| A murky scandal threatens to mar Trudeau's – and Canada's – good names Posted: 25 Feb 2019 02:09 PM PST ![A murky scandal threatens to mar Trudeau's – and Canada's – good names]( "A murky scandal threatens to mar Trudeau's – and Canada's – good names") This week Canadians could start to piece together a political saga that, until now, has left the country with more questions than answers even as it threatens to undermine the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The scandal, over whether the prime minister's office pressured its justice ministry to help a Quebec firm facing fraud charges, has consumed the nation for the past two weeks. Part of that scrutiny owes to the federal electoral season – with the opposition seizing on any whiff of Mr. Trudeau tainting the rule of law as the nation heads to the polls this fall.
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| Solving the unsolved: How cities are turning up heat on cold cases Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:51 PM PST ![Solving the unsolved: How cities are turning up heat on cold cases]( "Solving the unsolved: How cities are turning up heat on cold cases") Shortly after a Mardi Gras parade a year ago, a group of local residents decided to extend their revelry and congregate in the Lower Ninth Ward here outside the Robinsons' house. Janice Robinson was standing in her doorway, watching bullets tear into a red Altima parked out front. Then she discovered her beloved nephew, Jamar Robinson, slumped over in the backseat.
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| Amid US talks with Taliban, Afghan women remain vigilant Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:30 AM PST ![Amid US talks with Taliban, Afghan women remain vigilant]( "Amid US talks with Taliban, Afghan women remain vigilant") The Taliban imposed strict rules when they controlled Afghanistan in the late 1990s: Attending Friday prayers in the mosque was mandatory, for example, enforced with beatings at the end of a whip. Recommended: US-Taliban talks: Is Afghanistan ready for real peace? US negotiators are seeking an end to America's longest war, and the Islamist Taliban a return to government.
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| Hong Kong bars China’s notions of law Posted: 25 Feb 2019 07:21 AM PST ![Hong Kong bars China's notions of law]( "Hong Kong bars China's notions of law") In a speech last year, Chinese leader Xi Jinping reminded his country that rule of law really means "the law of governing by the Communist Party." In courts across the mainland, the Marxist party often wields the law merely as a tool to cling to power. Britain returned Hong Kong 22 years ago on the condition that it could keep its form of government under a "one country, two systems" arrangement until 2047. The latest challenge to Hong Kong's judicial autonomy comes in the form of a proposal by its government to amend the extradition law.
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