the-hollow-truth-of-the-carney-doctrine

The following story is co-published with Luke Savage’s Substack . Barely two months on from Mark Carney’s widely discussed Davos address, the Canadian prime minister recently had this to say in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran — among the first victims of which appear to have been over 100 schoolgirls between theContinue Reading

the-effort-to-save-the-midwest’s-native-seeds

This story was originally published by Grist and  WBEZ . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Under the warm light of a hanging lamp, Marty Landorf carefully crumbled the dried flower head of a black-eyed Susan between her fingers, teasing apart the chaff to uncover its puny black seeds. Each oneContinue Reading

chick-fil-a-faces-another-boycott-over-plans-to-return-to-uk

Controversial fast food chain Chick-fil-A is facing mass boycotts for funding anti-LGBTQ+ organisations as it prepares to return to the UK. Protestors have said they plan to stage demonstrations outside the chain’s London branch upon its opening on Thursday (5 March) over its historical funding of organisations attacking LGBTQ+ rightsContinue Reading

the-iran-war:-nato,-warship-torpedoed-and-khamenei’s-son

*This podcast has been updated for the latest news on the US-Israeli war with details of the U.S. sinking an Iranaian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast, and NATO downing an Iranian missile headed into Turkish airspace.  Ayatollah Ali Khamanei’s son Mojtaba has survived U.S. and Israeli strikes and is seenContinue Reading

ukraine’s-$880m-drone-line-has-turned-russian-movement-on-frontline-into-death-sentence-in-just-12-months

A year ago, Ukraine launched the “Drone Line”, a large-scale initiative to scale up the most effective unmanned systems units of the Ukrainian army, Defense Ministry reports. Now, the project operates more than 1,000 drone crews who systematically strike Russian targets related to its war. The initiative has allocated $880 million, with theContinue Reading

russia-is-funneling-ukraine’s-war-veterans-into-paralympic-sport-—-and-ipc-is-letting-them-compete

Moscow is turning participants of the war against Ukraine into Paralympic athletes. Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence has identified the Russian athletes who served in tank crews, infantry troops in Donetsk Oblast, and as battalion armament commanders. Meanwhile, the International Paralympic Committee has allowed Russian athletes to compete under their flag atContinue Reading