Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
MH17 flight wreckage removal begins in Ukraine
Work has begun to remove wreckage from the MH17 crash site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, Dutch officials say. The Malaysian Airlines plane, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over Ukraine in July. All 298 people on board were killed. Debris will be transported to the Netherlands for investigation, the Dutch Safety...
G20 summit: Leaders pledge to grow their economies by 2.1%
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has closed the G20 summit by detailing economic pledges agreed by world leaders. The leaders agreed to boost their economies by at least 2.1% by 2018, adding $2 trillion to global economies. Much of the summit focused on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s position on the crisis in Ukraine. Mr Putin...
Harper homeward bound after headline grabbing G20 summit in Australia
BRISBANE, Australia – Stephen Harper has departed Australia following a Group of 20 summit that placed him in the international spotlight for telling Vladimir Putin to get out of Ukraine.At the end of the summit, the prime minister said it was important to keep up the pressure on Russia while discussing his celebrated showdown with Putin.If...
Harper says he won’t drop Ukraine
BRISBANE, Australia – Stephen Harper said it’s important to keep up the pressure on Russia while discussing his celebrated showdown with Vladimir Putin at the end of Group of 20 summit in Australia.The prime minister grinned when asked about his admonishment to Putin to get out of Ukraine, though quickly checked himself.Harper told...
Aussies take note of Harper’s Putin smackdown
BRISBANE, Australia – Prime Minister Stephen Harper has earned some attention in the Australian media for his dustup with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on the first day of the Group of 20 summit.All-news networks and Australia’s Sunday Mail reported on the prime minister’s admonishment to Putin to “get out of...
Putin plans to leave G20 early after West blasts Russia
Vladimir Putin is quitting a Group of 20 summit early after facing heavy criticism over what Western forces say are Russian combat troops entering Ukraine. The reception for Mr. Putin in Brisbane included sharp rebukes from Stephen Harper and Barack Obama. The Canadian Prime Minister told Mr. Putin flatly that he needs “to get out of Ukraine,”...
Harper tells Putin to ‘get out of Ukraine’ in G20 encounter
Stephen Harper told Russian President Vladimir Putin flatly that he needs “to get out of Ukraine,” when the two met at a Group of 20 summit of major economies in Brisbane. A spokesman for the Canadian Prime Minister relayed the details of the encounter and, according to director of communications Jason MacDonald, “Mr. Putin did not respond...
Harper tells Putin to get “get out of Ukraine”
BRISBANE, Australia – Stephen Harper had a showdown with Vladimir Putin on Saturday, telling the Russian leader to “get out of Ukraine” in a dustup at the Group of 20 summit in Australia.Harper’s spokesman, Jason MacDonald, said the prime minister was speaking to a group of G20 leaders at a private leaders’ retreat...
Stranded ship crew lacks food, water: union
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Eleven men stranded on a cargo ship at the port of Argentia in Newfoundland are low on food and water and are among increasing numbers of abandoned crews, say union leaders.”My concern right now is these guys do not have a penny in their pocket,” Gerard Bradbury, an inspector with the International...
