WThe 2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review was an external review by Quintet Consulting of the workplace culture at Rideau Hall—which hosts the governor general of Canada and her staff—initiated by the Privy Council Office (PCO) following allegations of harassment and verbal abuse by Governor General Julie Payette and her secretary, Assunta di Lorenzo. The review ultimately produced a report in January 2021 concluding that Payette and Di Lorenzo presided over a toxic work environment, resulting in their resignations on January 21.
WThe 2021 Wikimedia Foundation actions on the Chinese Wikipedia are official actions taken by the Wikimedia Foundation in the Chinese Wikipedia, and announced on 13 September by the Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability for the Legal department, Maggie Dennis. In the actions, the foundation locked seven accounts with additional privileges such as Administrator and Bureaucrat, and removed these privileges from 12 additional users after looking deep into the Wikimedians of Mainland China. Four of the top ten most active administrators had their privileges revoked.
WThe Battle at Lake Changjin is a 2021 Chinese war film directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante Lam. It was written by Lan Xiaolong and Huang Jianxin, produced by Yu Dong, and stars Wu Jing and Jackson Yee.
WThe 2021 Boğaziçi University protests were demonstrations that started on 4 January against the appointment of Melih Bulu by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as rector of Boğaziçi University, which is one of the top academic institutions in Turkey.
WThe Brandon Indian Residential School was a former school located in Brandon, Manitoba. It was a part of the former Canadian Indian residential school system.
WSince the early 1990s, unmarked gravesites containing the remains of hundreds of people, believed to be mainly Indigenous children, have been identified near the former sites of several Canadian Indian residential schools. Additional sites continued to be investigated across the country.
W"El Diablo" is a song recorded by Greek singer Elena Tsagrinou, released as a single on 28 February 2021 for her album El Diablo. It was written and composed by Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Laurell Barker, Oxa and Thomas Stengaard. The song represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, after being internally selected by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC).
WEternals is a 2021 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics race of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 26th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Chloé Zhao, who wrote the screenplay with Patrick Burleigh, Ryan Firpo, and Kaz Firpo. It stars an ensemble cast including Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Harish Patel, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie. In the film, the Eternals, an immortal alien race, emerge from hiding after thousands of years to protect Earth from their ancient counterparts, the Deviants.
WThe 2021 Indian farmers' Republic Day violence was a protest on 26 January 2021 in Delhi, India. Part of the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest, it turned violent when a group of protestors deviated from the parade to storm the Red Fort. The protest took place on the 72nd Republic Day against the decision by Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to implement three farm acts.
WAn outbreak of violence in the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict commenced on 10 May 2021, though disturbances took place earlier, and continued until a ceasefire came into effect on 21 May. It was marked by protests and police riot control, rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Israeli airstrikes targeting the Gaza Strip. The crisis was triggered on 6 May, when Palestinians began protests in East Jerusalem over an anticipated decision of the Supreme Court of Israel on the eviction of six Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah. Under international law, the area, effectively annexed by Israel, is a part of the occupied Palestinian territories. Israel applies its laws there. On 7 May, according to Israel's Channel 12, Palestinians threw stones at Israeli police forces, who then stormed the compound of the al-Aqsa Mosque using tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades. The crisis prompted protests around the world and reactions from world leaders.
WJohnny the Walrus is a children's book written by Daily Wire host Matt Walsh. The picture book drew controversy after its publication, as it allegorically compares being transgender to pretending to be a walrus, through the story of a child named Johnny who pretends to be a walrus.
WThe Kootenay Indian Residential School, composed of the St. Eugene's and St. Mary's mission schools, was a part of the Canadian Indian residential school system and operated in Cranbrook, British Columbia between 1890 and 1970. The school, run by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate of the Roman Catholic Church, first opened in 1890. It was replaced by an industrial school in 1912 that continued to operate until it was closed in 1970. Between 1912 and 1970, over 5,000 children from across British Columbia and Alberta were forced to attend the school. The building has been home to the St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino since 2000.
WThe Marieval Indian Residential School was part of the Canadian Indian residential school system. Located on the Cowessess 73 reserve in Marieval, Saskatchewan, it operated from 1898 to 1997. It was located in Qu'Appelle Valley, east of Crooked Lake and 24 km (15 mi) north of Broadview.
WMusic is a 2021 American musical drama film directed by singer-songwriter Sia. The film was co-written by Sia and Dallas Clayton, and stars Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr. and Maddie Ziegler. It marks Sia's directorial debut. The film follows Zu, a newly sober drug dealer who becomes the sole guardian of her half-sister Music, a teenage autistic girl.
WNevermind is the second studio album by American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991, by DGC Records. Produced by Butch Vig, it was Nirvana's first release on the DGC label, as well as the first to feature drummer Dave Grohl. Nevermind features a more polished, radio-friendly sound than the band's prior work, and is therefore considered a significant departure from their debut album, Bleach. Recording for Nevermind took place at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, and Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin in May and June 1991, with mastering being completed in August of that year at The Mastering Lab in Hollywood, California.
WIn March 2021, a wave of people in Taiwan changed their legal names to something involving salmon to take advantage of a promotion by the Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain Sushiro offering free sushi, a phenomenon dubbed the "salmon chaos" by English-language media. The incident garnered significant criticism by public figures and the general population.
WThe 2021 Taliban offensive, also known as the summer offensive, was a military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and other allied militants against the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan that led to the fall of the republic based in Kabul and marked the end of the nearly 20-year-old War in Afghanistan, that had begun following the United States invasion of the country.
WVacunagate is the term used by the media to refer to the scandal occurred in Peru over the irregular vaccinations of 487 people against COVID-19 that began on February 10, 2021. The crisis began with information dissemination that the former president Martín Vizcarra had received vaccines against the disease of the new coronavirus intended for Phase III of the clinical trials of Sinopharm in October 2020, without this being public knowledge.
WAlleged social gatherings of United Kingdom government staff in Westminster, in the run-up to Christmas 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, became the subject of controversy in December 2021. The Daily Mirror reported allegations that some Downing Street staff had held multiple gatherings in November and December 2020, after their anticipated Christmas party was cancelled due to COVID-19 regulations in place at the time. Johnson denied that any rules were broken, and a spokesperson denied that a party occurred. One week later footage of a mock press conference held in 10 Downing Street was broadcast by ITV News. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that as he understood it from senior staff, a party had not taken place, and stated that an investigation would be undertaken by Cabinet Secretary Simon Case into whether any COVID-19 "tier" restrictions were broken at that or other staff events.