Sep 21, 2023 12:02 pm UTC| Politics
Rishi Sunak has delivered a speech in which he announced delays to key net zero targets, including postponing the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars until 2035. It is a remarkable event given that the UK...
The fraught history of India and the Khalistan movement
Sep 21, 2023 12:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Indian government has warned its citizens living in Canada to exercise extreme caution due to a deteriorating security environment in the country. The warning came after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Sep 21, 2023 01:40 am UTC| Politics
After a row over the closure of his bank account earlier this year, former politician Nigel Farage has hit out at the UK financial regulator for saying it has found no recent evidence of customers being de-banked over...
Nagorno-Karabakh: longest war in post-Soviet space flares yet again as Russia distracted in Ukraine
Sep 21, 2023 00:02 am UTC| Politics
A 24-hour anti-terrorist operation launched by Azerbaijan to restore the countrys constitutional order threatened briefly to escalate into a full-scale war with Armenia over the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. But...
Sep 20, 2023 23:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Its a coincidence that New Zealand elects a new parliament on October 14, the same day Australians decide whether (at the request of Indigenous people) they will entrench in the constitution an Aboriginal and Torres...
Explainer: what is the Khalistan movement sparking a diplomatic feud between India and Canada?
Sep 20, 2023 23:30 pm UTC| Politics
The diplomatic fallout continues to worsen over Mondays shocking accusation by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India was behind the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent Sikh leader and Canadian...
Corruption in South Africa: would paying whistleblowers help?
Sep 19, 2023 00:50 am UTC| Politics
Whistleblowing is an important tool in fighting corruption. In South Africa, the commission of inquiry into state capture recommended that the government should provide financial rewards for whistleblowers who report...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned