Section: CBC (Canada)
Anger over corruption puts Ukrainian comic on verge of winning presidency
Practically every poll in the final days of the Ukrainian presidential election campaign suggests that a political novice with no electoral experience could finish with the most votes on Sunday. …read more Source:...
How a comedian could become Ukraine’s next president
Ukraine has an interesting cast of contenders running for its upcoming presidential election. None more so than the front-runner, 41-year-old actor/comedian Volodymyr Zelensky. He may have started out as a long shot, but quickly rose to the top on the back of popular discontent with the political class. …read more Source:...
Canada imposes more sanctions on Russian individuals, companies over Ukraine
Canada is restricting the finances of another 129 people, companies and organizations over Russia’s treatment of Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Paul Manafort scheduled to learn sentence for tax, bank fraud
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is scheduled to learn his sentence for tax and bank fraud related to money he earned advising Ukrainian politicians. …read more Source:...
Petro Poroshenko presses UN for peacekeeping force in Ukraine
Ukraine’s president says a UN-mandated peacekeeping operation could be decisive in ending the conflict in the east with Russian-backed separatists — and says secretary general Antonio Guterres should send a mission to come up with options. …read more Source:...
Antsy corporate giants and angry sheep farmers: Brexit turns torturous for Theresa May
A closer look at the day’s most notable stories with The National’s Jonathon Gatehouse: financial worries about Brexit start to bite in Britain; families of the Ukrainian sailors detained by Russia are growing impatient with the courtroom delays and want their loved ones back. …read more Source:...
‘This is soul-destroying’: Families of captured Ukrainian sailors fear the world has forgotten them
To Russia, they’re criminals, but to their families, 24 young Ukrainian sailors are hostages and pawns in Russia’s latest confrontation with the West. …read more Source:...
Canadian election observers arrive in Ukraine amid fears of Russian meddling
The first waves of Canadian election monitors have arrived in Ukraine, as fears rise over Russian meddling in the March 31 presidential ballot. …read more Source:...
Russia to pull plug on nuclear arms pact after U.S. does same
Following in the footsteps of the U.S., Russia will abandon a centrepiece nuclear arms treaty but will only deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles if Washington does so, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. …read more Source:...
Petro Poroshenko confirms re-election bid, desire for Ukraine to join EU
Ukraine’s pro-Western President Petro Poroshenko launched his bid for a second five-year term in front of thousands of supporters on Tuesday, ahead of a tight election race in March. …read more Source:...
