The students’ parents encouraged their daughters to stand their ground, according to their lawyer, Mohammed Tahir. They continued to wear the hijab after the school, Government Women’s PU, moved in January to ban it on campus, saying it violated the school’s dress code. The school issued the prohibition after meeting with a local lawmaker from […]
ImageProtestors opposing vaccine mandates blocking the roadway at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing, in Windsor, Ontario, on Wednesday.Credit…Geoff Robins/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Multiple blockades at some of the busiest routes linking Canada to the United States are disrupting supply chains of major car companies, leading to production stoppages and fanning alarm that protests in […]
OTTAWA — Canada’s most important — and most notoriously boring — city has found itself stuck in a never-ending tailgate party. Giant trucks scatter the roads downtown, stretching for almost a mile, in front of the Gothic stone Parliament buildings and government offices that feel like they’ve been snatched from one former motherland — England […]
ImageTruckers protesting vaccine mandates in downtown Ottawa on Tuesday evening.Credit…Kadri Mohamed/EPA, via Shutterstock A new trucker blockade protesting pandemic restrictions snarled traffic at a third point along the Canadian and the United States border on Wednesday, putting more pressure on the automotive industry, which depends on the seamless movement of parts and components between the […]
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion on Tuesday that could lead to the termination of thousands of county employees who have not gotten vaccinated or received a medical or religious exemption. The motion, which passed by a vote of 4-0 with one abstention, would shift power away from department heads who […]
A rally in Ottawa on Monday.Credit…Andre Pichette/EPA, via Shutterstock Standing in front of several trucks near Ottawa’s Parliament Hill on Monday, Emily Martin was wearing a black winter hat adorned with the words “fringe minority” in white. It was a reference to a statement Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used to play down the scope and […]
Sales of cars powered solely by batteries surged in the United States, Europe and China last year, while deliveries of fossil fuel vehicles were stagnant. Demand for electric cars is so strong that manufacturers are requiring buyers to put down deposits months in advance. And some models are effectively sold out for the next two […]
ImagePresident Vladimir V. Putin of Russia meeting with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Moscow on Monday.Credit…Sputnik, via Agence France-Presse President Emmanuel Macron of France, who has positioned himself at the center of Europe’s furious diplomatic maneuvering over Ukraine, said on Monday that the continent was at a “critical crossroads” as he met in Moscow […]
One day after the police chief in Canada’s capital said his city was under “siege” by thousands of truckers and other protesters angry over government policies, the mayor on Sunday declared a state of emergency and called for outside help. “We’re in the midst of a serious emergency, the most serious emergency our city has […]
QAMISHLI, Syria — Child detainees at a prison in northeast Syria that was attacked by ISIS two weeks ago are injured, hungry and thirsty, according to the first international aid worker to see them since the siege. “They just managed to say a few words: that they are hungry, they need water, they need medical […]
