Post 9/11, young Afghans tasted peace. Now, Hadia Essazada is in exile.
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Aug 22, 2023
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When the Taliban fell after 9/11, Afghanistan entered a period of hope. For Essazada, it feels as if the Taliban have won again. ...
An incomplete mission: For Chris Nobrega, no wars were won after 9/11
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Aug 22, 2023
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Over the past two decades, Nobrega has had a unique, occasionally jarring, view of a world in flux. Afghanistan was merely the fir...
Living in the shadow of 9/11
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Aug 22, 2023
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Six extraordinary people reflect on how their worlds changed The post Living in the shadow of 9/11 appeared first on Macleans.ca.
In Afghanistan, the signs of our failure were everywhere
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Aug 22, 2023
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Paul Wells: How did the West get things so terribly wrong? The post In Afghanistan, the signs of our failure were everywhere app...
A moment of bliss for Michael Kovrig, and for all of Canada
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Aug 22, 2023
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Image of the Week: Free at long last, Michael Kovrig steps into the embrace of Vina Nadjibulla, his wife and most devoted advocate...
Don’t buy the hogwash about the release of Kovrig and Spavor
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Aug 22, 2023
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Terry Glavin: The sooner Canada dispenses with tales of 'prisoner swaps' and 'diplomatic triangulation,' the sooner it can have an...
How Nobel Peace Prize nominee Ilwad Elman has left her mark on Somalia—and the world
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Aug 22, 2023
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In memory of her father and sister, Ilwad Elman pours herself into working with former child soldiers and sexual assault survivors...
John Streicker on rapid snowmelt and why he got into it up to his neck
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Aug 22, 2023
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Streicker, climate scientist and the Yukon’s minister of energy, mines and resources, went neck-deep into freezing waters to show ...
The sound of too much noise
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Aug 22, 2023
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The Arctic narwhal is being threatened by a new enemy: the clamour of passing ships The post The sound of too much noise appeared ...
A young Chrystia Freeland impressed Soviet Russia’s KGB
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Aug 22, 2023
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Politics Insider for Oct. 12, 2021: The finance minister's notable past; Premier François Legault's power; and a Canadian Nobel pr...
U.S. to open the border to vaccinated Canadians in November
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Aug 22, 2023
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Politics Insider for Oct. 13, 2021: America relents; Chrystia Freeland's possible moves; and Michael Wernick's best advice The pos...
A cave-diving photographer on ‘swimming though the veins of the Earth’
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Aug 22, 2023
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Underwater cave photographer Jill Heinerth boldly swims where no one has swum before The post A cave-diving photographer on ‘swimm...
Will this flu season be worse than usual?
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Aug 22, 2023
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Vaxx Populi: In 2020-21, Canada saw just 69 confirmed cases of influenza. Some experts worry we may have lower immunity to the flu...
Jean Chrétien chides Justin Trudeau over slow efforts to free the two Michaels
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Aug 22, 2023
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Politics Insider for Oct. 25, 2021: The Liberals get called out; Jason Kenney's in trouble; and Alberta's new mayors talk shop The...
Canada’s diplomatic blunder in Turkey
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Aug 22, 2023
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Adnan R. Khan: Turkey’s standoff with 10 ambassadors, including Canada’s, was political grandstanding, and Erdogan came out the wi...
A wedding fit for a commoner
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Aug 22, 2023
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Image of the week: Japan's Princess Mako trades her royal title for love in a simple ceremony so not to rile her family and the Ja...
Exclusive: The real story of baby Farhan, the child passed over barbed wire in Afghanistan
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Aug 22, 2023
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Shannon Gormley describes how the baby made it over the wall at the Kabul airport and journeyed to Canada. It is also a tale of ho...
Maui emergency director resigns following criticism of wildfire response
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Aug 21, 2023
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Ken Alba carries a bag of ice at a food and supply distribution centre set up in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Lahaina, Ha...
Trump's legal team proposes April 2026 trial date in federal election interference case
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Aug 21, 2023
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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. president Donald Trump is shown at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Aug. 12....
Wreckage from Tuskegee airman's plane that crashed during WWII training recovered from Lake Huron
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Aug 21, 2023
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Wayne Lusardi, Michigan's state maritime archaeologist with the Department of Natural Resources, helps guide the mussel-encrusted ...
Russian missile attack leaves 7 dead, over 100 injured in Chernihiv, Ukrainian officials say
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Aug 21, 2023
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Emergency services work in an area damaged in a Russian missile attack in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Saturday. (Efrem Lukatsky/The Ass...
Hurricane Hilary threatens 'catastrophic' flooding in Mexico and California, now in a state of emergency
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Aug 21, 2023
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Satellite image from Saturday at 11:38 a.m. ET shows Hurricane Hilary, right, off Mexico’s Pacific coast. (National Oceanic and A...
Raging wildfire on Spanish island of Tenerife drives 26,000 from their homes
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Aug 21, 2023
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Flares are seen on the horizon Saturday as a wildfire advances through the forest toward the town of La Laguna and Los Rodeos airp...
B.C. honeymooners who escaped Maui fire won't return unless invited out of respect for devastated community
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Aug 17, 2023
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Honeymooners Matt Barnsley and Yolanna Zlotnik in Maui before fires devastated Lahaina. (Yolanna Zlotnik/Matt Barnsley)A Canadian ...
Tuohys accuse ex-NFLer Michael Oher of 'shakedown' attempt as he fights conservatorship
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Aug 17, 2023
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Michael Oher holds up a Ravens jersey while standing alongside Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy after being selected in the NFL draft in ...
Donald Trump, former advisers indicted in Georgia in 2020 election interference case
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Aug 16, 2023
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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. president Donald Trump was indicted for a fourth time Monday, this time by a gra...
Politician in Ecuador killed less than a week after presidential candidate's assassination
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Aug 16, 2023
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A soldier patrols Quito's streets prior to Ecuador's presidential election on Sunday. Three politicians have been killed in recent...
Greek authorities order 105 soccer fans to be detained pending trial after fatal clash
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Aug 15, 2023
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A group of soccer fans, most of them from Croatia, cover their faces while leaving the Athens Police Headquarters on Wednesday. (Y...
Russian ruble value plunges to lowest level since early days of Ukraine invasion
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Aug 15, 2023
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The value of the Russian ruble dipped below 101 to the U.S. dollar on Monday, within striking distance of a key level. (Moscow New...
Ukraine orders thousands of civilians out from area of Russian military push
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Aug 12, 2023
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Rescuers battle a fire outside a destroyed church after a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Thursday. Ukraine sa...
2 more arrests made in Alabama riverside brawl caught on video
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Aug 12, 2023
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A still from a video shared widely on social media captures the moment a white man strikes a Black man on a dock along the riverfr...
U.S. inflation rate ticks up for first time in a year, to 3.2%
Kevin
Aug 12, 2023
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The U.S. inflation rate inched up for the first time in a year last month, and an uptick in the price of gasoline is the biggest r...
Virgin Galactic rockets its 1st tourists to the edge of space
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Aug 12, 2023
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Virgin Galactic flies 1st tourists to edge of space1 day agoDuration 39:58Commercial space firm Virgin Galactic flies three privat...
White supremacist accused of threatening jury, witnesses in trial of Pittsburgh synagogue gunman
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Aug 12, 2023
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A Star of David hangs from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighbourhood...
Weakened tropical storm Khanun reaches Seoul after battering coastal South Korea
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Aug 12, 2023
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People struggle to hold onto their umbrellas in the rain and wind as tropical storm Khanun approaches Busan on Thursday. (Ahn Youn...
Norway prepares for more evacuations as river levels keep rising
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Aug 12, 2023
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Floodwaters from swollen rivers engulf homes in southeast Norway in this photo taken Friday. (Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB/The Associated ...
Beijing's flooding death toll rises to 33, with 18 still missing
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Aug 10, 2023
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Workers clear mud and debris from a flooded warehouse in Zhuozhou, in northern China's Hebei province, on Wednesday. ( Jade Gao/A...
11 killed in France after fire at vacation home for adults with learning disabilities
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Aug 10, 2023
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Firefighters try to contain the blaze at a vacation home in the town of Wintzenheim, in northeastern France, on Wednesday. (TNN/d...
Tropical storm Khanun blowing into South Korea after battering Japan for a week
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Aug 10, 2023
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People struggle to hold umbrellas in the rain and wind as tropical storm Khanun approaches Jeju Island, South Korea, on Wednesday....
UBC anthropologist reflects on Oppenheimer and 78th anniversary of nuclear bombing of Nagasaki
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Aug 10, 2023
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Doves fly over the Peace Statue at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 2022, during a ceremony to mark the 77th annivers...
