Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Canada asks Iran to delay download of Flight 752 black boxes due to COVID-19
OTTAWA — The investigation into Iran’s downing of a commercial jetliner that killed dozens of Canadians in January has hit a snag due to COVID-19. Canada and other countries had been waiting months for Iran to hand over the flight recorders from the doomed Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 so their data can be downloaded and...
Canada asks Iran to delay download of Flight 752 black boxes due to COVID-19
OTTAWA — The investigation into Iran’s downing of a commercial jetliner that killed dozens of Canadians in January has hit a snag due to COVID-19. Canada and other countries had been waiting months for Iran to hand over the flight recorders from the doomed Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 so their data can be downloaded and...
‘This is a war’: Military fight against COVID-19 will be anything but easy
OTTAWA — When 40 Canadian Rangers swung into action in northern Quebec this week to set up heated tents for COVID-19 screening and conduct other tasks in their local communities due to the pandemic, they formed the most visible military response to the crisis to date. The Rangers were mobilized in response to a request for assistance from...
‘This is a war’: Military fight against COVID-19 will be anything but easy
OTTAWA — When 40 Canadian Rangers swung into action in northern Quebec this week to set up heated tents for COVID-19 screening and conduct other tasks in their local communities due to the pandemic, they formed the most visible military response to the crisis to date. The Rangers were mobilized in response to a request for assistance from...
Ukraine battles forest fires near Chornobyl
MINSK, Belarus — Ukrainian firefighters laboured into Sunday night trying to put out two forest blazes in the area around the Chornobyl nuclear power station, which was evacuated because of radioactive contamination after the 1986 explosion at the plant. Ukraine’s emergencies service said one of the fires, covering about five hectares (12...
Families of Flight 752 victims report threats, acts of intimidation — and blame Tehran
Family members in Canada who have criticized Iran’s government after losing their loved ones in the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 say they’re being targeted with threats and intimidation — and they blame Tehran. Global Affairs is aware of “reports” of victims’ families “being approached in Canada in...
Russia to the rescue? US, Moscow spar over aid deliveries
WASHINGTON — An odd new front in the U.S.-Russian rivalry has emerged as a Russian military cargo plane bearing a load of urgently needed medical supplies landed this week at New York’s JFK airport. Russia cast it as a magnanimous aid contribution to a struggling country in need – its old Cold War rival. The State Department insisted that...
The Latest: South Korea says over 27,000 self-quarantined
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. TOP OF THE HOUR: — South Korea says more than 27,000 people are under self-quarantine — South Korea reports 86 new...
Canada, NATO allies discuss COVID-19 response in face of world security issues
OTTAWA — Canada and its NATO allies wrestled Thursday with responding to the COVID-19 crisis while reining in potential new Russian mayhem-making and helping war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan. The discussion unfolded via secure video links — a first in the alliance’s seven decades — among the alliance’s foreign ministers, including...
Canada, NATO allies discuss COVID-19 response in face of world security issues
OTTAWA — Canada and its NATO allies wrestled Thursday with responding to the COVID-19 crisis while reining in potential new Russian mayhem-making and helping war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan. The discussion unfolded via secure video links — a first in the alliance’s seven decades — among the alliance’s foreign ministers, including...
