Canada now has the world's most Sikh cabinet
Canada's new national defense minister, Harjit Sajjan, is sworn in at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday. (Reuters/Blair Gable)This week, Canada's newprime minister, Justin Trudeau, unveiled the most diverse cabinet in the country's history. The majority Liberal government's cabinet is now gender equal — 15 of 30 senior ministerial posts have been awarded to women — and touts a significant presence for the country's ethnic minorities."It's an incredible pleasure for me to be before you today to present a cabinet that looks like Canada," TrudeaudeclaredWednesday.[Quiz: What do you actually know about Canada?]Among the diverse crowd are four ministers of Sikh origin — a conspicuously high numb..>> view originalNew book spells more family drama for Jeb Bush
Then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush, right, and his brother, then-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, tell a few jokes as their parents, former president George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush, are shown on a video screen behind them during a birthday gala for the parents on June 10, 1999, in Houston. (David J. Phillip/Associated Press)A former president is rarely publicly critical of another former president — especially by way of a tell-all book. Even more rarely has one president been the father of another. And those categories have never intersected. Until now.And so begins another round of Bush family drama tied mostly to foreign policy, this time in the pages of an authorized biography of former president Ge..>> view originalWhy the head of AARP thinks you shouldn't retire
AARP leader Jo Ann Jenkins explains how increased longevity is changing people's perceptions of retirement. (Lillian Cunningham, Jayne Orenstein, Randolph Smith and Julio Negron/The Washington Post)AARP chief executive Jo Ann Jenkins fits the increasingly common profile of her nonprofit’s nearly 40 million members—she’s 57 years old and has no intention of retiring any time soon. In fact, her biggest piece of advice about retirement is: “Don’t retire.”These days, close to half of AARP’s members are still working. And that, coupled with longer and longer life expectancies, has led Jenkins and her staff to fundamentally recast the organization’s mission.Jenkins has spent her career working in ..>> view originalThe battle over President Obama's trade deal has officially arrived
The Obama administration releasedthe full textof a 12-nationPacific Rim free-trade accordon Thursday, launching what is expected to be a long and bruising fight to win final ratification in Congress for one of the president’s top priorities.A month after trade ministers reached agreement on the deal in Atlanta, the public will get its first look at the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an expansive pact that spans 30 chapters and hundreds of pages.After the text’s release, Obama administration officials said, the president will notify lawmakers of his intent to sign the trade accord. Obama must then wait 90 days before he can apply his signature and send the agreement to Capito..>> view originalNationals introduce Dusty Baker as manager
The Washington Nationals introduced a smiling Dusty Baker as the team's sixth manager on Nov. 5. The team is looking for "bigger and better things" with the experienced manager. (AP)The Nationals formally introduced new manager Dusty Baker Thursday morning, the conclusion of a strange and eventful search that led the team through several candidates before winnowing down to two finalists: Baker and former Padres manager Bud Black. Black was reportedly the team’s first choice, but after he and the Nationals could not reach a deal,the 66-year-old Baker emerged again.We’ll update this post throughout the course of the news conference, scheduled for 11 a.m. at Nationals Park.10:54 a.m.:The news c..>> view originalChris Culliver continues to make progress; Keenan Robinson...
Redskins inside linebacker Keenan Robinson, here arriving to the Bucs game, watched practice on Thursday. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)For a second straight day, cornerback Chris Culliver looked sharp as he went through 1-on-1 drills during the early portion ofthe Redskins‘ practice on Thursday. However, the team was without one of their starting inside linebackers as Keenan Robinson only watched practice with an unspecified injury.Sidelined the past three games because of inflammation in his right knee, Culliver practiced in a limited capacity on Wednesday, and took part both in individual and 1-on-1 drills before practice was closed to reporters on Thursday.Culliver displayed good speed ..>> view originalHow unusual is this November warm spell in Washington, D
Is this November? (Andrew Pasko-Readervia Flickr)The D.C. area is in the midst of a very warm start to November. Through the first four days of the month, the city is running 5.4 degrees warmer than normal. And the warmest weather is still to come.Is this really a special occasion? As usual, that answer is a bit complicated, but it’s probably best to summarize as ‘somewhat’ unusual – maybe a once a decade occurrence.Warmest temperature in November by year at D.C. since 1872.D.C.’s high temperature of 75 degrees on Wednesday is already the warmest November temperature the city has seen since 2007 when it was a toasty 77.Of course, looking at recent history, the past few years have had coolis..>> view originalKangaroo farts not as environmentally friendly as previously thought
He who smelt it dealt it. (Gregor Fischer/EPA)Kangaroos can no longer feel smug about their flatulence. Traditionally, it's been thought that the animals produce unusually low amounts of methane when they pass gas. Since livestock farts (I'm looking at you, cows)make upa lotof our global greenhouse gas emissions, that would make kangaroos potential lifesavers in the global warming department. Scientists had hoped that there might be some secret cocktail of microbes in their gut that made their emissions so delicate — perhaps one that could begiven to cattle to make their farts less harmful.[With proposed limits on methane, EPA takes aim at a powerful greenhouse gas]But according to astudy pu..>> view originalThe Latest: UK airlines to fly tourists back from Sinai
LONDON — The latest on the crash of a Russian plane in Egypt that killed all 224 people onboard last Saturday. (All times local.)6:45 p.m.Italy’s civil aviation authority ENAC says it has asked Italian airlines to conduct their own extra security checks at Sharm el-Sheikh’s airport in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.The move came a day after Britain suspended all flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh over suspicions that the Russian plane that crashed in Sinai over the weekend may have been brought down by a terrorist bomb.ENAC said Thursday that the extra security checks will be done “as a precaution” while awaiting word on what caused the Oct. 31 crash. It noted that British airliner easyJet had can..>> view originalThe tragic case of the boy who was missing for 13 years — and didn...
A 5-year-old boy who went missing from his home in Alabama 13 years ago has been found unharmed as a young man living with his father in Ohio, thanks to red flags raised when he tried to apply to college. (AP)When police in Alabama called Julian Hernandez’s mother to tell her that her son had been found — 13 years after she reported him missing — she was hesitant to believe it.“Really?” she told police. “Are you sure?Really?”She had gotten her hopes up many times over the years and been let down time and time again, police said. She wondered whether this time would be different.“Once she finally realized it was him, she was excited — she was ecstatic,” Vestavia Hills Police Lt. Johnny Evans ..>> view original
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