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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. 鈥?Growing up, Ben Masters worked on West Texa stanley tumbler s ranches along the border where he developed a love for the outdoors and wildlife. The experience eventually led him to study wildlife biology and to become a filmmaker.But his interests shifted after the election of President Donald Trump and Trump insistence that the U.S. erect a wall along the entire U.S.-Mexico border.Masters ; new documentary examining the diverse wildlife and landscape of the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border debuted this week at select theatres nationwide and on iTunes. The River and The Wall follows five people, including Masters, who take a 60-day journey along the Rio Grande from El Paso to cups stanley Brownsville, Texas. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW They travel by foot, mou stanley water bottle ntain bike, canoe and horseback to document the natural physical barriers that already exist along the 1,200-mile 1,931 kilometre border. They also film wildlife and talk to U.S.-Mexico border residents who see the region as one and who oppose plans to build a wall in rural, isolated areas.Director Ben Masters said he got the idea for the film after getting frustrated over how the border region and the debate over immigration were being portrayed in media. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW A lot of things that have happened in my life have been near the border, Masters said. I wanted to go and se Pksg Police officer charged on Wasauksing pleads guilty in Parry Sound court
2 g2 @7 q* p3 ]) _ OTTAWA 鈥?The United Nations has confirmed that the election for non-permanent seats on the Security Council 鈥?which pits Canada against Norway and Ireland 鈥?will take place in June under unprecedented new rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19.The 193 ambassadors will cast their votes on behalf of their countries in a secret ballot with the three candidates stanley cups vying for two available temporary seats on the UN most powerful body.But the vote won ;t take place during a full meeting of the General Assembly because New York has become the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak and that has forced UN diplomats to work from home and rely on videoconferencing. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW stanley cup Instead, the ambassadors will be notified in advance to come to a designated venue at UN headquarters 鈥?a staggered, solitary procession that will see the world leading diplomats presenting their UN security passes and then being given paper ballots.The ambassadors will be assigned different time slots to come to the UN to cast their ballots to avoid a mass gathe stanley us ring during the pandemic. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The details were released in a memo that has been under consideration by the UN ambassadors for more than a week, and that carried a Friday-night deadline to reach a consensus.Enabling the General Assembly to carry out its essential duties is one of my top priorities during this cha |
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