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BUSAN, South Korea — Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution won't reach an agreement in South Korea and are making plans to resume the talks next year. Read More … [Read more...] about Negotiators fail to reach agreement on plastic pollution treaty

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Metis Federation President David Chartrand told a ceremony for a new treaty that recognizes his organization as the government for the Red River Metis that the moment was 154 years in the making. Read More … [Read more...] about First Metis group signs modern treaty with Ottawa

PARIS — Starting Sunday, sex workers in Belgium will be able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labour rights on par with those in other professions in a legal breakthrough some call a "revolution." Read More … [Read more...] about New law gives Belgian sex workers benefits and safety protection

Donald Trump pitched a hard curveball into trade relations this week, proposing a 25-per-cent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico until the flow of illegal drugs and migrants into America is staunched. Coming on the heels of his campaign promise to deport millions of illegal immigrants, border issues will be arguably the most consequential file for his second presidency. … [Read more...] about ‘God help us if this all starts happening in January’: A Trump-induced border crisis is coming

Now that the largest employer in the United States — Walmart has 2.1 million employees, with 1.6 million of those in the U.S. — is retreating from many of the progressive political commitments it made circa 2020, it just became a heck of a lot easier for smaller fish to follow suit. Read More … [Read more...] about Jamie Sarkonak: Walmart’s DEI retreat a major win for the common sense crowd