Is your civil service fit to handle today’s problems and anticipate those of the future? This, arguably, is the sort of question the government of any country should ask itself, and on a yearly basis. For the responsibilities that fall on the shoulders of the […] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is close to agreeing a 500 million pound ($624 million) supply deal with Sanofi (SASY.PA) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) for 60 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine, the Sunday Times reported. The newspaper said that Britain was considering taking an option […] After years of feeling marginalized by certain staff and administration within the Calgary Catholic School District, a teacher at Bishop O’Byrne High School is speaking out. Paul Kuster, who is a teacher, a comedian and also a former broadcaster said a number of racist incidents […] RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank (NCB) and Samba Financial Group are in talks to create a combined entity with almost $214 billion in assets, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Low oil prices and weak economic growth are pushing bank […] SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has finalised new rules for companies looking to list on Shenzhen’s ChiNext board, streamlining the listing process and allowing IPO pricing to be fully determined by the market. Spurred on by the trade war with the United States, China has sought […] The two men in the Trump administration in charge of setting America’s global priorities are crisscrossing the Middle East this week, dividing up an already deeply divided region, trying desperately to separate fact from fiction and establish some sense of just where their nation’s priorities […] A number of medical experts, including Canada’s top doc, Dr. Theresa Tam, and American infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci, have come under criticism for reversing their opinions about the use of non-surgical masks for the general public. Those critics suggest that revising their opinions […] It started young, as many passions do. You see something that inspires you, makes you wonder, makes you dream. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds did that for me; they still do. Canadian Forces Base Trenton (now 8 Wing Trenton) was home of the Quinte Air Show […] I realised recently that I’ve never had a real conversation with a migrant worker, not one where we talk to each other as equals. This came as a rude surprise, since I’ve always thought of myself as rather enlightened when it comes to such matters. […] (This May 15 story corrects paragraph 7 to say “RBC Capital Markets and Evercore ISI”, not “Barclays and Citigroup Global Markets,” were among the lead underwriters) (Reuters) – SelectQuote Inc said on Friday it was looking to raise about $342 million in an initial public […]
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