Nuclear Disarmament

TORONTO -- Shirley Douglas, the impassioned Canadian activist and veteran actress who was mother to actor Kiefer Sutherland and daughter of medicare founder Tommy Douglas, has died. She was 86. Sutherland announced his mother's death on Twitter, saying she succumbed to complications surrounding pneumonia on Sunday morning. "My mother was…

I. It is a well known fact that the gods hate prophets. False prophets they punish only with ridicule. It’s the true prophets who have to watch out. The gods find some way to make their words come true in the most ironic way possible, the one where knowing the…

Topline: As the worldwide coronavirus count surpassed 850,000 confirmed cases and resulted in nearly 50,000 deaths as of Tuesday, cities are scrambling to accommodate patients and the dead. Here’s what people living in coronavirus hotspots see in their day-to-day lives. On Monday, an emergency field hospital was being constructed in…

The far right thrives on fear. It’s no surprise, then, that it would use the latest pandemic, which has generated widespread panic, to bolster its own agenda. All of the hallmarks of the far right are in play during the current crisis. It has pushed to close borders. It has…

Here are four steps that might bring Beijing to the table. President Trump announced to the world in a March 5 tweet that he would propose “a bold new trilateral arms control initiative with China and Russia.” China immediately rejected the idea the very next day. It would be wrong, however, to infer that…

Tokyo Report | Security | East Asia It’s time for Tokyo to sign and ratify the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. Credit: UnsplashOn July 7, 2017, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was adopted with the support of 122 countries in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The TPNW is supposed to…

By Edith M. LedererThe Associated PressSat., March 28, 2020timer2 min. readTANZANIA, Tanzania - The 191 parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty have decided to postpone a conference to review its implementation because of the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations said Friday.The treaty is considered the cornerstone of global efforts to…

The United Nations says the 191 parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty have decided to postpone a conference to review its implementation because of the coronavirus pandemicBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated PressMarch 28, 2020, 5:01 AM3 min readUNITED NATIONS -- The 191 parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty have decided…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The 191 parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty have decided to postpone a conference to review its implementation because of the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations said Friday.The treaty is considered the cornerstone of global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and the parties…

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The far right thrives on fear. It’s no surprise, then, that it would use the latest pandemic, which has generated widespread panic, to bolster its own agenda. All of the hallmarks of the far right are in play during the current crisis. It…