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The term ‘Indigenous,’ in its current use, might be doing us all a disservice
Wade Davis
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The highest-yielding stocks on the TSX, plus risk data
The TSX ticker is photographed in Toronto, on Thursday, February 27, 2020.
world
A quarter of world population lacks safe drinking water, UN report says
People get drinking water from a water collecting point at a slum area, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. World Water Day will be observed on March 22, to aim to highlight the importance of freshwater and advocate for sustainable management of this vital resource. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
analysis
Monday’s TSX breakouts: Two senior gold producers own shares of this spiking small-cap company
world
Canada’s child-soldier effort hits headwind in Congo
Minister of International Development Harjit Sajjan speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, October 26, 2021 in Ottawa.&nbsp;<i data-stringify-type="italic" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);">A Senate committee is urging the Trudeau government to amend laws that are blocking humanitarians from responding to growing desperation in Afghanistan, but the Liberals say the fix might take a year from when MPs first called for it.&nbsp;</i>THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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UN commission calls for closing the gender digital divide
FILE - The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. On Saturday, March 18, 2023, the U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality called for wide-ranging efforts to close the gap between men and women in today’s technology-driven world and urged zero tolerance for gender-based violence and harassment online. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
world
Ukraine Black Sea grain deal extended for at least 60 days
FILE PHOTO: Commercial vessels including vessels that are part of Black Sea grain deal wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo/File Photo
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The highest-yielding stocks on the TSX, plus risk data
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world
Long-awaited treaty agreed to protect the high seas
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Countries reach deal on UN treaty to protect world’s oceans
Activists from Greenpeace display a banner before the United Nations headquarters during ongoing negotiations at the UN on a treaty to protect the high seas in New York on February 27, 2023. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
world
UN chief praises moves toward stability in rare Iraq visit
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to reporters during a news conference, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
world
‘Massive’ violations during Russian invasion of Ukraine in focus as UN human rights body meets
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres adresses his statement, during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
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Russia’s UN diplomat accuses West of arm twisting in vote isolating Moscow
FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
world
Jordan hosting Israeli-Palestinian talks to avert escalation in violence, officials say
Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations Riyad H. Mansour (L) listens to Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan (R) during the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on February 20, 2023. - The UN Security Council expressed its "dismay" with plans by Israel's hard-right government to retroactively legalize settlements in occupied Palestinian lands, warning in a statement Monday that such measures "impede peace." (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)
world
At least 73 migrants presumed dead after shipwreck off Libya, UN agency says
FILE PHOTO: Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Antonio Vitorino visits an information booth at the border checkpoint where people are crossing the border from Ukraine to Poland, after fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Medyka, Poland, March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
world
At least 32 civilians killed in eastern Congo, UN says
A soldier of the Congolese Defense Forces watches on September 3, 2010 a UN helicopter from MONUSCO take off from Walikale in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo during patrols of the area following an attack on the village of Luvungi on July 30 by Hutu rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and local militias, who raped more than 280 women and minors as punishment for the villagers' alleged support for FARDC.
inside the market
The highest-yielding stocks on the TSX, plus risk data
A sign board displaying Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) stock information is seen in Toronto June 23, 2014.
inside the market
The highest-yielding stocks on the TSX, plus risk data
A Bay street sign is seen in the financial district in Toronto, Monday June 2, 2014
analysis
Friday’s TSX breakouts: An oversold defensive consumer stock with 29 consecutive years of dividend increases
A Metro grocery store in Stouffville, Ont. is photographed on Jan 12, 2023.
international business
U.N. forecasts fall in global economic growth to 1.9% in 2023
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 18, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
world
UN aid chief asks Taliban authorities for more exemptions to female NGO worker ban
Martin Griffiths, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara
world
UN says Taliban divided on appeal to restore women’s rights
File - A Save the Children nutrition counsellor, right, explains to Nelab, 22, how to feed her 11-month-old daughter, Parsto, with therapeutic food, which is used to treat severe acute malnutrition, in Sar-e-Pul province of Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (Save the Children via AP, File)
energy and resources
UN chief calls on business leaders at Davos to make ‘credible’ and accountable net-zero pledges
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 18, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Nearly 50,000 large dams worldwide are at risk of losing 25% storage capacity by 2050: UN research says
FILE PHOTO: A dry spillway at Hoover Dam, and stairs ending on a cliff are seen next to the growing ring around Lake Mead, where water levels have declined dramatically to lows not seen since the reservoir was filled after the construction of Hoover Dam, as climate change and growing demand for its water shrink the Colorado River and create challenges, in Boulder City, Nevada, U.S., April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
investor clinic
Relax, the IRS isn’t going to take a cut of your BIP proceeds
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inside the market
Here’s how every TSX Composite stock performed in 2022
A sign board displaying Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) stock information is seen in Toronto June 23, 2014.
world
UN says some aid programs stopped in Afghanistan after ban on women
The United Nations flag is seen is seen during the Climate Action Summit 2019 at the United Nations General Assembly Hall September 23, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty Images
world
Life in the field and in the bomb shelter: The UN’s Canadian chief in Ukraine faces the humanitarian challenge of a lifetime
Denise Brown, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ukraine, at the UN HQ shelter during air raid alert. Kyiv, Ukraine on December 16, 2022.
world
UN deputy urges countries to consider Haiti’s request for international armed force to help restore security
FILE - A police convoy escort fuel trucks filled with gas as they drive from the Varreux fuel terminal, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 8, 2022. U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, speaking to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, urged countries to urgently consider Haiti’s request for an international armed force to help restore security in the country troubled by gang violence. A U.N. special envoy said intentional killings and ransom kidnappings have increased sharply, armed gangs control the main roads entering or leaving the capital, the police force is shrinking, and a third of schools are closed.(AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
world
Two peacekeepers killed, four wounded in Mali attack, UN says
FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured though a window with the UN logo in the foreground in the Manhattan borough of New York August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
world
Angelina Jolie leaves role as UN refugee agency envoy
FILE - Angelina Jolie, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees specialenvoy, address a meeting on U.N. peacekeeping at U.N. headquarters on March 29, 2019. Jolie and the United Nations' refugee agency are parting ways after more than two decades. In a joint statement issued Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, the actress and the agency announced she was “moving on” from her role as the agency's special envoy “to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues.” (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
world
Irish soldier killed on UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon
Lebanese army members and the United Nations peacekeepers (UNIFIL) stand near of what witnesses stated to be the UNIFIL vehicle that was carrying the Irish soldier who was killed on a U.N. peacekeeping Patrol, in Al-Aqbieh, south Lebanon December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
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