July 7, 2021

Weekly World News Update

Residential Schools in Canada; Haitian President Assassinated; G7 Minimum Corporate Tax Goes Global; A Century of the CCP; Brazilians Are Protesting; and Northern Ireland and Scotland

Quote of the Week

“While we can't change the past, we must be resolute in confronting these truths in order to chart a new and better path forward. Together, we have a long way to go to make things right with Indigenous Peoples.”  -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in his Canada Day message regarding the horrific findings at the site of former residential schools.

Residential Schools in Canada

“Lower Post Residential School Was a Place of Terror and Desperate Loneliness” Dave Porter -- Vancouver Sun, July 2, 2021  “Country Reckons With Legacy of Residential Schools on Canada Day” CBC News, July 1, 2021  “Native Children Didn’t ‘Lose’ Their Lives at Residential Schools. Their Lives Were Stolen” Erica Violet Lee -- The Guardian, July 6, 2021  “Canada’s Grim Legacy of Cultural Erasure, in Poignant School Photos” Ian Austen -- The New York Times, July 5, 2021   “Feds May Investigate Native American Boarding School in Nevada After Discovery of Canadian Mass Graves” Marcella Corona -- USA Today, July 6, 2021

Haitian President Assassinated

"Haitian President Assassinated at Home, Sparking Fears of Widespread Turmoil" Andre Paultre -- Reuters, July 7, 2021  "Live Updates: Haiti's President Assassinated" Lauren Said-Moorhouse; Nick Thompson; Sheena McKenzie; Hannah Strange -- CNN, July 7, 2021 “Haiti Has Been Abandoned—by the Media, the U.S., and the World" Amy Wilentz -- July 6, 2021  WACA's Embassy Row Live! with Haitian Ambassador Bocchit Edmond -- February 23, 2021

G7 Minimum Corporate Tax Goes Global

"The Taxman Cometh" Nicholas Shaxson -- Foreign Affairs, July 7, 2021 “Global Tax Deal Reached Despite Vocal Opposition” Bjarke Smith-Meyer; Mark Scott -- Politico, July 1, 2021   "Why the Global Minimum Tax Deal Is a Win for Silicon Valley" Lydia You -- Barron's, July 3, 2021  "Biden’s Global Minimum Tax: A Cartel to Raise Taxes and End Competition" Andreas Hellmann -- National Review, July 6, 2021  "'Still Too Early to Work Out Exact Impact' of Global Corporate Tax Reform: Lawrence Wong" Tang See Kit -- Channel News Asia, July 5, 2021

A Century of the CCP

"Unpacking the 100-Year History of the Chinese Communist Party" Alisa Chang; Andy Liu -- NPR, July 5, 2021  "The CCP at 100: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" Robert Manning -- The Hill, July 2, 2021  "China’s Communist Party Turns 100: A Major Force in Global Governance, But Cracks Exist in the Xi Era" Joshua Kurlantzick -- Council on Foreign Relations, June 30, 2021 "At Centenary Celebrations, Xi Jinping Says China’s Success Rests on the Communist Party. But In Reality, It’s All About Him" Charlie Campbell -- Time, July 1, 2021  "Xi Vows to Crush Meddling Forces and Taiwan Independence Attempts" CK Tan -- Nikkei Asia, July 1, 2021

Brazilians Are Protesting

"As Coronavirus Probe Deepens, Bolsonaro Increasingly Threatened by a Corruption Scandal" Terrence McCoy -- The Washington Post, July 5, 2021 “Brazilians Protest Bolsonaro’s Handling of the COVID Pandemic” Al Jazeera, July 3, 2021  “Bill Cutting Indigenous Land Rights Advances in Brazil’s Congress” Anthony Boadle -- The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer, June 30, 2021

Northern Ireland and Scotland

“Boris Bridge: Northern Ireland-Scotland Link Like ‘Raising the Titanic’” Eimear McGove -- Belfast Telegraph, July 5, 2021  “How Scotland is Becoming Newly Polarised Over the Europe Question” Rory Scothorne -- New Statesman, July 2, 2021  “Scotland’s Complicated Quest for Independence” Antonia Colibasan -- Geopolitical Futures, June 30, 2021  ““The Whole Thing’s Falling Apart.” Northern Ireland’s Unhappy Birthday” Tom Rowley -- The Economist, July 6, 2021