Stockholm bridge row exposes inequalities fracturing Swedish society
A dispute over the construction of a bridge connecting one of Stockholm's poorest neighbourhoods with a wealthy suburb sheds light on Sweden's deepening issue of inequality.
A dispute over the construction of a bridge connecting one of Stockholm's poorest neighbourhoods with a wealthy suburb sheds light on Sweden's deepening issue of inequality.
OTTAWA — Trix may be for kids, but a Quebec Liberal MP does not want that kind of cereal or other sugary foods marketed that way anymore. A parliamentary health committee is discussing Patricia Lattanzio's private member's bill, which seeks to reduce childhood obesity by forbidding advertisements for sugary food and drinks aimed at kids under 13. Conservatives have opposed the bill, which passed an initial vote in the House of Commons in September, on the basis that it may create a whole bunch o
Last November, after a decade of failed attempts, David Smith, a self-described shape hobbyist of Bridlington in East Yorkshire, England, suspected that he might have finally solved an open problem in the mathematics of tiling: That is, he thought he might have discovered an “einstein.” In less poetic terms, an einstein is an “aperiodic monotile,” a shape that tiles a plane, or an infinite two-dimensional flat surface, but only in a nonrepeating pattern. (The term “einstein” comes from the Germa
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised changes in the wake of the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that left 22 people dead. After listening to seven months of witness testimony and reviewing thousands of pages of documents, the Mass Casualty Commission (MCC) released its sprawling final report Thursday — 130 recommendations spanning more than 3,000 pages. The report gave a scathing review of the RCMP for its failure to warn community members of the danger they were in, which d
Things went off the rails quickly when Travis Kelce tried to name all 32 NFL head coaches.
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The Vatican has formally denounced a 15th-century doctrine used to legitimize the seizure of Indigenous land, but the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the Roman Catholic Church should go further to repair the harm caused by the decrees. A statement from the Vatican on Thursday said the papal bulls used as the basis for the Doctrine of Discovery "did not adequately reflect the equal dignity and rights of Indigenous peoples." The papal bulls were connected to the idea that land
The wife of Canadian pop star Justin Bieber revealed she's all about the country's landscape and people.
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One ticket to the women's Final Four costs $428, while one men's ticket is going for $40.
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Officials in Hawaii released video and photos taken from a drone, which shows the swimmers harassing a pod of dolphins in the water.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis has seen a marked improvement in his health after receiving an infusion of antibiotics for an infectious bronchitis, the Vatican said in an upbeat statement on Thursday. The pope was taken to hospital on Wednesday after complaining of breathing difficulties, raising fresh concerns over the health of the 86-year-old pontiff, who is suffering from a number of ailments. Quoting Francis's medical team, the Vatican said the pope had been diagnosed with an infectious bronchitis virus, a highly contagious respiratory disease, which required an intravenous infusion of antibiotics.
There were tense moments - and an apology for a 2019 remark - at the trial over a ski crash in Utah.
Gwyneth Paltrow attended every day and even testified in the ski collision trial. Terry Sanderson now owes the Goop founder $1.
A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former U.S. president Donald Trump. The indictment is for Trump's role in paying hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels to cover up an affair and then falsifying financial records about that payoff. Washington bureau chief Jackson Proskow has the breaking news details.