Silencing Sarah Jama diminishes Canadian democracy
Dec 04, 2023 12:33 pm UTC| Law Politics
Sarah Jama, the MPP for Hamilton Centre, is suing the Ontario government and Legislative Assembly after being censured in the legislature by members of the Progressive Conservative government. On Oct. 23, the Ontario...
Alleged assassination plots in the U.S. and Canada signal a more assertive Indian foreign policy
Dec 01, 2023 08:14 am UTC| Politics
A recent indictment from the United States Department of Justice has alleged an Indian security official was involved in attempting to assassinate a U.S. and Canadian citizen in New York. The alleged target, Gurpatwant...
Henry Kissinger was a global – and deeply flawed – foreign policy heavyweight
Dec 01, 2023 02:59 am UTC| Politics
Declarations of the end of an era are made only in exceptional circumstances. Henry Kissingers death is one of them. Kissinger was born into a Jewish family in Germany, and fled to the US in 1938 after the Nazis seized...
The four challenges faced by Spain's new government
Nov 29, 2023 06:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Pedro Sánchez investiture marks the beginning of the third consecutive parliamentary term led by the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE). After a fraught period of negotiations, Sánchez now leads a broad...
'Father of Reconciliation' Pat Dodson to quit parliament
Nov 28, 2023 23:15 pm UTC| Politics
Labor senator Pat Dodson, often dubbed the father of reconciliation, is quitting parliament due to ill health. Dodson, 75, told the Labor caucus on Tuesday he would resign as a senator for Western Australia, effective...
South Africa’s immigration proposals are based on false claims and poor logic – experts
Nov 25, 2023 07:40 am UTC| Politics
The South African government recently issued a long-awaited policy statement called a White Paper outlining proposed changes to the countrys asylum and immigration system. More than 20 years after its first...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects