Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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OPINION: China learns drone warfare on Kyiv’s back, and Moscow lends it a wind tunnel
Researchers at the windows. A jump. On September 28, a Russian strike hits the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. Scientists jump out of…
COLUMN: The Last Item on the Program
Before I start hitting, I am going to give Québec solidaire what it has earned, because if I open with a caricature you will…
EDITORIAL: It's Not the Taxes. It's What We Get for Them.
You hear it every election cycle, in every tavern, in every comment section. And it is not false. The question was never whether we…
COLUMN: Melania Trump wrests a truce for Oleshky, and Moscow has a different date
Melania Trump bent two general staffs. Not with missiles. With a calendar. Oleshky will breathe. A local truce starts on October 29, 2026. The…
EDITORIAL: Putin wants a final deal and signs it with 21 missiles on Kyiv
Putin wants a final deal. He said so on television. Not a short pause. A full settlement. Nothing less.
OPINION: A tanker of Russian diesel sails for New York, and Kyiv pays the bill
The tanker is called Agioi Fanendes. Maltese flag. Greek operator. It left Primorsk on the night of October 22 to 23.
ANALYSIS: Carney signs in Ankara while Trump says he holds all the cards
Donald Trump was walking to Marine One. A reporter brings up Canada. The answer drops. “We have all the cards.”
FACT CHECK: Trump says more oil flows through Hormuz than before the war, the data say 82%
Donald Trump wrote on Thursday. Iran is “making up fake attacks, mines, and everything else.”
QUICK TAKE: Netanyahu promises the biggest operation since 1967, four days before the vote
It was 7:15 a.m. A junction north of Hebron. Two armed men open fire. On an army checkpoint.