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Canada: A court that treats us like children
feature If you crumble “at a rude word from some random loser, you have problems no hate-speech judgment can begin to address,” said John Robson at the Ottawa Sun.
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Mexico: Is America going to go fascist?
feature The prevalence of “anti-immigrant demagoguery” increases the likelihood that Mexicans will be discriminated against, exploited, or abused, said an editorial in La Jornada.
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South Korea: ‘A bromance’ between Lee and Obama
feature South Korean analysts note that even as Obama praised Lee, he was also subtly pressuring Lee to import more American products, particularly cars and beef, said Sunny Lee at The Asia Times.
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Canada: The war on boys in our schools
feature This “terrible toll of failure and death and destruction” is a direct result of our “stigmatizing normal male behavior,” said Ian Robinson at the Calgary Sun.
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Tunisia: Islamists win Arab Spring’s first election
feature Tunisia's first democratic election had a massive turnout of more than 90 percent.
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Australia: We need peace between the U.S. and China
feature Our prosperity depends on a handful of big mining companies “and their immense exports of resources, especially to China,” said Hugh White in The Age.
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Middle East: Egyptians rage against Israel
feature Egyptian protesters attacked Israel's embassy in Cairo in a siege that lasted for 13 hours.
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Venezuela: Is there Chavism after Chávez?
feature Chávez’s absence left a political vacuum and made people aware of the lack of a successor.
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Myanmar: Suu Kyi is still defiant
feature In a speech shortly after being released from seven years of house arrest, Suu Kyi signaled to her supporters that she remains uncowed.
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Pakistan: A killing that can only lead to questions
feature A staff member of the U.S. consulate in Lahore shot dead two Pakistani men in a crowded part of town, apparently in self-defense, said Adil Najam in The News.
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South China Sea: China takes on its neighbors
feature China is practicing an increasingly aggressive presence in the South China Sea.
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Canada’s election: The control freak versus the snob
feature Will Canadians return Prime Minister Stephen Harper to power or vote for his main rival, liberal leader Michael Ignatieff?
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Can Syria’s president survive the Arab Spring?
feature Street protests, which started in mid-March in the conservative town of Daraa, have turned into the biggest crisis President Bashar al-Assad has faced since he succeeded his father 11 years ago.
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Japan: Catastrophe sparks fear of nuclear power
feature To what extent will Japan ever again rely on nuclear power as a source of energy?
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