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France 24
4 hours ago
- Politics
- France 24
Zimbabwe qualify for Rugby World Cup after 34 years
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France 24
5 hours ago
- Politics
- France 24
Retailleau criticizes Macron's political legacy as 2027 succession race heats up
01:39 23/07/2025 Testimony from Gaza: 'We are not numbers, we are human beings' 23/07/2025 Heatwave in Greece: Major wildfire forces evacuations in several villages 23/07/2025 Ukraine delegation in Istanbul for talks with Russia 23/07/2025 Ukraine curbs anti-corruption agencies, sparking rare protests 23/07/2025 Heatwave hits water, electricity supplies across much of Iran 23/07/2025 Kremlin expects 'difficult' talks with Ukraine in Istanbul 23/07/2025 Will Dati's corruption trial jeopardize her Paris mayoral ambitions? 23/07/2025 Ukraine's Zelensky tries to limit backlash over law curbing anti-graft agencies 23/07/2025 ICJ: World's top court to hand down watershed climate opinion
CBC
3 days ago
- General
- CBC
Wildfire evacuees from northern Saskatchewan seek refuge in Alberta communities
Wildfire has forced a First Nation in Northern Saskatchewan to evacuate. But with limited resources, hundreds of community members have had to come here to Alberta for refuge. CBC's Nicholas Frew stopped by one of the evacuation centres north of Edmonton.
Irish Times
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Beautiful Lives: How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong by Stephen Unwin – Too much piousness, not enough pragmatism
Beautiful Lives: How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong Author : Stephen Unwin ISBN-13 : 978-1-035-42473-3 Publisher : Wildfire Guideline Price : £25 In Beautiful Lives, Stephen Unwin sets out to offer a historical overview of the treatment of those with learning disabilities in the West, along with new ways of approaching them today. His reason for this study is his son, Joey, to whom the book is dedicated. His conclusion appears to be (yet also isn't, since every possible argument therein is quickly negated by every other possible argument – here is a writer keen to avoid backlash), that we need to re-evaluate our equation of worth with intellectual ability, so as to better appreciate the qualities embodied in many of disabled people; namely, a capacity for joy, pleasure in small things, affection and so forth. Inevitably, there are enormous practical and moral difficulties involved in this. For one thing, who will perform surgeries if we don't value intellectual ability? Secondly, how demeaning for those with learning disabilities, to value them only in relation to ourselves, and for the same qualities we seek in our pets. But let's talk about the good. The early sections, which discuss the history of learning disabilities, especially Unwin's focus on the etymology of language surrounding various conditions, is truly fascinating and worth reading. READ MORE It's when Unwin lets his own voice push through that the whole thing gets into serious trouble. This book is clearly (as can be discerned from the plethora of celebrity quotes, declaiming it 'beautiful', 'heart-rending', 'wise', 'superb' and so on) a noble endeavour, one whose intention is to offer insight into a minority who often get overlooked. So far, so admirable. Yet it's (among other things) Unwin's supreme awareness of his own nobility in writing such a book that so ineluctably ensures its failure. Even long before he starts quoting his own tweets and recounting their reception ('almost 90,000 'likes' and 2,000 'retweets' and was, for a moment, 'trending''), Unwin's pious tone summons, more than anything, David Brent playing guitar. Never, surely, has a published book featured more sentences starting with the word 'Tragically'. What a shame. Perhaps, if he'd spent less time on Twitter, he wouldn't have developed that platform's unfortunate tic of needing to be, first and foremost, liked, and could instead have written a book less blandly balanced and faux-humble. I'd have liked fewer cliches and righteous manifestos, and more practical understanding.
CTV News
12-07-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Wildfire smoke causing air quality warnings
Winnipeg Watch Wildfire smoke is causing air quality warnings in multiple communities, including Winnipeg. Jeff Keele has more.
