Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Immigration hearing put off for former Nazi death-squad member
OTTAWA — Jewish groups expressed dismay after an immigration hearing for former Nazi death-squad member Helmut Oberlander was put off, the latest twist in the long-running case. Oberlander’s hearing, which could lead to his removal from Canada, was delayed until at least March 20 after the Federal Court ruled the Ontario man could have more...
Trump impeachment trial to open with sense of urgency, speed
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial is opening this week with a sense of urgency — by Democrats who want to hold the former president accountable for the violent U.S. Capitol siege and Republicans who want it over as fast as possible. Scheduled to begin Tuesday, just over a month since the deadly riot, the...
EXPLAINER: How Trump’s second impeachment trial will work
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial begins Tuesday, forcing the Senate to decide whether to convict him of incitement of insurrection after a violent mob of his supporters laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. While Trump’s acquittal is expected, all 100 senators will first have to sit at...
Ukraine hospital fire kills 3 COVID-19 patients, doctor
KYIV, Ukraine — Three coronavirus patients and a doctor died in a fire at a hospital in Ukraine. Volodymyr Shinkarenko, the head doctor at the hospital in Zaporizhzhia, was quoted by Ukrainian news media as saying Thursday that the fire broke out in medical equipment. The patients were all on ventilators, but it wasn’t clear if that was the...
At 80, Vermont’s Sen. Leahy ready to run impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — He’s known for prowling the Capitol with his camera or friends like the rock icon Bono. He’s played leading roles in fights over Supreme Court nominations, government surveillance of Americans and protecting his state’s dairy farms. Now, Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont is stepping into one of his most...
Germany remembers Auschwitz liberation in parliament
BERLIN — A survivor of the Holocaust and a young Jewish immigrant spoke about their lives in Germany at a special parliamentary session Wednesday commemorating the victims of the Holocaust 76 years after the Soviet army liberated the Auschwitz death camp in occupied Poland. Charlotte Knobloch, 88, and Marina Weisband, 33, told lawmakers on...
Trial ahead, Trump turns to ethics lawyer for his defence
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Butch Bowers is used to defending public officials in ethics cases. But he’s never faced anything quite like this. It’s up to Bowers, a South Carolina elections and ethics lawyer, to rise and defend Donald Trump as the Senate plunges next week into an impeachment trial unlike any other, centred on accusations that the...
Trump missed having Putin at Canada’s 2018 G7 leaders’ summit dinner, recalls sherpa
OTTAWA — During his only supper on Canadian soil, Donald Trump told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and their fellow G7 leaders that their table was incomplete. Come 2020, the American president promised to fix that by inviting Russia’s Vladimir Putin to his G7 dinner. It was June 2018, four years since Russia had been expelled from what was...
Deceptions in the time of the ‘alternative facts’ president
WASHINGTON — Truth caught up with Donald Trump after years of giving chase. The twice-impeached president painted a fantasy world in office, starring himself. In this world, he did things bigger, better, more boldly than all who came before him while facing enemies more pernicious than any in creation. In service of his ego, his nature and his...
EXPLAINER: What’s next after House impeachment vote
WASHINGTON — Now that the House has impeached President Donald Trump for the second time, Speaker Nancy Pelosi must figure out the best strategy for arguing the case before the Senate. Senate rules say the trial must start soon after the chamber receives the article of impeachment, which charges “incitement of insurrection” after an angry mob of...
