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The U.S. may have one card to play against North Korea: trade – LA Times
The United States has some options in dealing with the threat presented by North Korea.
Source: The U.S. may have one card to play against North Korea: trade - LA Times
Women graduates ‘desperately’ freeze eggs over ‘lack of men’ – BBC News
Graduate women are struggling to find educated men who want to start a family, research suggests.
Source: Women graduates 'desperately' freeze eggs over 'lack of men' - BBC News
Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union – The New York Times
Source: Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union - The New York Times
What Can Trump Do About North Korea? His Options Are Few and Risky – The New York Times
Source: What Can Trump Do About North Korea? His Options Are Few and Risky - The New York Times
Why are Indian women wearing cow masks? – BBC News
A photography project which shows women wearing a cow mask has gone viral in India.
Ex-Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr to get apology and pay – BBC News
Canadian-born Omar Khadr will also receive pay for abuses he suffered in prison, reports say.
Source: Ex-Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr to get apology and pay - BBC News
This response by the Canadian government, and empathetic Canadians including Green Party leader Elizabeth May, serves the same credential-burnishing as maintaining pets in the lap of luxury.
It is hypocrisy twice over. Not only have Canadians done nothing to reduce the likelihood that Omar Khadrs will occur in the future, this remedy makes future travesties more likely. There is nothing wrong with making amends. There is a great deal wrong with conflating making amends with claims that the circumstances causing the harms no longer exist.