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Barack Obama

Debrief at the Desk: Lisa LaFlamme speaks with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer – CTV News

TORONTO With less than a week to go before the federal election, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is hoping his pledge to save money for Canadians resonates with voters. Scheer released his full platform last week. It includes a universal tax cut, tax credi…

bubmagOctober 17, 2019

Electric Scooter

In pics: Bajaj Chetak electric scooter unveiled; find out range, specs and other details

Bajaj Auto has reentered the scooter segment with the launch of the all-electric Chetak. The brand had made India's biggest two-wheeler company. The e-Chetak is modeled around original Chetak, the popular geared scooter of the 1960s and 70s. Here are the key …

bubmagOctober 17, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Alberta oil and gas advocates plan counter-protest for Greta Thunberg rally – CTV News

EDMONTON -- A group of Alberta oil and gas supporters will hold a counter-protest when climate change activist Greta Thunberg attends a rally in Edmonton on Friday. The group United We Roll posted on its Facebook page Wednesday afternoon asking everyone conn…

bubmagOctober 17, 2019

Putin

Litany of Defeat: Trump Defends Rising Costs of “Strategically Brilliant” Mideast Retreat

Declaring his abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops in northern Syria “strategically brilliant,” President Donald Trump Wednesday scrambled to contain the damage from what outraged Republicans and Democrats said was an expanding litany of losses for America…

bubmagOctober 17, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

‘Don’t be a tough guy’: Trump threatened Turkish president on day of invasion

President Donald Trump admonished the president of Turkey in a surreal personal letter sent last week in which he threatened to be "responsible for destroying the Turkish economy" and said his fellow leader should not be "a tough guy" or a "fool." Interested…

bubmagOctober 17, 2019

NATO

Pence’s mission to Turkey could be his most significant yet

WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Mike Pence departs for Turkey to undertake arguably his most significant mission yet, seeking to halt a weeklong assault on Syrian Kurds begun after President Donald Trump withdrew U.S. forces from northern Syria. Pence was sch…

bubmagOctober 17, 2019

Climate Change

California’s Outages Show How Climate Change and Corporate Accountability Are Entangled

After millions of people in California were left in the dark last week when Pacific Gas & Electric, the giant utility company that provides service to much of the state, preventatively shut off power to avoid possible wildfires, the conversation quickly t…

bubmagOctober 17, 2019

Economic Bubble

America’s Stock Market Bubble Cannot Help China Hide Its House Bubble

DANDONG, LIAONING PROVINCE, CHINA - 2016/10/11: Vacant streets, shops and residential buildings in Guomen Bay. Since the China and North Korea agreed to build a new Yalu River bridge at Guomen Bay in 2009, a large sum of funds have been invested in LightRock…

bubmagOctober 17, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Pompeo will travel to Jerusalem, Brussels after stop in Turkey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Jerusalem and Brussels after his visit to Turkey on Thursday with Vice President Mike Pence, the State Department said on Wednesday. Pompeo will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benja…

bubmagOctober 17, 2019

Climate Change

The Green Leader’s great expectations: How Elizabeth May nearly quit after 2015, but stayed for a showdown on climate change – The Globe and Mail

Green Leader Elizabeth May arrives for a federal election campaign stop via public transit in Longueuil, Que., on Oct. 8, 2019. The Canadian Press Elizabeth May is in the middle of her fourth federal election campaign as Leader of the Green party, and this …

bubmagOctober 17, 2019

Debrief at the Desk: Lisa LaFlamme speaks with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer – CTV News

In pics: Bajaj Chetak electric scooter unveiled; find out range, specs and other details

Alberta oil and gas advocates plan counter-protest for Greta Thunberg rally – CTV News

Litany of Defeat: Trump Defends Rising Costs of “Strategically Brilliant” Mideast Retreat

‘Don’t be a tough guy’: Trump threatened Turkish president on day of invasion

Pence’s mission to Turkey could be his most significant yet

California’s Outages Show How Climate Change and Corporate Accountability Are Entangled

America’s Stock Market Bubble Cannot Help China Hide Its House Bubble

Pompeo will travel to Jerusalem, Brussels after stop in Turkey

The Green Leader’s great expectations: How Elizabeth May nearly quit after 2015, but stayed for a showdown on climate change – The Globe and Mail

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