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This is the tale of two men who risked their lives as veteran police officers to serve their country only to have their life’s work and loyalty to...
It was a halting moment. Author Salman Rushdie was making his first public appearance since being attacked by a knife-wielding would-be assassin nine...
Flash: E Jean Carroll shows skittish Democrats the way to beat Donald Trump. Unlike Carroll, who is the definition of dignity and resolve, Trump is...
Moments after Washington Post columnist David Ignatius began an interview with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to commemorate World Press Freedom...
Diplomatic tip: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will forgive and forget your country’s outrages and crimes and wish you a happy...
To go or not to go, that is the dilemma. For me, planning travel to the United States can be a complicated experience. Perhaps this is true for you,...
Enlightened America stirs. A sliver of hope tantalises after years of what has amounted to a new dark age where a kind of Muzak of madness has...
Since his move from teacher to politician, Justin Trudeau has built his “brand” on one defining principle: He is the antidote to cynicism. From...
Whoopee! The crook got booked. To be fair, I suppose I should have written, the “alleged” crook got booked. But when has Donald Trump, the former...
Hallelujah. Perhaps, after all, there is a just and benevolent God. Perhaps. This fine moment. This stunning moment. This historic moment has been a...
I grew up in a neurotic, faraway island called Australia during the 1960s. Even as a youngster, I knew, like millions of frightened Australians, that...
As faithful readers of this column may know, I write a lot about hypocrisy. Sometimes, it disappoints me. Sometimes, it offends me. Sometimes, it...
A long time ago, I was known as the “spy guy” in the insular orbit of Canadian journalism. I earned the irritating moniker for a couple of...
First, an apology. Loyal readers of this column know that, every week, I try to devote this space to consequential matters that are apt to resonate...
When the sickening attack was over, Mohammed Abu Marzouk’s skull had been fractured more than 10 times. Moments earlier, Abu Marzouk, his wife and...
Here is a not-so-secret trade secret: before each of my weekly missives is posted, Al Jazeera editors return the edited copy to me so I can review any...
Day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute, the death toll in tattered and bleeding Turkey and Syria surges. By the time this piece is...
Thread by thread, the idea of lovely Canada is coming undone. Some, if not many, Canadians are likely to consider my indictment as a click-bait-driven...
Innocent after innocent has been murdered. Burial after burial has been consecrated. Eulogy after eulogy has been delivered. Tear after tear has been...
Public servant. Those two words best describe, it seems to me, Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s prime minister who announced her shock resignation...
George Santos is, I suspect, sick. I defer to psychologists to account for the provenance and pathology of the besieged United States congressman’s...
Oh no, the madness has mutated. Perhaps, like you, that was my reaction to the first, jarring images emerging from Brasilia on Sunday after a swarm of...
A confession: I never intended on becoming a journalist. I didn’t study the craft at university. When I did spend time in class, I took a potpourri...
It is that time when columnists, like me, are asked to put down their mallets, reflect on the past year and ponder the next. The aim, I suppose, is to...
Despite the tattoos and beard, Lionel Messi still looks like a little boy who loves playing a game with a ball. This is the simplicity and beauty that...
Edward Snowden is brave – to a point. His decision in 2013 to leak a cache of documents revealing the halting scope, reach and ubiquitous nature of...
By now, the memorable scene has likely been forgotten except by those who recognised its beauty. It was a simple and rare gesture of resistance. It...
A long time ago, when I was an investigative reporter, I hunted Nazis. They were living out the twilight of their lives in Canada, enjoying a quiet,...
By now, the boy’s name has long been buried along with his body. Just another forgotten Palestinian reduced to an anonymous number who joins the 199...