Category: firing

Liberals Urge Tories to Reconsider Compromise on Documents About Fired Scientists

OTTAWA—Government House leader Mark Holland is urging the Conservatives to reconsider their rejection of a compromise proposal that would allow MPs to finally see unredacted documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada’s highest-security laboratory. In a letter Tuesday to his Conservative counterpart, Gerard Deltell, Holland reiterates his proposal to allow a special…


AP Managing Editor Defends Firing of Emily Wilder Over Pro-Palestinian Twitter Posts

A managing editor for the Associated Press (the AP) has defended the news wire’s decision to let go of its recently hired news associate Emily Wilder, saying that her activity on social media put the outlet’s credibility “at stake.” “It’s really important that we maintain our credibility on these stories, and journalist safety is at…


India, Pakistan Militaries Agree to Stop Cross-Border Firing in Rare Joint Statement

New Delhi—The militaries of India and Pakistan said in a rare joint statement on Thursday that they had agreed to observe a ceasefire along the disputed border in Kashmir, having exchanged fire hundreds of times in recent months. The nuclear-armed neighbors signed a ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Kashmir region…