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Canada ranked 12th freest country amid global decline in human freedom!
Photo credit: CTV News A conservative Canadian think tank has ranked Canada as the twelfth “freest” country in the world based on a global index that measures human freedoms, while claiming that freedom has declined for the vast majority of the world’s population in recent years. CTV News reports that the Fraser Institute, jointly with…
Trump sues BBC for defamation!
Photo credit: Rolling Stone These are certainly interesting times as the United States President Donald Trump has sued the BBC for defamation over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the US Capitol. His action has opened an international front in his fight against media coverage he deems…
Malaysia, a place to be for international students!
Photo credit: Shalee global Traditionally, a major source of outbound students to Asia-Pacific countries, Malaysia is now seeking to reverse that trend through new government and institutional initiatives aimed at attracting more international students in the region through streamlined, shorter admissions and approval processes. University World News reports that Malaysia’s Deputy Higher Education Minister, Mustapha Sakmud, told…
How did Canada’s young people become the unhappiest generation?
Photo credit: CTV News The World Happiness Report says Canadians under 30 were the happiest age group in the country as recently as 2011. Toronto Today reports that they’re the unhappiest now. The 2024 edition of the decades-long study of global happiness, published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, asked participants…
Canadian English supporters urge Carney to abandon federal shift to British spelling!
Photo credit: Toronto Star Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world by using British spelling in recent official documents. CTV News reports that in a recent letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, five linguistics experts and an editors association representative say the simplest way to keep national…
Migrants exploit trauma to get shorter sentences for sex crimes!
Photo credit: The Times Migrants are trying to cut their prison sentences by claiming post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is behind their sexual crimes. The Mail reports that lawyers have won their clients reduced jail terms after emphasizing the trauma experienced in their home countries. A case saw an Egyptian sex offender who raped a woman…
How visa rules can expose migrant women to violence!
Photo credit: the Guardian This article contains references to domestic violence, abuse and child abuse! Mali moved from Thailand to Australia to live with her partner. To her chagrin, he wasn’t the person she had hoped he would be. Mali told SBS News that, “He tried to control who I talked to. I wasn’t allowed to have…