Jeangagnon , CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Montreal-based author and activist Yves Engler turned himself in to Montreal police for arrest at 9:30 am Thursday on multiple charges, initially for social media posts about the Israel-Gaza conflict and subsequently for writing about the police enforcement action against him. Following the arrest , Engler appeared in court via video link Thursday afternoon and will remain in detention overnight after the Crown opposed his r

How DOGE destroys How does Elon Musk use the word "fraud" to dismantle the US federal government? The term is not as an attempt to describe the world, but to change it. It is a political tool, used by a politician to justify a political action: regime change to oligarchy. The word "fraud" operates in six ways. 1. The bait and switch. When Musk says "fraud," people who benefit from government programs are supposed to think "that applies to others, but not to me." The idea of "

The treatment of South Africa's white minority population has come under increased scrutiny // EPA A South African court has dismissed claims of a white genocide in the country as "clearly imagined" and "not real", undermining comments made by US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk. The ruling came as the court blocked a wealthy benefactor's donation to white supremacist group Boerelegioen. Grantland Michael Bray wanted to bequeath $2.1m ( £1.7m) to the group to

Photo: Pete Marovich/Pool/Getty Images. Even just a cursory glance over social media can tell you that a lot of people think Donald Trump is "crazy," or "insane," or even an actual narcissist. But Allen Frances, MD, who wrote the diagnostic criteria for narcissism , thinks that we shouldn't be so quick to point to mental illness when it comes to Trump. In response to a New York Daily News article on Trump's possible narcissistic personality disorder that has been making th

High Representative of Bangladesh's Chief Adviser on Rohingya Issue and Priority Matters Dr. Khalilur Rahman met UN Secretary-General...

“It is the right decision, not only for us Plaintiffs but for every Montanan’s right to privacy.” Photo by Steven Cordes on Unsplash On Feb. 18, a Montana judge struck down , for the second time, a bill seeking to unconstitutionally define sex and gender under state law. “Substituting the opinions of licensed medical professionals and individuals with that of the legislators’ own beliefs and values impermissibly requires Montanans to identify themselves based on the politica

Writers like Adam Kirsch mock the idea to demonize critics of Israel. The phenomenon itself remains. Palestinians flee Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip in January 2024. Image: Mahmud Hams / AFP via Getty Images The Pledge Christopher Nolan’s film The Prestige presents a three-act structure said to apply to all great magic tricks. First is the pledge: the magician presents something ordinary, though the audience suspects that it isn’t. Next is the turn: the magician make

Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says regional challenges ‘necessitate coordination’. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (left)...

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces have attacked the famine-stricken Zamzam displacement camp, residents and medics say, as the paramilitary tries to tighten its grip on its Darfur stronghold while losing ground to the army in the capital, Khartoum. The latest fighting has hardened battle lines between the two forces in a conflict that threatens to splinter Sudan after plunging half the population into hunger and displacing more than one-fifth since April 2023. This week, as it

Last year was the deadliest for journalists. That’s according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, which reports at least 124...