Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Europe’s rights court accepts Ukraine case against Russia
MOSCOW — Europe’s top human rights court agreed Thursday to look into Ukraine’s complaint against alleged human rights violations in the Russia-annexed Crimean Peninsula. The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights, or ECHR, concluded that Ukraine’s case against Russia is backed by sufficient evidence and admissible for...
McConnell open to convicting Trump in impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pointedly did not rule out Wednesday that he might eventually vote to convict the now twice-impeached President Donald Trump, but he also blocked a quick Senate impeachment trial. Minutes after the House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump, McConnell said in a letter to his GOP colleagues that...
EXPLAINER: How Trump’s 2nd impeachment will unfold
WASHINGTON — The House is expected to impeach President Donald Trump for his encouragement of supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, a vote that would make him the first American president to be impeached twice. While the previous three impeachments — those of Presidents Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and Trump — took months before a final vote,...
EXPLAINER: How Trump’s 2nd impeachment will unfold
WASHINGTON — The House is expected to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday for his encouragement of supporters who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol, a vote that would make him the first American president to be impeached twice. While the previous three impeachments — those of Presidents Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and Trump — took...
US imposes new Ukraine sanctions over election interference
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday sanctioned more than a half-dozen associates of a Ukrainian lawmaker accused by U.S. officials of interfering in the 2020 presidential election by releasing edited audio recordings of President-elect Joe Biden. The Treasury Department already had imposed sanctions on Andrii Derkach, whom U.S....
The Latest: Virus infections top 90 million confirmed cases
BALTIMORE — Coronavirus infections have now surpassed 90 million confirmed cases around the world, as more countries braced for wider spread of more virulent strains of a disease that has now killed nearly 2 million worldwide. The number of infections worldwide has doubled in just 10 weeks, according to a tally by John Hopkins University on...
The Latest: Seattle probes officers about Washington rally
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local): 1:30 a.m. Seattle’s police chief says two city officers were apparently in Washington, D.C., Wednesday when a violent mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the nation’s Capitol and that an...
Canadians mark anniversary of downing of Flight PS752 in Iran
TORONTO — Memorial services are being held today for victims of a passenger jet the Iranian military shot down one year ago. The ceremonies are part of an international effort that began with a livestream on Thursday at 9:42 p.m. ET. That’s the exact moment Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 left Tehran’s international...
Canadians mark anniversary of downing of Flight PS752 in Iran
TORONTO — Memorial services are being held today for victims of a passenger jet the Iranian military shot down one year ago. The ceremonies are part of an international effort that began with a livestream on Thursday at 9:42 p.m. ET. That’s the exact moment Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 left Tehran’s international...
Goodale rejects Iran’s offer to compensate Canadian victims of downed Ukraine plane
OTTAWA — Canada’s special adviser on the Iranian military’s downing of a passenger jet one year ago this week is rejecting Tehran’s offer to pay $150,000 to the families of those killed in the tragedy. Ralph Goodale, the former Liberal public safety minister, says Iran doesn’t have the right to offer compensation to...
