Politics

At a testy meeting in Banff recently, the American ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, mused about the future of pre-clearance in Canada. Cross-border travel numbers are down, he complained, which makes the cost of the […]

As the Israel-Hamas war erupted in late 2023, a Northeastern University researcher found pro-Palestinian posts on TikTok vastly outnumbered pro-Israeli posts.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Governments which employ private military companies, such as Wagner and Africa Corps, can be held liable for any human rights violations committed by these firms, research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has highlighted.This article is […]

The global increase in migration—with approximately 3.6% of the global population living as expatriates—has resulted in many countries extending external voting rights to their overseas citizens. This has prompted scholarly interest in understanding the electoral […]

Withdrawing the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), once a fringe idea, has become a defining issue for political parties. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who previously opposed leaving, has now said the […]

In 2024, approximately 3.1 million Californians 12 and older directly experienced a hate act in the previous year, according to the newest California Health Interview Survey data, which was a half million more than the […]

In Canadian society, the narrative of multiculturalism can lean toward a “color-blind” ideology—a comforting idea that race doesn’t matter and everyone is treated the same—even though such narratives mask persistent inequalities. They may also undermine […]

Put on your tinfoil hats: New research finds that belief in conspiracy theories might be more common in the U.S. than you might think.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

After a slight delay, Australia and Papua New Guinea formally signed a defense treaty this week committing the two nations to come to each other’s aid if one is faced with an attack.This article is […]

At the start of September 2025, US president Donald Trump sent a naval task force into the Caribbean to tackle drug trafficking in the region. The initiative has led to strikes on four alleged drug […]