Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
The Latest: Clinton plans to campaign in Arizona
The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT): 12:55 p.m. Hillary Clinton’s campaign says the Democratic presidential candidate will campaign in Arizona on Wednesday. Communications director Jen Palmieri says Clinton will urge voters in the traditionally Republican state to take advantage of early voting. She’ll also...
Nato chief says alliance ‘does not want new Cold War’
Nato is not seeking confrontation with Russia and does not want another Cold War, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has told the BBC. The planned deployment of 4,000 extra troops to eastern Europe aims to prevent, not provoke conflict, he said. Despite current tensions, the military alliance does not see Russia as a threat, he added. Relations...
Four countries promise to join Canadian-led battle group in Latvia
OTTAWA — Canadian troops will not face Russia alone when they begin to arrive in Latvia early next year. Four countries — Albania, Italy, Poland and Slovenia — have promised to contribute troops and equipment to a Canadian-led NATO force that is being organized in Latvia in response to recent Russian actions in Eastern Europe. Canada’s...
WHERE THEY STAND: Clinton, Trump on the issues
WASHINGTON — A look at where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on three dozen issues: ABORTION Persistent Republican-led efforts to restrict access to abortion and to curb government funding for Planned Parenthood have been hotly debated in Washington and in states. The issue will be shaped in some way by the next president and could be...
Trump dossier now loaded with previously unknown detail
WASHINGTON — There’s nothing like a presidential campaign to shine a bright light into the nooks, crannies and back alleys of a candidate’s life. And there’s nothing like Donald Trump in the annals of U.S. politics. Some of what’s been revealed about Trump’s predatory personal interactions, business dealings, legal...
All about Trump: A presumed golden touch dims on closer look
WASHINGTON — There’s nothing like a presidential campaign to shine a bright light into the nooks, crannies and back alleys of a candidate’s life. And there’s nothing like Donald Trump in the annals of U.S. politics. Some of what’s been revealed about Trump’s predatory personal interactions, business dealings, legal...
Georgia holds parliamentary election amid mounting tensions
TBILISI, Georgia — An undercurrent of political violence is unsettling voters in Georgia as they elect members of parliament on Saturday from a field that includes candidates from the country’s two main parties and a bewildering array of nearly two dozen other groups. It’s unlikely that the election’s outcome will dim the former...
WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election
WASHINGTON — A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief: RACE and POLICING The continued deaths of unarmed African-American men women and children at the hands of police are turning into one of the most consequential civil rights issues of the new millennium. Since the death of Michael...
WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election
WASHINGTON — A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief: RACE and POLICING The continued deaths of unarmed African-American men women and children at the hands of police are turning into one of the most consequential civil rights issues of the new millennium. Since the death of Michael...
Lobbyist advised Trump campaign while promoting Russian pipeline
A Republican lobbyist was earning hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote one of Vladimir Putin’s top geopolitical priorities at the same time he was helping to shape Donald Trump’s first major foreign policy speech. In the first two quarters of 2016, the firm of former Reagan administration official Richard Burt received $365,000...
