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Obama’s passivity after Syria crossed his ‘red line’ changed the world, France’s ex-foreign minister says
There were global consequences for Syria’s unpunished use of chemical weapons, most notably in Russia’s attack on Crimea the next year, Laurent Fabius says …read more Source: Vancouver...
The New Global Financial Cold War
Photo by Des Byrne The Guns and Butter Interview Suppose a country owes money to another nation’s government or official agency. How can creditors collect, unless there’s an international court and an enforcement system? The IMF and the World Bank were part of that enforcement system and now they’re saying: ‘We’re not...
Ukraine picks song about Stalin deportations for Eurovision contest
Ukrainians have chosen a Crimean Tatar singer and her song about the mass deportation of Tatars under Josef Stalin as the country’s entry for this year’s Eurovision song contest. …read more Source: Global...
Russia wants to fly over US with advanced digital camera
WASHINGTON – Russia will ask permission on Monday to start flying surveillance planes equipped with high-powered digital cameras amid warnings from U.S. intelligence and military officials that such overflights help Moscow collect intelligence on the United States. Russia and the United States are signatories to the Open Skies Treaty, which...
Ukraine nationalists rally to demand government’s ouster
The demonstrators set up six tents in Kyiv’s Independence Square, known as Maidan, and lit symbolic fires in trash bins. …read more Source: Toronto...
Ashes to ashes: Home funeral workshops teach loved ones to care for corpses
TORONTO — It’s only because Deborah Magdee happened to overhear a radio show two years ago that she left her mother’s dead body at home for five days. The radio segment introduced the Vancouverite to home funerals, where family and friends assume the role of a mortician rather than relying on a morgue. Proponents say it’s a...
Ukrainian activists protest on Kyiv’s Maidan
About 100 nationalist activists have set up tents in central Kyiv to press their calls for ousting the Ukrainian government brought to power two years ago following months of protests. …read more Source: CTV...
Kyiv demonstrators attack Russian banks on second anniversary of 2014 protest’s bloodiest day
Tens of thousands of people came to various observances of the ‘Day of the Heavenly Hundred,’ which refers to those who died during the months of protests in Kyiv …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine demonstrators attack Russian banks
Nationalist demonstrators in Kiev attacked two offices of Russian banks on the second anniversary of the protests that brought down the Russia-friendly president. …read more Source: Toronto...
Conflict in Ukraine has affected 580,000 children, UN says
The conflict in Ukraine has “deeply affected” 580,000 children close to the front lines and in areas in the volatile east not under government control, the UN children’s agency said late Thursday. …read more Source: CTV...
