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Experts: Trudeau鈥檚 visit in Vietnam, the TPP, and Myanmar

Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement have stalled, and some news reports are laying the blame on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to聽Global News聽and the聽National Post.

Expert: What鈥檚 happening in Saudi Arabia?

鈥淗ezbollah's leader said on Friday that Saudi Arabia had declared war on Lebanon and his Iran-backed group, accusing Riyadh of detaining Saad al-Hariri and forcing him to resign as Lebanon's prime minister to destabilize the country.鈥� (The Globe and Mail)

Expert: Global atmospheric CO2 levels hit record high

鈥淭he concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased at record speed last year to hit a level not seen for more than three million years, the UN has warned.鈥� (The Guardian)

Eyad Atallah, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 海角社区

Experts: Bombardier to partner with Airbus on CSeries program

Bombardier Inc. announced it has sold a majority stake in its CSeries passenger jet business to European aerospace giant Airbus for no cost. (CBC)

Experts: Municipal elections

Here are 海角社区 researchers available and interested to comment on the municipal elections in Montreal:

Professor Shearmur is an urbanist who studies innovative municipalities, urban and regional development, and real estate.

richard.shearmur [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)

Experts: NAFTA

鈥淐ontentious new U.S. demands are set to hit NAFTA negotiating tables on Wednesday, threatening to push modernization talks toward collapse as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again tries to remind U.S. President Donald Trump of the trade pact's merits.鈥� (BNN)

Nobel Prize in Physics goes to gravitational wave scientists

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves". (Nobel Prize)

Experts: New U.S. Travel Ban Order

鈥淧resident Trump on Sunday issued a new order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries, including most of the nations covered by his original travel ban, citing threats to national security posed by letting their citizens into the country.鈥� (The New York Times

Expert: German Election + Immigrant/Refugee Question

The German election is on Sunday, September 24. One of the 鈥渉ot鈥� issues in the election is the number of immigrants/refugees that Germany has taken in.

Thomas Soehl, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, 海角社区

Expert: Climate Change and How to Produce Food in a Smart Way

The effects of climate change on food security and nutrition are one of the major challenges facing humanity in the coming decades. Reflection is needed in order to adapt the agri-food system to this new climate and social reality. 海角社区 professors are participating fromSeptember 24-27聽in the聽International Symposium on Food Security and Nutrition in the Age of Climate Change聽in Quebec City.

Experts: Orange Butterflies in Quebec

Orange butterflies have been spotted by many in the South of Quebec this weekend. Contrary to popular beliefs, they are not monarchs, but Painted Ladies.

St茅phanie Boucher, Curator, Lyman Entomological Museum

Expert: Montreal pitch as Amazon鈥檚 2nd headquarters

鈥淲anted: A place with a million people, a diverse population, good schools and malleable lawmakers. Room to accommodate up to 50,000 workers. Canadian provinces also welcome to apply.鈥� (New York Times)

Experts: Hurricane Irma

鈥淎s a Category 5 with sustained winds of 185 miles per hour, Irma now ranks among the most powerful hurricanes (as measured by wind speed) ever recorded. Irma has sustained these 185 mph winds for more than 24 hours, a record length of time. And it鈥檚 one of the most powerful cyclones to ever make landfall.鈥� (Vox)

Experts: Dreamers and DACA in the US

鈥淎s 15 states and Washington DC filed suit against Donald Trump over the rescinding of protection for young people brought to the US illegally as children, House speaker Paul Ryan said such 鈥楧reamers鈥� should 鈥榬est easy鈥� as Congress tackled immigration reform.鈥� (The Guardian)

Expert: Violence in Myanmar

鈥淭he United Nations secretary-general, Ant贸nio Guterres, has appealed to Myanmar to end the violence that has led more than 120,000 Rohingya people to flee in the last two weeks, which he warned was 鈥榗reating a situation that can destabilise the region鈥�.鈥� (The Guardian)