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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...
Diane Francis: Ukraine’s survivor — Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko no longer braids her blond hair, but looks like a corporate lawyer from Berlin or Brussels, complete with glasses, an hour-glass figure, poise and exquisite grooming. She is the most famous and most controversial figure in Ukraine. And, however historians or critics judge her, she embodies the hardship endured by Ukraine’s...
Gen. Jon Vance flips and flops on Africa
Michael Staples at The Daily Gleaner newspaper in Fredericton recently had an interview with Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance, in which some of the general’s interesting views emerged. During the interview Vance claimed that all the discussion over the last several months about a Canadian military mission to Africa was just an...
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...
Canada signs U.S. declaration on rules for armed drones but is it a wasted effort?
Canada has signed on to a U.S. declaration that is aimed at creating international rules for the use of armed drones. But some critics have dismissed the proposal as a way for the U.S. to move focus away from its aggressive campaign to use the unmanned aerial vehicles to kill its enemies, causing the death of scores of innocent civilians in the...
@Kady: From Oktoberfest to fish farms, it’s time for a new batch of private members’ business
Fifteen lucky backbench MPs are about to get the chance to command the undivided attention of the House of Commons. If they succeed in persuading a majority of Chamber colleagues to sign onto their proposal, it could eventually change the law of the land. At the very least, the House will spend an hour or two debating the pros and cons before...
AP FACT CHECK: Pence on Clinton’s foreign policy
WASHINGTON — A claim from the vice-presidential debate between Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine, and how it stacks up with the facts: PENCE: She was the “architect of the Obama administration’s foreign policy.” He said the Middle East is “spinning out of control” and suggested that the ongoing crisis in...
US-Russia relations plummet further over Syria, Ukraine
US-Russia relations plummet further over Syria, Ukraine …read more Source:...
Dion denounces Russian support for attacks on Syrian medical facilities
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion has joined the United States in condemning Russia over the escalating fighting in Syria and failed efforts to end the war in that country. Dion said in a statement Monday night that Russia’s actions on the ground over the past months “call into question” its commitment to peace and...
