Aug 08, 2016 12:47
- ABC reports on the Sudanese-Australian basketball players who are transforming the game in Australia.
- Bloomberg reports on the potentially transformative scope of China's New Silk Road project.
- Bloomberg View likes the new Star Trek movie's shift beyond speciesism.
- CBC reports on the strength of pro-Trump support among non-voting Amish in Pennsylvania, and looks at a VIA Rail proposal to set up a commuter run in Halifax.
- Gizmodo reports on Florida's disastrous coastal algal infestations.
- The Globe and Mail notes a proposal for Ontario-Michigan cooperation and recounts the story of the construction of the Rideau Canal.
- The Guardian reports on Catalonia's swift progress towards a declaration of independence.
- MacLean's describes Manitoba's falling crime rate.
- Open Democracy wonders about Italy's Five Star Movement and looks at the newest African-American hashtag movements.
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