Justin Ling

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a podium with two other officials standing behind him on either side. Canadian flags hang against the wall behind them. Trudeau wears a navy blue suit.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a podium with two other officials standing behind him on either side. Canadian flags hang against the wall behind them. Trudeau wears a navy blue suit.

Canada Needs Help to Challenge a Rogue India
Analysis
Justin Ling
A destroyed Russian tank sits on the edge of a cornfield, partially blackened and squashed, beneath a partly cloudy sky. In the background, the fields stretch on until they hit a low tree line, and telephone wires stretch between the rows of corn.
A destroyed Russian tank sits on the edge of a cornfield, partially blackened and squashed, beneath a partly cloudy sky. In the background, the fields stretch on until they hit a low tree line, and telephone wires stretch between the rows of corn.

Ukraine’s Offensive Bolsters Russia’s Separatists
Analysis
Justin Ling
Russian President Vladimir Putin sits in front of a microphone with his hands clasped, watching the Uzbek president, not seen, deliver a statement. A Russian flag hangs behind Putin, who wears a dark suit and tie.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sits in front of a microphone with his hands clasped, watching the Uzbek president, not seen, deliver a statement. A Russian flag hangs behind Putin, who wears a dark suit and tie.

Putin Is Obsessed With Russian Liberals
Dispatch
Justin Ling
A person walks through the rubble of the Palestinian Legislative Council building
A person walks through the rubble of the Palestinian Legislative Council building

Will Gaza Ever Have Elections Again?
Analysis
Justin Ling
Outside of a building, a poster board cutout of a man is centered in the foreground. Many waving flags are raised behind the cutout.
Outside of a building, a poster board cutout of a man is centered in the foreground. Many waving flags are raised behind the cutout.

India Is the Latest Member of a Growing Assassination Club
Analysis
Justin Ling
Caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati speaks on the phone ahead of an interview.
Caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati speaks on the phone ahead of an interview.

Lebanon’s Half-Formed Peace Plan May Be Gaza’s Best Chance
Argument
Justin Ling
A photo collage illustration showing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau frowning, images of Canadians voting at polling centers, and Canadian and Chinese flags
A photo collage illustration showing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau frowning, images of Canadians voting at polling centers, and Canadian and Chinese flags

Why Did Trudeau Dawdle on Chinese Election Meddling?
Report
Justin Ling
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the G-20 leaders' summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the G-20 leaders' summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9.

Trudeau Says India Likely Behind Murder of Canadian Sikh Leader
Report
Justin Ling
An airplane flies away from the viewer, just below the sun, against a hazy orange sky.
An airplane flies away from the viewer, just below the sun, against a hazy orange sky.

Denialists Are Blaming Anything but Climate for Canada’s Fires
Argument
Justin Ling
French soldiers deployed in the Central African Republic board a cargo plane to leave the Bangui airport.
French soldiers deployed in the Central African Republic board a cargo plane to leave the Bangui airport.

Russian Mercenaries Are Pushing France Out of Central Africa
Report
Justin Ling
A police officer oversees the exhumation of three bodies.
A police officer oversees the exhumation of three bodies.

How to Prosecute Russia’s War Crimes
Argument
Justin Ling
A woman is lit by the glow from her mobile phone as she sits on a wooden bunk in an underground air raid shelter following an alert on May 3 in Lviv, Ukraine.
A woman is lit by the glow from her mobile phone as she sits on a wooden bunk in an underground air raid shelter following an alert on May 3 in Lviv, Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Online Volunteers Go After Russian Targets
Report
Justin Ling
People take part in a silent protest against the mass killing of Ukrainian civilians.
People take part in a silent protest against the mass killing of Ukrainian civilians.

Russia Is Mimicking Open-Source Intelligence Methods to Discredit Bucha Atrocities
Argument
Justin Ling
A British combat volunteer heads toward the Ukrainian border in Przemysl, Poland.
A British combat volunteer heads toward the Ukrainian border in Przemysl, Poland.

Moscow Turns U.S. Volunteers Into New Bogeyman in Ukraine
Report
Justin Ling
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gives a press conference.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gives a press conference.

How U.S. Bioweapons in Ukraine Became Russia’s New Big Lie
Report
Justin Ling
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