to enable a rapid response to outbreaks , is already being depleted to control the one in Africa . If the disease takes hold in Asia , says William Perea of the WHO , there would be little choice but to limit inoculations to a fifth of a standard dose so as to make supplies of the vaccine stretch further . Small studies give reason to hope that this would protect adults , but the efficacy of a low dose for children is unknown .
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were at first an unlikely succession to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill , but they won the Cold War , with allies , including Canada . Trump and Johnson seem unlikely successors to Reagan and Thatcher , but it could happen and it might work . While these dramatic events are occurring in the countries that most influence Canada , we should be more concerned about the Ontario deficit than Ottawa ’s ; it of equal size in a jurisdiction with only 40 per cent of Canada ’s GDP and which does not have any influence on the money supplymovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexport. These are consequences of the McGuinty - Wynne economic miracle . As I have written here several times , all Ottawa needs to do is to raise the harmonized sales tax on elective transactions and reduce income taxes , especially on small businesses and family incomes — the economy will grow and the deficit will shrink , and Stephen Harper will not turn into a toad .
READ MORE : In Raqqa , support ISIL or die About 2,000 people had managed to leave Marea and Sheikh Issa before the closure of a main road between Marea and Azaz , two main rebel bastions in the province . The airdrops come as the Syrian Democratic Forces ( SDF ) - a US - backed coalition of armed groups led by the Kurdish People 's Protection Units ( YPG ) - mobilises in Aleppo around the border town of Manbij , a suspected supplymovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportroute for ISIL . The US sees the SDF - which was founded in Syria 's mainly Kurdish northeastern region in October 2015 , and is made up of at least 15 armed factions , mostly fighters from the YPG and the Free Syrian Army - as the most effective group challenging ISIL in Syria . Meanwhile , there is speculation that Russia might deploy ground forces in Syria .
The meeting in Qatar was not formally an Opec event , though most of the group 's members were represented . Opec has been slow to respond to the sharp fall in oil prices , which are still less than half the peak of $ 115 ( $ 81 ) a barrel seen in June 2014 . The price of oil had risen in recent weeks , largely due to speculation that some major exporters would limit supplymovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexport. Amrita Sen , chief oil analyst at Energy Aspects , told the BBC that oil markets were " rebalancing " even without a deal being reached in Qatar . " Production is falling everywhere because of low prices so the freeze actually would n't really matter for the markets because people are already producing at maximum levels and production is anyway gradually falling with or without the freeze deal , " she said .
For half a century , the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been the linchpin of U.S. Mideast policy . A guaranteed supplymovement.transportartifact.naof oil has bought a guaranteed supply of security . Ignoring autocratic practices and the export of Wahhabi extremism , Washington stubbornly dubs its ally “ moderate . ” So tight is the trust that U.S. special operators dip into Saudi petrodollars as a counterterrorism slush fund without a second thought . In a sea of chaos , goes the refrain , the kingdom is one state that ’s stable .
Russia has announced a game - changing move in the fight against Monsanto ’s GMOs , completely banning the use of genetically modified ingredients in any and all food production . In other words , Russia just blazed way past the issue of GMO labeling and shut down the use of any and all GMOs that would have otherwise entered the food supplymovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportthrough the creation of packaged foods ( and the cultivation of GMO crops ) . “ As far as genetically - modified organisms are concerned , we have made decision not to use any GMO in food productions , ” Deputy PM Arkady Dvorkovich revealed during an international conference on biotechnology . This is a bold move by the Russian government , and it sits in unison with the newly - ignited global debate on GMOs and the presence of Monsanto in the food supply .
What else does n’t he know ? While Trump has n’t mastered basic facts about the world , he has mastered Putin ’s talking points on Crimea . ” Asked about the removal from the GOP platform a call for supplymovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportof lethal weapons to Ukraine for defense purposes , Trump said : “ I was n’t involved in that . Honestly , I was not involved . ” Host George Stephanopoulos said : “ Your people were . ”
( The CIJA , which does n’t publicly identify witnesses , refused to acknowledge this . ) “ They spent three days here , asking me in very great detail about the work I did , details about how the meetings would go , ” he said . They also photographed the smuggled papers , and Barakat promised them that he ’d supplymovement.transportartifact.nathe originals if the case went to trial . As Barakat and I spoke through a video feed , he lifted up a heap of files , which are usually kept in a secure facility . “ These are the meeting minutes for the Central Crisis Management Cell , ” he said .
( The CIJA , which does n’t publicly identify witnesses , refused to acknowledge this . ) “ They spent three days here , asking me in very great detail about the work I did , details about how the meetings would go , ” he said . They also photographed the smuggled papers , and Barakat promised them that he ’d supplymovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportthe originals if the case went to trial . As Barakat and I spoke through a video feed , he lifted up a heap of files , which are usually kept in a secure facility . “ These are the meeting minutes for the Central Crisis Management Cell , ” he said .
Rumours of US military activity in the area have been circulating for weeks , Stratfor says . Rmeilan is in Hassakeh province in north - east Syria . In October the US dropped supplymovement.transportartifact.napallets containing more than 45 tonnes of ammunition to rebels in the province . Murad Batal Shishani , BBC Islamic Groups analyst The imagery appears to confirm growing rumours over the past couple of days about the presence of a runway .
Both groups would give India greater access to research and technology . BrahMos Aerospace , co - owned by the Indian and Russian governments , said discussions were underway with several countries on missile exports , but it was too early to be more specific . " Talks are going on , there will be a deal , " said spokesman Praveen Pathak . India is still a marginal player in global arms exports . The unit cost of the missile , fitted on Indian naval ships , is estimated at around $ 3 million . India has been steadily building military ties with Vietnam and is supplying offshore patrol boats under a $ 100 million credit line , its biggest overseas military aid . This week defence minister Manohar Parrikar held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart General Ngo Xuan Lich in Hanoi and both sides agreed to exchange information on commercial shipping as well as expand hydrographic cooperation , the Indian defence ministry said in a statement on Monday . A source at the defence ministry said India was hoping to conclude negotiations on the supplymovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportof BrahMos to Vietnam by the end of the year . The Indian government is also considering a proposal to offer Vietnam a battleship armed with the BrahMos missiles instead of just the missile battery , the source said . " A frigate integrated with the BrahMos can play a decisive role , it can be a real deterrent in the South China Sea , " the source said , adding New Delhi would have to expand the line of credit to cover the cost of the ship . Indian warships are armed with configurations of eight or 16 BrahMos missiles each , while sets of two or four would go on smaller vessels . A Russian official said exports of BrahMos to third countries was part of the founding agreement of the India - Russia joint venture . Only now India had armed its own military with the BrahMos was there capacity to consider exporting , he added .
At the time of its construction , the highway was a show of American ingenuity and determination during World War II . In March 1942 , just months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor , the U.S. Army hastily began to build a road linking Alaska , another exposed Pacific outpost , through Canada to the lower 48 states . Seven months later it was opened , providing a key supplymovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportline in case of invasion . Today the highway serves as the main artery connecting the “ Last Frontier ” with Canada and the northwestern U.S. , bringing tourists to Alaska cruise ships ; food , supplies and medicine to remote towns ; and equipment to oil fields and mines that are the region ’s lifeblood . Judy Gagnon , a 67-year - old trucker , has driven Canada ’s roads since the early 1970s and said she ’s seeing “ more pieces fall apart . ” Some damage is regular wear and tear , but “ they are having trouble maintaining the road bed , because you have the permafrost underneath , and then you have it melting and it ’s sinking . ”
Most synthetic drugs that end up in the United In States come from China , either directly or by way of Mexico , according to the DEA . China already has placed controls on 19 fentanyl - related compounds . Adding carfentanil to that list is likely to only diminish , not eliminate , global supplymovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexport. Despite periodic crackdowns , people willing to skirt the law are easy to find in China 's vast , freewheeling chemicals industry , made up of an estimated 160,000 companies operating legally and illegally . Vendors said they lie on customs forms , guaranteed delivery to countries where carfentanil is banned and volunteered strategic advice on sneaking packages past law enforcement .