Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Trump administration violated law in withholding Ukraine aid: U.S. watchdog
The federal government’s watchdog agency said Thursday a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine. The Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Office of Management and Budget violated the law in holding up the aid. The freeze is at centre of the impeachment of President Donald...
Nations of Iran crash victims seek compensation for families
LONDON — The governments of countries that lost citizens when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner demanded Thursday that Tehran accept “full responsibility” and pay compensation to the victims’ families. The foreign ministers of Canada, the U.K., Afghanistan, Sweden and Ukraine issued the statement on after a meeting at the Canadian High...
Ukraine opens probe of possible surveillance of ambassador
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian police said Thursday they have opened an investigation into the possibility that the U.S. ambassador came under illegal surveillance by an unknown party before she was recalled from her post in May. The announcement came two days after Democratic lawmakers in the United States released a trove of documents that showed...
‘Impartial Justice’? What to watch in Trump’s Senate trial
WASHINGTON — The impeachment of President Donald Trump is the Senate’s challenge now. Directed by the Constitution, House officials and prosecutors somberly carried the articles through the dimly lit Capitol to the Senate on Wednesday evening, triggering a trial unlike any since President Bill Clinton’s in 1999. He was acquitted. Look...
RCMP creating DNA profiles to help identify Canadians killed in Iran plane crash
Canada’s national police force is taking part in the massive effort to identify dozens of Canadians killed in last week’s plane crash in Iran. While no RCMP officers are currently on the ground in Tehran, where the Ukrainian passenger jet was shot down by the Iranian military, a spokeswoman said the force is co-ordinating the crucial...
Ukraine launches criminal investigation into alleged surveillance of US ambassador Marie Yovanovitch
Ukraine on Thursday announced that it would launch a federal criminal investigation into alleged threats against Marie Yovanovitch, the US’s former ambassador to Ukraine. …read more Source:: National...
Ukraine’s president was told no U.S. aid without Biden investigation: Giuliani associate
A close associate of U.S. President Donald Trump‘s personal lawyer says he delivered an ultimatum in May to the incoming president of Ukraine that no senior U.S. officials would attend his inauguration and all American aid to the war-torn country would be withheld if an investigation into Joe Biden wasn’t announced. …read more...
Foreign affairs minister in London to chair meeting on plane crash
Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is chairing a meeting in London today that the federal government hopes will lead to justice and financial compensation for the families of the victims of a Ukrainian jet shot down by Iran. All 176 people aboard were killed last week, including at least 89 with ties to Canada. Champagne is...
Leaders meet on plane crash and John Crosbie’s funeral; In The News for Jan. 16
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 16 … What we are watching in Canada … LONDON — Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is chairing today a meeting at Canada House in London that the federal...
Who are the House’s 7 impeachment prosecutors?
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has chosen seven lawmakers to prosecute the House’s case that President Donald Trump abused his office and obstructed Congress’ probe into what happened. The managers bring institutional and subject matter expertise to the task, as well as geographic diversity. A look at Pelosi’s team of...
