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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6 days ago |
thespec.com | Allan Woods
An American who made his name in Peru is now the Bishop of Rome. Not an Asian or African shepherd to lead the flock in regions where the Catholic faith is growing at its fastest.
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6 days ago |
thespec.com | Allan Woods
An American who made his name in Peru is now the Bishop of Rome. Not an Asian or African shepherd to lead the flock in regions where the Catholic faith is growing at its fastest.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Allan Woods
Divining who will become the next pope is the devil’s work. It raises false idols — the so-called papabili, or front-runners — to be worshipped or denigrated. It promotes conflict between the various strains of Catholic faithful, pitting progressives against traditionalists. Will Catholics cast their lot with the charismatic Filipino karaoke cardinal being bashed for belting out John Lennon’s sacrilegious line: “Imagine there’s no heaven ...”?
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Allan Woods
PARIS—It was something like an American tariff — one that predated President Donald Trump — that convinced one French company of the need to build a firewall against U.S. technology dominance. Paris-based Qwant, which runs a search engine that pledges to protect user privacy, had a licensing agreement with Microsoft for the use of the critical software that powers its search results. “They were perhaps a little ahead of their time.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Allan Woods
“A catastrophe of an unfathomable magnitude,” said France’s cognac makers, who will contend with new 20 per cent duties. Stock markets slid on the threat of a crystallizing global trade war and economic slowdown. “This is not the act of a friend,” said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
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