Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Canada encouraging Iran to ship black boxes to France as soon as possible
OTTAWA — Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada is eager for Iran to follow through on a new pledge to send the black boxes from the downed Ukraine Airlines jetliner to France. After more than two months of refusing to give up the recorders, Farhad Parvaresh, Iran’s delegate to the International Civil Aviation Organization, told the...
Garneau asks Iran to explain to UN aviation council where black boxes are
OTTAWA — Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada wants Iran to explain why it hasn’t yet handed over the black boxes from the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed near Tehran on Jan. 8. Garneau is speaking this morning by video link to the United Nations aviation organization’s council and he says it has been 92 days since Iran told...
On WWI treaty’s centenary, Hungary says its ‘curse’ must go
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s president on Thursday stressed the need for mutual respect between Hungary and neighbouring countries where some 2 million ethnic Hungarians live following a post-World War I peace treaty signed exactly 100 years ago. At the same time, Janos Ader spoke of Hungarians’ “right” to keep unaltered their...
Trudeau rejects Trump suggestion to readmit Russia to G7, citing Crimea invasion
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting Donald Trump’s latest proposal to readmit Russia to the G7. The American president was to host the G7 summit later this month but has postponed it to the fall because of the mass protests rocking the United States, and he has mused that he would like to see Russia, India, South Korea and...
Trudeau rejects Trump suggestion to readmit Russia to G7, citing Crimea invasion
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting Donald Trump’s latest proposal to readmit Russia to the G7. The American president was to host the G7 summit later this month but has postponed it to the fall because of the mass protests rocking the United States, and he has mused that he would like to see Russia, India, South Korea and...
Trudeau says Russia won’t be included in the G7
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that Russia will not be included in the Group of 7 nations, disagreeing with U.S. President Donald Trump, who said he plans to invite Russia. Trudeau noted Russia was excluded from the group after it annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014. …read more Source:: National...
Garneau says still no black boxes from Iran in January shootdown of airliner
OTTAWA — Canada and four other countries are still trying to pressure Iran to release the flight recorders from its Jan. 8 shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said Friday. On March 11, Garneau was at the Montreal meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization when Iran’s representative...
Garneau says still no black boxes from Iran in January shootdown of airliner
OTTAWA — Canada and four other countries are still trying to pressure Iran to release the flight recorders from its Jan. 8 shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said Friday. On March 11, Garneau was at the Montreal meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization when Iran’s representative...
Garneau says still no black boxes from Iran in January shootdown of airliner
OTTAWA — Canada and four other countries are still trying to pressure Iran to release the flight recorders from its Jan. 8 shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said Friday. On March 11, Garneau was at the Montreal meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization when Iran’s representative...
Pompeo denies retaliation but won’t explain watchdog ouster
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday adamantly denied that he recommended firing the State Department’s independent watchdog in retaliation for investigations into Pompeo’s conduct as America’s top diplomat. But Pompeo again declined to provide specific reasons for Steve Linick’s dismissal as inspector...
