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MARKING A CENTURY OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN CANADA.
To inspire young women to participate in the formal political sphere in the years and decades to come - Equal Voice has invited young...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 26, 2017


Britain to publish Article 50 bill as May agrees to set out Brexit plan
Britain said it would publish legislation on Thursday seeking parliament's approval to begin formal divorce talks with the European Union...

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Jan 25, 2017


Theresa May to meet with Wall Street bankers in Davos and outline hard Brexit vision
The Prime Minister will hold talks this week with the head of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and asset manager Blackrock to...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 18, 2017
Theresa May Brexit speech's shows UK getting 'more realistic', says Tusk – as it happene
Closing summary Just over six hours after Theresa May began her much-touted speech on Brexit, it’s time for a summary of what we’ve...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 17, 2017
In ‘Brexit’ Speech, Theresa May Outlines Clean Break for U.K.
LONDON — “Get on with it.” With those words early in a major speech on Tuesday, Prime Minister Theresa May charted Britain’s course...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 17, 2017
Theresa May to side with Eurosceptics in major Brexit speech revealing what she wants from negotiati
Theresa May will gamble this week by siding with Eurosceptics and signalling she is prepared to take Britain out of the single market and...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 16, 2017
Nepal-India meeting likely on Thursday
Jan 9, 2017- The Indian government has finally responded to Nepal’s request to form a modality to exchange demonetised Indian banknotes...

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Jan 12, 2017
Theresa May signals that Britain will leave Single Market so it can take control of immigration
Theresa May has indicated that Britain will leave the Single Market after Brexit and build a "really good, ambitious trade deal" with the...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 8, 2017
India Said to Get 97% Banned Notes in Setback to Graft Crackdown
Indians have deposited nearly all the currency bills outlawed at the end of the deadline last year, according to people with knowledge of...

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Jan 4, 2017


UK's ambassador to the EU Sir Ivan Rogers resigns
The UK's ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, has resigned. Sir Ivan, appointed to the job by David Cameron in 2013, had been expected...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 3, 2017


Her Majesty The Queen's 2017 New Year's Message
OTTAWA—The Governor General of Canada wishes to share Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s message addressed to all Canadians. “I...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 1, 2017
Putin's Real Long Game
Politico magazine explains how the West is already at war, whether it wants to be or not. It may not be a war we recognize, but it is a...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 1, 2017


Why women in patriarchal Tamil Nadu worshipped Jayalalithaa
One of the visuals that has defined the reaction to Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa Jayaraman’s hospitalisation, before she passed...

RCS Ottawa
Dec 29, 2016


Jayalalithaa, the movie star who became one of India’s most controversial politicians, dies at 68
Jayalalithaa Jayaraman, a movie star who transformed into one of the most powerful politicians in southern India, passed away late on...

RCS Ottawa
Dec 29, 2016


Royal Commonwealth Society director backs calls for a new HMY Britannia
A new HMY Britannia could boost Britain’s boost links with the world and become once again a “majestic symbol of national esteem”, the...

RCS Ottawa
Dec 27, 2016


Anti-Corruption comes to Nigeria
Since taking office in May last year, Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, has made fighting corruption in government a central goal of...

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Dec 24, 2016
Theresa May declines to rule out paying EU for single market access
Theresa May has declined to rule out continuing to pay significant sums into the EU budget after Brexit. Asked about the issue in the...

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Dec 19, 2016
Philip Hammond: Japanese banks are concerned about Brexit
Japan’s financial sector has “concerns” about Britain’s exit from the European Union, Philip Hammond said on Thursday after he sought to...

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Dec 15, 2016
UK's Hammond kicks off Brexit reassurance tour in South Africa
Dec 7 British finance minister Philip Hammond will seek to reassure some of the country's trade and investment partners that Brexit will...

RCS Ottawa
Dec 15, 2016
44% reduction in honeybee colonies in 1 year
America’s honeybees are dying off, and one reason why could be widespread federal renewable fuel policies meant to help the...

RCS Ottawa
Dec 11, 2016
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