Al-Azan Shah Muhammad, 17, and Amir Abdulrahman, 19, both from Calgary, have been identified as suspects in the case. First-degree murder warrants have been issued against both men.
Germany’s two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council ended on December 31, 2020. The German Foreign Ministry, in a self-congratulatory compilation of its supposed achievements to “strengthen the international order,” declared that Germany now deserves to obtain a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
A closer examination of Germany’s voting patterns at the UN over the past several years, however, reveals a troubling double standard on a range of issues, especially on human rights, which the German government claims to be “a cornerstone” of its foreign policy.
American Girl’s has announced that its 2021 Girl of the Year is a doll who loves animals and the environment — and spends a lot of time in Australia.
In a press release today, the brand said that that the new addition comes in response to Australian bushfires and wildfires in the western US.
Ten-year-old Kira, who likes to visit her great-aunts’ wildlife sanctuary in Australia, ‘confronts critical ecological issues, such as wildlife protection and the threat of climate change, that are more relevant to our planet than ever.’
American Girl Fail: It doesn’t have to be this way.
Would you be surprised or not at all surprised if I told you that every single thing sold by American Girl is made in China? At USA Love List, we generally prefer to focus on the positive. We could keep ourselves busy all day long griping about the American companies giving their jobs to workers overseas, but we all know that story and it is not uplifting to read. But the absurdity of American Girl, and the reaction of their staff when I mentioned it, have stayed with me.
Canada is lagging significantly behind other G7 countries in its vaccine rollout—the latest in a series of critical “pandemic management failures” by the federal government, says the former CEO of pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline.
Before retiring in 2012, Paul Lucas served as president and CEO of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Canada for 16 years. He was intimately involved in the production and distribution of the Canadian vaccine for the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, which was developed in the GSK vaccine factory in Quebec City, rolled out, and administered to millions of Canadians within several months.
One of the things that my friends and I have been discussing throughout the various quarantines and lockdowns is the fact that we all seem to want to go do something as soon as the government tells us that we can’t. I mean, almost immediately.
As a social worker, Franco Clemens has experienced a lot. But nothing prepared him for what happened on New Year’s Eve five years ago. It happened “in multicultural Cologne, of all places, a melting pot of integration,” he reflects. The night began seemingly harmlessly.
Just as in years past, a crowd assembled in the square in front of the central railway station, right next to the city’s landmark gothic cathedral. Nothing unusual for the city in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia. But this time, a throng of about a thousand young men was forming in the crowd. Most of them were from the North African-Arabic region.
Many watching on TV were outraged and said the show was ‘ruined by politics’ after Thames bridges were turned blue and yellow in a tribute to the EU as the UK finally left and 300 drones made the shape of a BLM fist and a turtle with Africa on its shell during a climate change lecture by Sir David Attenborough – but ended with no Auld Lang Syne.
The BBC helped with the planning of the broadcast, which the Mayor’s office said: ‘Looked ahead in hope to 2021, including sending a message to European Londoners that they will always have a home in our city’.
Related – Racist reveal’s herself.
‘How VERY 2020 of you!’ Erica Joy challenging ‘allies’ to ring in 2021 with a nice dose of racism AND sexism does NOT go well, like at all
Virginia school teacher Rodney Robinson, named National Teacher of the Year in 2019, came under fire and later apologized for a Twitter message suggesting US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should be attacked by a neighbor.
Robinson tweeted on Thursday that he had made a “bad joke” and that “no one should be assaulted.” The apology came a day after he had asked, in a since-deleted tweet, “Who are Mitch McConnell’s neighbors? I’m just saying Rand Paul’s neighbor did what a true Kentucky hero should do. It’s your turn to step up.”
Over one-third of Americans believe the media exaggerated the threat of the Chinese coronavirus, although 50 percent approve of the media’s overall coverage, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Thursday found.
Rasmussen Reports conducted the survey December 28-29, among 1,000 American adults, asking them to rate the media’s overall coverage of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
Portland police declared a riot just before 11 p.m. local time on New Year’s Eve after protesters broke windows, shot off fireworks and set fires near the federal courthouse, CBS News affiliate KOIN reported. Less than half an hour later Portland police advanced on the protesters, who responded by shooting fireworks at them, KOIN said. Department of Homeland Security officers, who’ve been in the city for months to help police deal with regular protests that have often turned violent, faced off against another group in the city.
no antifa are back in portland , BLM supporting staebucks felt the burn pic.twitter.com/b4tcALQAka
— basedengland8 (@basedengland8) January 1, 2021
Fdesouche has a running count of the traditional New Year’s eve mass arson.
Suréaliste #angers pic.twitter.com/slDh5ECX8Y
— Joselito (@Josepaindecake) January 1, 2021
A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union.
The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation came into force.
Boris Johnson said the UK had “freedom in our hands” and the ability to do things “differently and better” now the long Brexit process was over.
But opponents of leaving the EU maintain the country will be worse off.
Just a few hundred people — mainly first responders spaced apart by barricades — were given access to Times Square on New Year’s Eve to bid farewell to 2020.
Mayor de Blasio and First lady Chirlane McCray were on hand at the low-key celebration to initiate the traditional ball drop at midnight.
Leading up to the new year, a star-studded performance featuring Jennifer Lopez, Cyndi Lauper and others was televised for viewers at home.
Yikes!
this cyndi lauper performance… somebody come get your grandma 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/ELbzYE6XxD
— Koops (@koops_ssb) January 1, 2021
COVID-19 lockdowns, restrictions and physical distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic have left more than half of Canadians feeling lonely or isolated, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News.
“I think Blursday has set in,” Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos, said, referring to the term coined in 2020 as people struggled to keep track of what day of the week it was during lockdown periods.
