Allan Woods
Global and National Affairs Reporter at The (Toronto) Star
International news, analysis and feature writer with the Toronto Star newspaper
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3 days ago |
thespec.com | Allan Woods
It’s almost time to start the party. The invitations have been sent. But someone will be noticeably absent when G7 leaders gather next week in Alberta. Despite talk of a reset in relations and a recent friendly telephone call between foreign ministers, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won’t be among those welcomed to the G7 leaders meeting in Kananaskis next week.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Allan Woods
They are two welcome developments, but it’s too soon to celebrate that the most offensive elements of Donald Trump’s presidency are going … going … gone. The U.S. Commander-in-Chief has shown no signs that he is prepared to fall back into a slow-and-steady pace of government that benefits all and favours none. No sign either that he is willing to follow any judge’s orders.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Allan Woods
Think of it as the real response to King Charles’ Throne Speech, the one that really counts—for the moment, at least. Or call it Donald Trump’s bluff to Prime Minister Mark Carney: I’ll see your king and raise you…a missile defence shield. In veiled terms, that was the message the U.S. president sent to his northern neighbour, bringing the pomp-and-circumstance of Tuesday’s historic Royal visit back to the harsh-and-crude basics of modern-day geopolitics.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Allan Woods
PARIS—What happens in Vietnam does not stay in Vietnam, as French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, learned Monday morning. France’s most talked-about couple were caught in the act when the door to his presidential airplane opened just as Macron appears to have been roughed up by his wife. Just what that act was is the subject of debate. Some media reported it as a slap, while others described it as a shove.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Allan Woods
The Pope prays about it. Companies around the world are betting on it. And the occupant of a newly created federal ministry with few precedents in the world has been tasked with harnessing it. “It,” being artificial intelligence, the digital tool and tech buzzword that promises to do more things faster with powerful supercomputers, streamlining and potentially automating costly and time-consuming tasks.
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