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August 13, 2026

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[ August 7, 2026 ] 200 firefighters from Australia and New Zealand are on their way North America
[ August 6, 2026 ] Lloyd Robertson has passed away what a legend North America
[ August 3, 2026 ] WestJet airlines goes on strike North America
[ July 29, 2026 ] ‘The tip of the iceberg’: Halton police make largest human trafficking bust in force’s history North America
[ July 28, 2026 ] Toronto police investigate shooting at the U.S. consulate North America
[ July 16, 2026 ] The Bank of Canada is holding its policy rate at 2.25 per cent Economy
[ July 7, 2026 ] Canada picks Germany’s TKMS over South Korea’s Hanwha to build submarine fleet North America
[ July 7, 2026 ] Palm Beach international airport renamed North America
[ July 6, 2026 ] President Trump’s Record of False Claims: Trade, Attacks, Exaggeration, and Flip-Flops North America
[ July 3, 2026 ] Canada improves trade with China, in return we receive tariffs Economy

Arabic Translator Barbara Romaine Among 20 to Receive NEA Translation Grants

August 14, 2014 Sara 0

The US-based National Endowment for the Arts has announced the latest round of literary translation fellowships: The NEA named 20 translators of fiction, creative nonfiction, and ……Read More

High-Tech H-1B Employers Take Two Indirect Hits

August 13, 2014 Sara 0

The big H-1B employers in Silicon Valley took two unrelated and indirect hits recently. The biggest damage came last week from a federal judge’s decision ……Read More

Canongate to Pubish ‘Unclassified’ Version of Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s Guantanamo Memoir

August 13, 2014 Sara 0

Bookseller reported yesterday that Canongate had acquired a 466-page memoir written by Mauritanian Guantanamo prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi, which Slahi finished in 2006, but which had apparently ……Read More

Supporting Jews, Hindus urge France to rename “Death to Jews” hamlet

August 13, 2014 Afsheen Shafiq 0

Hindus have come out in support of Jews in asking France to change the name of its “Death to Jews” (La Mort aux Juifs) hamlet, ……Read More

Walks and Readings Around Pittsburgh Feature Iraqi, Syrian Poems

August 12, 2014 Sara 0

“Digital Sanctuaries Pittsburgh” launched last week — Aug. 7-9 — on that city’s north side, in a garden-to-garden walk featuring the work of acclaimed musicians and ……Read More

Accusations of Caesarism Should Not Be Dismissed Lightly

August 12, 2014 Sara 0

The Economic Policy Institute’s Daniel Costa has written a defense, even before it has happened, of the president’s ability to expand deferred action to additional ……Read More