Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Poland turning National Stadium into COVID-19 field hospital
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s government is transforming the National Stadium in Warsaw into a field hospital to handle the surging number of people infected with the coronavirus. Government spokesman Piotr Müller said Monday that the stadium will have room for 500 patients and will be equipped with oxygen therapy for those who need it. “We can...
Biden email episode illustrates risk to Trump from Giuliani
WASHINGTON — A New York tabloid’s puzzling account about how it acquired emails purportedly from Joe Biden’s son has raised some red flags. One of the biggest involves the source of the emails: Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani has travelled abroad looking for dirt on the Bidens, developing relationships with shadowy figures, including a...
Why a story about Joe Biden, his son Hunter and Ukraine is being blocked online
U.S. President Donald Trump and his campaign have seized on a story in the New York Post that alleges to contain new information about Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and the Ukraine controversy that partially led to Trump’s impeachment. In the hours after the unverified story was published Wednesday morning, Twitter and Facebook both moved to...
AP Explains: Trump seizes on dubious Biden-Ukraine story
WASHINGTON — Looking to undermine rival Joe Biden 20 days before the election, President Donald Trump’s campaign has seized on a tabloid story offering bizarre twists to a familiar line of attack: Biden’s relationship with Ukraine. But the story in the New York Post raises more questions than answers, including about the authenticity...
Judge says government’s suit over Bolton book can proceed
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration can move forward with its lawsuit against former national security adviser John Bolton over his tell-all book, a judge ruled Thursday in denying a request to dismiss the complaint. The Justice Department alleges that Bolton’s book, “The Room Where It Happened” contains classified information, and the...
Lawyer: Russian suspect denies involvement in downing MH17
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — One of the suspects charged in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 denies any involvement and wants to speak in court to explain his version of events, his lawyer said Monday as the trial in absentia of three Russians and a Ukrainian resumed in a Dutch courtroom. Sabine ten Doesschate,...
It Wasn’t a Rumour – the Second Wave is Here
We’ve learned so much about humanity thanks to the COVID 19 pandemic. We have seen moments of great sacrifice and others of humiliating indifference in the face of our greatest health challenge in a century. From the outset, we were warned by health experts that, regardless of infection rates going down over time, a second wave would arrive...
Correction: Belarus-Protests story
KYIV, Ukraine — In a story September 23, 2020, about the inauguration ceremony of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and anti-government protests, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that more than 7,000 people were detained during the first three days of demonstrations. The correct number is around 6,000. The Associated Press...
Scores arrested in protest against Belarus’ president
KYIV, Ukraine — Hundreds of women calling for the authoritarian president to step down protested in Belarus’ capital on Saturday, continuing the large demonstrations that have rocked the country since early August. Police blocked off the centre of Minsk and arrested more than 80 demonstrators, according to the Viasna human rights...
Bolton lawyers seek to question Trump officials over book
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for former national security adviser John Bolton told a judge Thursday they want to interview White House officials following new allegations that a pre-publication review of his tell-all book was politicized in an effort to block its release. Michael Kirk, a lawyer for Bolton, said the interviews were needed to help...
