Posted in Americas, Asia, economy, Justice, news, tagged Bangladesh, Canada, loan, World Bank on July 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A $1.2bn loan for Bangladesh’s Padma bridge project has been cancelled by the World Bank on Friday, arguing that the government had not co-operated in investigating “high level” corruption in the project.
The bank said about the loan being cancelled immediately : “The World Bank cannot, should not, and will not turn a blind eye to evidence of corruption.” (more…)
Posted in Americas, economy, environment, news, politics, world, tagged Canada, climate, Kyoto, withdraw on December 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Canadian minister of the environment Peter Kent (photo, from radio-canada.ca) has announced that his country will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change initially adopted in Japan in 1997. (more…)
Posted in Americas, media, news, Oceania, world, tagged Australia, Canada, liveability, Melbourne, Vancouver on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Australian city of Melbourne (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) is the world’s most liveable city, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s liveability survey. (more…)
Posted in Americas, economy, environment, news, tagged Canada, Irene, tropical storm, USA on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week Irene swept through the Caribbean with winds of more than 192km/h but as it moved north-east it was downgraded to a tropical storm. About 40 people were killed by the storm on the US east coast and Irene is now on Canada’s north-east (map, from bbcimg.co.uk). (more…)
Posted in Asia, Human rights, news, world, tagged Canada, harassment, India, sexism, SlutWalk on July 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Men and women rallied in India’s capital on Sunday (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk), inspired by the “SlutWalk” protests which started in Toronto last April and has now spread in many countries : United States, Europe, Australia, South Korea and South Africa. (more…)
Posted in Americas, Human rights, news, tagged Canada, rape, sexism, SlutWalk on May 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In the US and Canada thousands of people – some dressed in jeans, others more provocatively – are protesting in order to highlight a culture in which the victim is blamed rather than the rapist or abuser. (more…)
Posted in Americas, news, politics, tagged Canada, election, Gilles Duceppe, Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
With 40% of the vote in Monday’s election, Canadian Conservative Party has won a majority of seats and the left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) became the official opposition. (photo, from radio-canada.ca) (more…)
Posted in Americas, news, politics, tagged Canada, election, Stephen Harper, vote on March 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Canada’s Conservative government has lost a no-confidence vote in parliament in Ottawa, federal elections are expected in early May. (photo, from aljazeera.net) (more…)
Posted in Americas, Justice, news, tagged army, Canada, murder, trial on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Col Russell Williams (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) has been given a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years for two murders and sexual assaults. (more…)
Posted in Americas, health, news, tagged Atlantic Ocean, Canada, crash, helicopter, Newfoundland and Labrador on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, in Canada’s easternmost province of Newfoundland (photo, from bbc.co.uk). One man, Robert Decker, was recovered alive, but two life-rafts were found empty near the place of the crash, said a search and rescue official on Thursday. (more…)
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