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If confirmed by the Senate, Austin will be the first African-American in that post. His selection is strongly supported by minority rights groups, partly because his military…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258130
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The extreme cold comes as the province is still dealing with the damage caused by unprecedented levels of heat and wildfires last summer and then record levels of rainfall and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266493
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If confirmed, Buttigieg would become the first openly LGBTQ US cabinet official. In assembling his team, Biden is emphasising experience and diversity, drawing heavily on past…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258245
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Craft succeeds Nikki Haley, who was a staunch defender of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy and an influential presidential adviser. Haley's departure left something of a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245590
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President Joe Biden, from the generation that remembers the Apollo moon landings, appears inclined to continue Artemis but will also boost NASA’s role in climate research.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261107
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The NDP won 42% of the popular vote and 53 of the provincial assembly's 87 seats while the PC was reduced to eleven seats and third-party status. This surprising result will have…
The Trump administration wants to tackle homelessness in the United States. With many of those homeless people in California -- and given the administration’s push to tackle…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246558
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These factors are stoking the urban civil unrest that has flared across the country in the last fortnight. What had seemed a practical matter of managing COVID-19 and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253046
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Although acceptance of the reality of climate change is growing, views on how government should respond divide sharply by party affiliation. US polling data suggest that…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265674
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Premier Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservative (PC) party appear on course to win a second term as other parties fail to resonate with the electorate. Although provincial and…