Global Issues
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Live updates: Hamas considers Gaza ceasefire proposal as Israeli strikes kill at least 27
12 minute read Preview Thursday, Sep. 25, 2025South Africa police minister says Trump ‘twisted’ facts to push baseless genocide claims
5 minute read Preview Monday, Sep. 22, 2025Leader of neo-Nazi “murder cult” extradited to the US from Moldova
3 minute read Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2025NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of an eastern European neo-Nazi group has been extradited to the United States from Moldova following his arrest last summer for allegedly instructing an undercover federal agent to dress as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children and racial minorities, prosecutors said.
Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old from the republic of Georgia, was arraigned Friday before a federal judge in Brooklyn on multiple felonies, including soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence.
He pleaded not guilty through an attorney, Samuel Gregory, who requested his client receive a psychiatric evaluation and be placed on suicide watch while in custody. Gregory did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
Prosecutors described Chkhikvishvili, who also goes by “Commander Butcher," as the leader of the Maniac Murder Cult, an international extremist group that adheres to a “neo-Nazi accelerationist ideology and promotes violence and violent acts against racial minorities, the Jewish community and other groups it deems ‘undesirables.’”
Venezuelan workers at Disney put on leave from jobs after losing protective status
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Sep. 25, 2025Kashmir tourism bears the brunt after tourist massacre and India-Pakistan military strikes
5 minute read Preview Monday, Sep. 22, 2025Rupert’s Land inhabitants blindsided by Canada’s purchase of their homeland in 1869
7 minute read Preview Saturday, Oct. 26, 202436 jours en mer : récit des naufragés qui ont survécu aux hallucinations, à la soif et au désespoir
24 minute read Preview Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025The original intent of ‘woke’ has been lost
5 minute read Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022Seemingly any person or political position can be disparaged and dismissed these days with a single four-letter word: “woke.”
Claims of Indigenous ancestry by non-Indigenous Canadians on the rise
5 minute read Preview Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020Justice system unfairly punishes and rewards
6 minute read Preview Saturday, Apr. 21, 2018Social justice fighters restore our faith in humanity
5 minute read Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016On Dec. 12, housing and anti-poverty advocates gathered to recognize Clark Brownlee, a local activist who retired after a long engagement with social justice and policy advocacy. It was a much-needed reminder there is still good in the world.
It has been difficult not to lose faith in humanity in a world where millions of people recently saw fit to elect Donald Trump as leader of the United States.
Many Canadians are watching in horror as a new political era begins to take shape south of the border. It’s not just the United States that has seemingly gone mad. Racism in politics is rampant in Europe and Kelly Leitch has shown us Canada is not immune. In her bid for leadership of the Conservative party, Leitch has been vocal about her support for Trump and has pitched a number of racist policy proposals. She is currently a frontrunner.
So yes, it is hard to be hopeful at a time when hate and fear of “the other” seems to be inspiring a disturbing number of voters.