Sep 29, 2023 09:15 am UTC| Politics
In the days immediately following Russias invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian government filed a case against Moscow in the UNs highest court, the International Court of Justice. Ukraine accuses Russia...
Sep 29, 2023 09:14 am UTC| Politics
It was a night in which even the great communicator himself may have struggled to be heard. At the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California on Sept. 27, 2023, seven Republican candidates looking to become the...
Ukraine recap: Ukraine and allies maintain optimism despite slow progress on the battlefield
Sep 29, 2023 08:51 am UTC| Politics
At a press conference after talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, this afternoon, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg sounded like a man determined to take a glass half full attitude when he said that...
Sep 29, 2023 08:50 am UTC| Economy Central Banks Politics
As the Bank of Canada prepared to announce its decision on interest rates in early September, Tiff Macklem, the banks governor, received imploring letters from premiers spanning both the country and the political...
Shutdowns are a uniquely American drama − in the UK, it's just not Parliament's cup of tea
Sep 29, 2023 08:49 am UTC| Politics Economy
When it comes to shutdowns, the U.S. is very much an exception rather than the rule. Save for a last-minute spending deal in Congress on Oct. 1, 2023, hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be furloughed and...
Online abuse could drive women out of political life – the time to act is now
Sep 28, 2023 02:54 am UTC| Politics
It is becoming increasingly evident that life in modern politics is presenting women with a stark choice endure almost constant online threats and abuse or get out of public life. Jacinda Ardern, the former prime...
China's new anti-espionage law is sending a chill through foreign corporations and citizens alike
Sep 28, 2023 02:51 am UTC| Politics Law
Earlier this year, China updated its anti-espionage law amid an intensifying rivalry with the US and growing distrust of the Western-led international order. The law broadens the scope beyond what it originally sought...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned