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Ban the AfD? Then Germany faces a hurricane – Annika Leister
An explosive decision is pending in the Bundestag: Should the Constitutional Court consider banning the AfD? The concerns…
September 30, 2024
National day for Truth and Reconciliation: The Globe and Mail’s mea culpa on residential schools
Residential schools were built for cultural assimilation. The Globe supported them for decades. Many Indigenous children would not…
September 30, 2024
The Babylon Bee strikes back: lawsuit takes on California’s anti-satire laws
The lawsuit from The Babylon Bee declares “We don’t trust the government to decide what is true in…
September 30, 2024
Russia to raise defence budget by 25% to highest level on record
Draft documents say defence and security will make up 40% of government spending as Putin continues war against…
September 30, 2024
Ukraine’s desperate “victory plan” – Mathew Blackburn
Mathew Blackburn says Ukraine’s “victory plan” will not bring about anything close to a decisive victory for Ukraine: …
September 30, 2024
FPÖ wins election with 29.2 percent
Now it’s official: The right-wing populists have won a parliamentary election in Austria for the first time, with…
September 29, 2024
Dirk Stermann on the 2024 general election in Austria: “FPÖ voters will only be satisfied when the country is as bad as they have always said”
The far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) in Austria is set to make big gains in the Austrian…
September 29, 2024
Jamie Sarkonak on the slippery slope reality of criminalizing residential school ‘denialism’ in Bill C-413
It’s pretty hard to trust the system when its major components get basic facts wrong — and insist…
September 29, 2024
Violence among teenagers: the Maghreb community “can no longer bear this pain”
According to Mimoun Mohammed Nordine, “children in a (difficult) economic situation” are sold by gangs “a lifestyle” through…
September 29, 2024
Kremlin doesn’t see West putting the brakes on Ukraine conflict
Despite receiving certain signals, the West is getting increasingly involved in the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov…
September 29, 2024
Why does the US still control every penny of Iraqi oil revenues?
According to Hussein Askary, “whenever Washington feels that Iraq is not compliant with US regional goals, these fund…
September 29, 2024
Do not risk calling Putin’s bluff – Ted Snider
Moscow is making sure its message gets out, making it harder to back down. “We have no doubt,”…
September 29, 2024
Why Latino voters are turning to Trump in the newly oil-rich Reeves County
The area “has experienced what you would call middle-class prosperity. They’ve made good money. So all of a…
September 29, 2024
Use democracy to fight Vladimir Putin’s web of troll farms and hackers – Peter Pomerantsev
By focusing on its strengths and pooling information, the west can disrupt Russia’s war machine – but there’s…
September 29, 2024
What the BBC found on Diego Garcia
Walter Ladwig III, a senior lecturer in international relations at King’s College London, agrees the base fulfils “a…
September 29, 2024
For many Arabs, Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was a villain, rather than a resistance hero – Mark MacKinnon
According to Mark MacKinnon, “rather than the Arab nationalist many hoped for, Mr. Nasrallah repeatedly proved himself to…
September 28, 2024
UK: Labour MP quits over ‘freebies’ scandal and Keir Starmer’s ‘cruel policies’
Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield tells leader she is ‘ashamed’ of how ‘inner circle had tarnished and humiliated our…
September 28, 2024
LGBTQ minister Pascale St-Onge to make history with parental leave
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge smiled as she described “the joy” of soon welcoming a baby into her…
September 28, 2024