The big Canadian story of 2025 is an offshoot of the global one, namely the second Donald Trump presidency, from January onwards. Onwards into eternity, maybe. Constitutions can be amended or just tossed in bonfires. No, Trump hasn’t annexed Canada, but he’s considered it, which is sufficient to make the Air Show days hit different, with those sounds of jets over Lake Ontario. There have been tariffs. Elbows have gone up, cross-border travel has gone down. Ask Canadian schoolchildren if they...

From airport surges to a state funeral, Kenya mourns Raila Odinga as Africa weighs his legacy and what it means for our shared democratic future. Raila Odinga’s passing at 80 on 15 October 2025 in India feels personal across our region. Seven days of national mourning were declared in Kenya, and tributes poured in for a reformist who shaped multi-party politics. This Raila Odinga death moment reaches South Africa too, because Kenya’s democracy has long been a mirror for ours. What happened,...

Getting up in the morning with a smile on your face and a brisk walk to work... This scenario is an exception. However, there is one job that is practiced in a good mood and it is rather unexpected. This job, which no one suspects, does not bring in thousands of dollars, but it makes those who do it happy. A major study on fulfillment at work During childhood, when the teacher asks us what our dream job is, we imagine ourselves in a spaceship, touching space, in front of a blackboard, in the...