War in Ukraine: America is learning the art of humility
After the fiasco of the Afghan withdrawal last summer, America lost credibility with its European allies. US intelligence looked unprepared, and the operation of leaving was staggeringly incompetent. What’s more,…
What weapons will US give Ukraine – and how much will they help?
The Javelin, a shoulder-held anti-tank weapon that shoots heat-seeking rockets hurtling towards targets up to 4km (2.5 miles) away, can be controlled by a portable unit that doesn’t look much…
Brittney Griner: How can a US basketball star just vanish?
Much more ink has been devoted to male players – whether it is American football player’s Tom Brady’s on-again, off-again retirement, Novak Djokovic’s Covid saga in Australia, or Aaron Rodger’s…
Canada ‘Sixties Scoop’: Indigenous survivors map out their stories
Thousands of indigenous children in Canada were forcibly removed from their families between the 1950s and 1980s, in what is known as the “Sixties Scoop”. They were put into non-indigenous…
New Christmas campaign for Canadians held in China
Held on national security charges, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are widely seen as political bargaining chips, arrested just days after Canada detained Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of…
New Brunswick outbreak: How a smalltown doctor became a Covid pariah
After being labelled “patient zero”, a small-town physician in Canada was shunned.