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UBC law professor Carol Liao is highly skeptical about Atira’s promise to launch a third-party review of its policies and practices in the wake of this week’s bombshell audit into BC Housing. Atira, BC Housing and the provincial government have all come under fire after the much-anticipated financial audit of the Crown corporation was released.The Ernst and Young report uncovered a conflict of interest connected to Atira CEO Janice Abbott and former BC Housing CEO Shane Ramsay, who are married, and who held the top jobs at the same time.On Friday, Atira said it will be creating a taskforce that…

Germany will provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth almost $3bn, including tanks, anti-aircraft systems and ammunition, the government announced ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s arrival in Berlin. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Saturday that Berlin wanted to show, with its latest military aid package worth 2.7bn euros ($2.95bn), “that Germany is serious in its support” for Ukraine. “Germany will provide all the help it can, as long as it takes,” he said. Though initially slow to provide military aid to Kyiv, Germany has since become one of the biggest suppliers of arms to Ukraine, crucially giving…

Veteran defender Nathan Wilson admits Peel Thunder need to find a way to turn their slow starts around after another early scare from West Coast on Saturday.It follows a month of losing first quarters for the ladder-leaders, with Peel conceding 20 goals to nine over the past four weeks.

PHNOM PENH: Everyone in Phnom Penh, it seems, wants a selfie with Bou Samnang. The Cambodian runner has become a star of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games since her gritty performance in the 5,000m event. Although she came last, her determination to finish the race under torrential rain charmed the country and even won plaudits from Prime Minister Hun Sen. Videos of her crying after crossing the line have gone viral. “I can say now I’m famous,” the 20-year-old said at the Morodok Techo Stadium, the scene of her unlikely rise to prominence, where passers-by were lining up for photos…

In the last century, ignorance and its corollary that is fear have been at the origin of much distrust and violence between individuals, communities and nations. This tendency cannot for the moment, unfortunately, be scratched out from the human psyche, but it can certainly be contained, by encouraging human beings through education to construct a common meaning, common objectives and aspirations and work together towards achieving them.Likewise, tremendous progress has been gladly achieved in our perception of education: in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it was written in gold, for the first time, that education is an undeniable right…

Naqab, Israel – In 1992, Mohamed Abu Qwaider watched his mother’s home bulldozed by the Israeli army in the unrecognised Bedouin village of az-Zarnug in the Naqab Desert. The then-10-year-old helped his family rebuild the house using stone and concrete, sturdier than the previous metal shack. A few days after completing their new home, the family got another demolition order stating the structure was built illegally and had to watch it flattened to the ground. “I was too young so I didn’t know the regulations,” Abu Qwaider, now 41, said. “All I knew is that we had the right –…

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp said a run for the White House could eventually be in his plans, although the governor has no immediate intentions to seek the presidency.Kemp previously ruled out a 2024 presidential run earlier this year.In an interview with WSB-TV, Kemp said he is focused on Georgia and his family. During his time as governor, he has managed COVID-19, anti-police protests, the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath, the ire of former President Trump and his own re-election to the governor’s mansion last year.”Look, I never say never in politics,” Kemp said.GOV. KEMP URGES REPUBLICANS TO SUPPORT…

The G7 and EU will ban Russian gas imports on routes where Moscow has cut supplies, according to officials involved in the negotiations, the first time pipeline gas trade has been blocked by western powers since the invasion of Ukraine.The decision, which is to be finalised by G7 leaders at a summit in Hiroshima next week, will prevent the resumption of Russian pipeline gas exports on routes to countries such as Poland and Germany, where Moscow cut off supplies last year and triggered an energy crisis across Europe.Western powers want to ensure that Russia does not receive a boost to…

JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive Jamie Dimon has called on US regulators to look into the behaviour of investors betting against bank stocks as part of official efforts to “finish” the banking turmoil.Four lenders have failed while some hedge fund short sellers have made large profits from bets against such stocks in the past two months. Regulatory action to deal with the bank collapses has failed to halt falls in some lenders’ shares.“The SEC has the enforcement capability to look at what people are doing by name in options, derivatives, short sales,” said Dimon in an interview with Bloomberg Television on…

Source: CoinbaseFormer US lawmakers Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., Tim Ryan, D-Ohio., and Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y will join Coinbase’s newly launched Global Advisory Council to guide its leadership team.“The creation of the Advisory Council is a significant step for Coinbase as we navigate an increasingly complex and evolving landscape in the US and internationally,” the exchange said in a statement. The announcement comes a few months after a probe from a US regulator and as lawmakers are working on legislation to write rules for crypto. Past work by the former lawmakersToomey, Ryan and Maloney were all active in introducing crypto legislation during their time…