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A group of South African academics and the international NGO Doctors Without Borders have urged member countries in the World Trade Organization to resume negotiations after a leaked document detailing a compromise in waiving patents for Covid-19 vaccines surfaced.

By elections are at the best of times dramatic events.  Given current circumstances and a well funded although deeply unpopular anti vaccine movement and the likely candidacy of Winston Peters the Tauranga by election is likely to be a circus.

Under the “Plan B” proposal, each resident would pay a daily “rent” based on what their assets showed they could afford.

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

Under the “Plan B” proposal, each resident would pay a daily “rent” based on what their assets showed they could afford.

Under the “Plan B” proposal, each resident would pay a daily “rent” based on what their assets showed they could afford.

Under the “Plan B” proposal, each resident would pay a daily “rent” based on what their assets showed they could afford.

The International Bar Association (IBA) Legal Policy & Research Unit (LPRU) has released its first set of findings into the lack of representation of women in senior roles across the legal profession – private practice, in-house legal teams, public sector institutions and the judiciary – in England and Wales. Overall, the England and Wales Pilot Interim Results Report reveals that women in the law make up 51 per cent of the profession, but only occupy 32 per cent of senior roles.

For decades, we've known that universal child care would advance the nation. What's taking Canada so long?

In the Nordic countries, widespread proficiency in English is positioned as a positive and even critical component of overall global competitiveness and competence. Indeed, maps illustrating who speaks the “best” English in Europe show a swath across the Nordic countries, and the number of people in the Nordic countries claiming proficiency in English is only a few percentage points below those in places such as the UK and Ireland. At the same time, the Nordic countries are routinely listed ...