Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
US targets 11 countries for lax copyright protection
WASHINGTON — China, Russia and India are among 11 countries targeted by the Obama administration for leaving American producers of music, movies and other copyrighted material open to rampant piracy. The U.S. is placing the 11 countries on a “priority watch list” that subjects them to extra scrutiny and could lead to sanctions if the...
Canadian forces to train Ukrainian soldiers to investigate airline crashes
Canadian military trainers are developing a program to train Ukrainian soldiers to conduct flight safety investigations — a move that comes almost two years after the deadly crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over a contested region of Ukraine. “They’ll learn how to conduct investigations for flight accidents. It’s actually geared...
U.S. sends F-22 warplanes to Romania
Two of the world’s most advanced warplanes have touched down in Romania for the first time, near the shores of the Black Sea and just a short hop from Ukraine, the Crimean Peninsula and Russia. The United States sent the F-22 Raptors to southeastern Europe two weeks after Russian fighter jets buzzed an American warship in the Baltic Sea....
Bureaucrats blocked former Tory government’s desire to buy navy landing ships
The bureaucracy at National Defence helped scuttle two attempts by the Harper government to acquire helicopter landing ships over the last few years, documents show. The most high-profile of the cases involved the sale by France of two Mistral-class warships, which had originally been built for Russia, but were on the auction block after the...
Military aid to Ukraine was last-minute scramble under pressure from PM: Docs
Canada’s high-profile delivery of military supplies to Ukraine in the summer of 2014 appears to have been planned and executed under pressure from the prime minister in only 10 days, according to internal documents. A few months after the Russian annexation of Crimea, as conflict between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-supported...
Canada’s Filion, Benfeito win silver, bronze in 10 metres at diving World Series
WINDSOR, Ont. — Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., and Montreal’s Meaghan Benfeito were on a diving World Series podium together for the first time in theirs careers on Saturday after taking silver and bronze respectively in the women’s 10-metre event. China’s Qian Ren took the gold medal with 445.25 points, Filion scored 378.85...
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister resigns
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister announced Sunday that he is resigning, opening the way for the formation of a new government to end a drawn-out political crisis. In his weekly televised address, Arseniy Yatsenyuk said his resignation would be formally submitted to parliament on Tuesday. Yatsenyuk’s cabinet survived a no-confidence...
Iceland’s leader is first victim of offshore holdings leak
LONDON — The leak of millions of records on offshore accounts claimed its first high-profile victim Tuesday as Iceland’s prime minister resigned amid outrage over revelations he had used such a shell company to shelter large sums while Iceland’s economy was in crisis. The fall of Icelandic leader Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is the...
Panama Papers taunt the masses with more proof that game is rigged
The shills for the people who really run the world have been pulling all-nighters, crafting avowals in the casually arrogant language of the ultra-entitled. Statements are coming from different countries in different tongues, but the message is similar: Come on, folks, move along, back to work, let’s go, show’s over. Dmitry Peskov, a...
‘Wall of Rock’ proved almost impenetrable in Saskatchewan election
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Brad Wall’s personal popularity was one of the biggest factors in his coasting to a third straight term as premier of Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Party’s campaign featured just a handful of promises and instead focused on its leader as the province’s promoter around the world and defender of its...
