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The Nation
Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?
The US Supreme Court sits more than 12,000 miles from Tragadi Bandar, the patch of India’s west coast where Budha Ismail Jam has spent most of the past two decades fishing for a living. Jam’s seasonal home, a single room with burlap walls and no electricity or running water, is beyond the Court’s usual reach.
Yet, on October 31, Chief Justice John Roberts will announce Jam’s name as the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that could determine whether organizations like the World Bank Group’s Internat...
CBC
Canadian-led project uses canine therapy to help veterans in war-torn Ukraine
When conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine, the country wasn't prepared for battle. But even fewer were ready for the psychological wounds of war. Now a Canadian-led initiative is trying to help rehabilitate veterans with PTSD using canine therapy....
Al Jazeera
Narendra Modi’s war on the environment
Since coming to power last year, the Indian leader has diluted ecological protections in the name of development...
Al Jazeera
After Koovagam, India’s largest transgender carnival
After Koovagam, India's largest transgender carnival...
Al Jazeera
Troubled Waters
Monsoon floods sweep across rural Assam, leaving behind child brides and teen moms...
The Globe And Mail
Aftermath of the Sri Lankan war
Images from the resettlement of war-displaced Tamil refugees in the north of Sri Lanka...
The Globe And Mail
In pictures: A look at the the financial crisis of 2008
On Bay Street and Wall Street, the subprime mortgage crisis took its toll on both workers and share prices...
The Globe And Mail
U of T signs on to startup offering online courses
University of Toronto lone Canadian school joining Stanford, Princeton and others in Coursera, a venture offering ‘massive open online courses’...
The Globe And Mail
Can I get a parking ticket if I put my hazard lights on?
Hazard lights won't help you, writes Jason Tchir. In fact, they might tip off the authorities that you're illegally parked...
The Globe And Mail
Will running on concrete increase my risk of injury?
New research contradicts earlier studies that say we adapt our running stride so that hard and soft surfaces administer roughly the same shock to the body...
The Globe And Mail
Ban plastic water bottle sales? One U.S. town just did
If you’re looking for a single-serving bottle of non-sparkling, unflavoured drinking water, steer clear of Concord, Mass....
The Globe And Mail
Teachers, partner buying stake in Denmark’s ISS
Ontario pension plan, Kristiansen family to invest €500-million for 26 per cent share in outsourcing firm...
The Globe And Mail
Indigo launches rewards program
Move helps retailer offset decline in sales of traditional books...
The Globe And Mail
Ontario teachers' pension benefits 'have to be cut, ' Duncan declares
Taxpayers off the hook as Ontario reverses trend of increasing contributions...
The Globe And Mail
The 18,700-kilometre journey of a Canadian lentil
We traced one shipment of Maxim red lentils from a basement laboratory in Saskatoon to a pot in Calcutta. Rashi Kilnani is a 2012-2013 Media Fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada...