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Meaford high school impacted by strikes next week, not Collingwood
The strike will be the latest in a series of rotating strikes by the OSSTF and will be one of several job actions by teachers next week. On Jan. 15 teachers in the Bluewater District School Board, which includes Meaford and Thornbury, as well as some others in Ontario will be picketing for the day. [Full Article...]
Trump says someone else got his Nobel
Video: Speaking at a campaign rally in Toledo Jan. 9, President Donald Trump wondered if he should get some of the credit for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Nobel Peace Prize. Not really - the US's influence in the peace talks was minimal. Ethiopia is building a $4 billion dam on the Blue Nile, a tributary of the Nile River, near the border with Sudan, saying the project is necessary ... [Full Article...]
Mexico school shooting: Boy kills teacher and himself in Torreón
Riquelme said the student killed his teacher and himself, and wounded five other students and a gym teacher at the private school. "It's a tragedy. It's very, very sad that a boy of 11 can come to school with two guns", Zermeno told local television. [Full Article...]
United States tried to take out another Iranian leader, but failed
Addressing worshippers in Tehran on Friday, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari hailed Gen. Soleimani's major role in the collapse of Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group and said the revered commander promoted security in the Middle East region and other parts of the world. [Full Article...]
Pelosi says she will submit Trump impeachment articles to Senate
Yet in the lull, something else happened. New evidence and documents emerged, including emails showing more of the administration's internal deliberations over Trump's actions. "I've said for months that this is our preferred route". - That's McConnell, not budging. It hasn't been a risk-free strategy for Democrats. "There will be no haggling with the House over Senate procedure". [Full Article...]
13 killed, several injured in bomb blast at mosque in Pakistans Quetta
As per the reports, the bomb explosion took place when the people were offering Maghrib prayers. The nature of the explosion, which occurred inside the mosque in Ghousabad neighbourhood, was not immediately known, Dawn newspaper reported. [Full Article...]
Iran's United Nations ambassador says missile strikes weren't meant to kill Americans
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doubled down on President Trump's claim that multiple embassies were under threat, which is why he ordered a drone strike last week on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani . House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the killing of Soleimani "provocative and disproportionate". No one was injured. Meanwhile, Ismail Qaani , Soleimani's successor as head of the IRGC's Quds Force... [Full Article...]
Support for Trump remains low worldwide, survey finds
In Russia, 20 percent said they have confidence in the U.S. president to do the right thing in world affairs. These are increasing tariffs on imported goods from other countries (disliked by 68 percent); withdrawing from global climate change agreements (66 percent); and building a wall at the border with Mexico (60 percent). [Full Article...]