Section: Global TV (Canada)
G-20 leaders hammer out final details of $2 trillion global growth plan
BRISBANE, Australia – World leaders on Sunday prepared to release details of a plan aimed at injecting life into the world’s listless economy, with infrastructure investment and the lowering of trade barriers flagged as key components of the initiative. Leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies, wrapping up a two-day gathering in...
Russian TV claims photo shows Ukrainian fighter downed Malaysian plane
MOSCOW – Russian state television has released a satellite photograph that it claims shows that a Ukrainian fighter jet shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. However, commentators have dismissed the photo as a fake. READ MORE: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: Shooting down ‘most likely’ scenario All 298 people aboard the Boeing 777 were...
Sanctions against Russia could hurt West, Ukraine: Putin
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Western sanctions against his country could backfire. READ MORE: ‘Get out of Ukraine’: Harper to Putin at G20 Summit in Brisbane Speaking in an interview with German ARD television broadcast Saturday, Putin said that cutting Russian access to capital markets would hurt Western...
‘Get out of Ukraine’: Harper to Putin at G20 Summit in Brisbane
Watch above: With war waging in Iraq and Syria, and progress from the U.S. and China on climate change, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been forced to broaden his G20 agenda. Mike Le Couteur reports. Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a blunt meeting for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, as they crossed paths at a private retreat for...
What’s behind Vladimir Putin’s power play?
Russia and the U.S. haven’t exactly been the best of pals, but their relationship has been particularly rocky through much of 2014. Based on how things have been going lately, Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be signalling he has no interest in mending fences. The tension over Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March and its...
G-20 Summit: Australia angry over Russian warships off country’s coast
BRISBANE, Australia – Vladimir Putin is underlining his presence at a major summit of world leaders in Australia by stationing warships in waters off the country’s northeastern coast, prompting the Australian prime minister to angrily accuse Russia of trying to reclaim the “lost glories” of the Soviet Union. The diplomatic drama, which has...
Harper rubs noses with Maori warriors ahead of meeting with New Zealand PM
WATCH ABOVE: PM Stephen Harper is at odds with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key over supply management in the dairy industry. Mike Le Couteur explains. AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Stephen Harper rubbed noses with Maori ceremonial warriors today in advance of a meeting with his New Zealand counterpart in the first official visit by a Canadian prime...
Ukraine warns of worsening security situation in separatist-held east
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine warned Thursday that the security situation in rebel-held areas in the east has steadily worsened as separatist fighters move closer to demarcation lines separating them from government forces. A cease-fire agreed on in September between rebels and Ukraine’s government has in effect been rendered invalid as intense...
Stephen Harper in New Zealand for trade talks
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Stephen Harper is meeting today with his New Zealand counterpart in the first official visit by a Canadian prime minister since Jean Chretien made the lengthy trip exactly 19 years ago. Harper and John Key have a warm relationship, meeting on the sidelines of various global events over the years, including in March in the...
NATO says Russia troops have entered Ukraine, Moscow denies claim
SOFIA, Bulgaria – NATO’s top commander says new columns of Russian troops and tanks have rolled into eastern Ukraine, the claim promptly denied by Moscow. U.S. Gen. Philip Breedlove said Wednesday that in the last two days “we have seen columns of Russian equipment, primarily Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defence systems and...
