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Get a Passport or Leave: Russia’s Ultimatum to Ukrainians

A decree Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on March 20, 2025, requires Ukrainian citizens living in the Russian-occupied parts of Zaporizka, Khersonska, Donetska, and Luhanska regions to either “regulate their legal status” or leave.

Carney will impose the Globalists’ climate change scam on Canadians

Dan Fournier has written an essay giving an overview of Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney’s rise to power. Carney has a background as a rich “elite” banker and globalist, with a history of questionable deeds and allegiances. And he ha

How Sleeping Pills Harm Your Brain and Raise Dementia Risk

An estimated 50 million to 70 million Americans struggle with sleep disorders, and one in three adults fails to get the uninterrupted sleep needed for optimal health. For many, sleeping pills seem like the easiest solution. In the United St

Locals feel a loss as the U.S. limits Canadian access to cross-border library

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House, pictured in 2017, straddles the U.S.-Canada border in Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vt. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. lifts bounties on senior Taliban officials, says Kabul

Acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, speaks during the funeral prayers of Khalil Haqqani, the minister for refugees and repatriation, during his funeral procession in eastern Paktia province, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2024.

Audible enclaves, voice-to-skull and the Voice of God

A recent article from Science Alert discussed a new technology that can create “audible enclaves,” which are localised pockets of sound that can be directed to a specific listener. Although the technology appears to use sounds that are capt

What we know about the case of detained Georgetown professor Badar Khan Suri

Healy Hall, the flagship building of Georgetown University's main campus in Washington, D.C., is seen in 2011. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

Farmers of La Via Campesina: we globalise struggles and hope!

What is it like to farm in the EU? What are the forces at stake behind liberal farming policies? Where do the narratives of right and left farmers’ unions intersect and diverge? What is the current state of debates on fair prices, food sove

Canada says China executed four Canadians earlier this year

Canada Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly responds to a question during a news conference on tariffs, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP

Freedom Research news round-up

Germany’s new government office deals with “conspiracy thinking”; Antarctic ice growing, not shrinking; NASA eliminates climate science advisor’s position, DEIA office; Russia is developing surveillance state and German spy agency says covi

Sexual misconduct allegations in UN missions topped 100 in 2024

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the High-Level Segment of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.

Does the U.S. deserve the Statue of Liberty? Not anymore, one French politician says

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the U.S. in the 1880s, celebrating their friendship and the anniversary of U.S. independence. Pamela Smith/AP

What Russia and Ukraine want out of talks, as Trump speaks to Putin Tuesday

President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin seen in a composite of photos. Aurelien Morissard and Pavel Bednyakov/AP

Trump blames Iran for Houthi attacks on shipping after U.S. strikes in Yemen

Houthi supporters chant slogans and hold pictures of Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthi movement, during an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, March 17, 2025.

The 7 Fundamental Drivers of Overshoot

On many Fridays of the past 2+ years we’ve posted a ‘Frankly’ episode to YouTube and podcast platforms. Most of the time, these are rough thoughts I record – sometimes with a pre-planned outline – but more often without preparation at all.