Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
France’s Macron urges better long-term relations with Russia
MUNICH — Europe needs to strive for better relations with Russia in the long term, French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday, adding that while he isn’t proposing lifting sanctions they have changed nothing about Russia’s behavoir. Macron told the Munich Security Conference that a “credible” approach to dealing with Russia would...
Iranian minister to appear at Canadian hosted meeting of Tehran crash victims
Iran’s foreign minister is to make a brief appearance today at a meeting hosted in Germany by Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne with counterparts from countries that lost citizens the Ukrainian jetliner crash near Tehran last month. Canada and its allies are pushing Iran to release the black boxes from the crash so their...
Army: No investigation into Vindman
WASHINGTON — Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into the Army officer who until last week worked at the White House National Security Council and was a key witness in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. McCarthy said Lt. Col. Alex Vindman has been moved to a short-term assignment at Army headquarters...
Global economic security critical, Trudeau to tell security conference
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address the Munich Security Conference today and urge global leaders to accept that a changing world requires more effort to bring economic prosperity for all. Trudeau’s speech comes after he spent the last week in Africa and Kuwait, where he said several times that improving access to education...
Post-impeachment, House Democrats sharpen focus on Barr
WASHINGTON — House Democrats frustrated over the Senate’s acquittal of President Donald Trump are pushing their oversight efforts toward the Justice Department and what they call Attorney General William Barr’s efforts to politicize federal law enforcement. Democrats have demanded more information about Barr’s intervention in...
Trump says John Kelly must ‘keep his mouth shut’ after ex-chief of staff said Vindman did the right thing
President Donald Trump blasted his former chief of staff John Kelly on Thursday after the ex-top aide said Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman did the right thing in reporting his concerns about Trump’s July 25 call with Ukraine’s president. “When I terminated John Kelly, which I couldn’t do fast enough, he knew full well that he was way...
Trump says he might keep others from listening in on calls
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he might end the long-running practice of letting other administration officials listen in on presidential calls with foreign leaders. That’s after Trump’s impeachment was triggered by his July phone call with the president of Ukraine. “I may end the practice entirely,” Trump told...
Trump slams ex-adviser who defended key impeachment witness
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out against former White House chief of staff John Kelly for being disloyal after the ex-adviser came to the defence of a former national security aide who offered key testimony in the impeachment inquiry. The president’s comments targeting Kelly came after Kelly defended Lt. Col....
John Kelly Finally Lets Loose on Trump
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council aide and impeachment witness President Donald Trump fired Friday, was just doing his job, former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told students and guests at a Drew University event here Wednesday night. Over a 75-minute speech and Q&A session, Kelly laid out, in...
Iran doesn’t have expertise to analyze PS752 recorders: Champagne
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Iran doesn’t have experts who can analyze the data recorders from a civilian airliner it shot down last month and it’s time to send the black boxes out of the country. He says it’s been more than 30 days since the downing of Ukraine International Airlines...
