Opinion

OPINION,
India wants to take on Trudeau. It’s taking down its own diaspora
Crisis with Ottawa is deepening fissures between Canadian Sikhs and Hindus, both of whom have been affected the most.
opinion by Somdeep Sen
Published On 27 Sep 2023
OPINION,
More than democracy is at stake in polls in Slovakia and Poland
If Slovaks and Poles vote in conservative, populist forces, this would not bode well for their nations or for EU unity.
opinion by Soňa Muzikárová
Published On 26 Sep 2023
OPINION,
This time around Brazil can and must do the anti-hunger fight right
As Brazilian experience shows, anti-hunger policies can be easily reversed unless they address structural inequality.
opinion by Elisabetta Recine
Published On 26 Sep 2023
OPINION,
The West has a moral responsibility to help build peace in Nagorno-Karabakh
International inaction has allowed for a tragic cycle of violence and displacement. It is high time to change course.
opinion by Maximilian Hess
Published On 25 Sep 2023

Anonymous spooks are getting their way, whatever the consequences, when Trudeau should be investigating their failures.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York, U.S., September 21, 2023 as tensions escalate following Canada's announcement that it was "actively pursuing credible allegations" linking Indian government agents to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in June. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Mining contracts could help Afghanistan develop, but they could also hurt its people if they are mismanaged.

Installations used by Chinese excavators and engineers are seen at a copper mine in Mes Aynak, Logar province February 14, 2015. China and Afghanistan remain deadlocked over a stalled $3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost a half, underlining Kabul's struggles to support itself as foreign aid dries up. The copper, lying beneath the ancient Buddhist ruins of Mes Aynak, is one of the world's largest untapped deposits. But the project has been mired in delays since state-run China Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) won the contract to develop it in 2007. Resurgent Taliban insurgents have tightened control over the area around Aynak, and after threats, rocket attacks and the risk of land mines, MCC withdrew its Chinese workers from the heavily guarded copper camp last year. And then there are the Buddhist ruins. Archeological work to preserve treasures from the crumbling monastries and stupas is dangerous and slow, and must be finished before mining can begin. Picture taken on February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Recently signed contracts will help the country tackle unemployment, underdevelopment and currency issues.

View of the new found gold mine site in Nor Aaba in Takhar province, November 26, 2010. The hills around dusty Nor Aaba are laced with gold but villagers have blocked work on a new mine in a dispute over jobs, a warning that Afghan plans to ramp up mining may bring trouble as well as treasure. Picture taken November 26, 2010. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS)

The Rolling Stone Magazine co-founder has confirmed our long held suspicions that he is a cultural gatekeeper.

Jann Wenner speaks at the 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Nitrogen hypoxia is the gaseous canister version of a knee on the neck. US states that plan to use it must be stopped.

A fence stands at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Alabama, June 18, 2015. The state plans to start using nitrogen hypoxia for executions [Brynn Anderson/AP Photo/File]

Liberal feminism helped create the space for Brand to ‘joke’ about raping women without meaningful pushback.

Trudeau is playing politics. And he’s hiding Canada’s long history of allowing foreign allies to target its nationals.

A sign asking for an investigation on India's role in the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

With a few exceptions, mainstream media groups still don’t cover climate as they should. That must change.

Rescuers and relatives of victims set up tents in front of collapsed buildings in Derna, Libya

Increasing heatwaves, floods and hurricanes in the West threaten to divert climate finance away from developing nations.

In this photo released by Bushfires NT, a large bushfire burns in the Outback of Australia near Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Emergency crews were working to protect the Outback Australian town of Tennant Creek with containment lines on Wednesday as a huge wildfire threatened the remote community of 3,000. (Bushfires NT via AP)

The climate crisis intensified the floods, but it was conflict that rendered Libyans unprepared for them.

Overturned cars lay among other debris caused by flash floods in Derna, eastern Libya, on September 11, 2023. - Flash floods in eastern Libya killed more than 2,300 people in the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna alone, the emergency services of the Tripoli-based government said on September 12. (Photo by AFP)