazzo for the Impact Knockouts title. This…
The 18-year-old U.S. star is off to a flying start in Scotland having been signed on loan from Paris Saint-Germain Timothy Weah scored for his second straight game as a Celtic player in Wednesday’s 4-0 win over St. Mirren in the Scottish Premiership. The 18-year-old American joined the Hoops on loan from Paris Saint-Germain earlier this month, and…
It’s not often swim, bike and run makes football play second fiddle, but there are more spectators here for the inaugural Dubrovnik Triathlon than attended the Croatia v England international – 400 miles north along the Adriatic coast in Rijeka – the previous evening. And given this is a football-obsessed nation whose national team reached…
Cyril Lignac a changé depuis quelque temps. Si l’on a cru que l’amour avait métamorphosé le chef cuisinier et pâtissier de M6, c’est un autre évènement qu’évoque le compagnon de Sophie Marceau pour justifier cette transformation. Cyril Lignac a été marqué par la mort de sa mère, il y a deux ans, comme il l’explique…