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UN says conflict in Ukraine has affected 580,000 children
The United Nations children’s agency says the conflict in Ukraine has deeply affected 580,000 children close to the front lines and in areas not under government control in the volatile east. …read more Source: Global...
Liberals didn’t sign off on Saudi arms sale but will let it stand, says Dion
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion says the Liberal government does not necessarily approve of Canada’s sale of $15 billion worth of light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, a country with a dismal human rights record. But Dion says the government is simply allowing a previously negotiated contract to stand. In a rare...
The Cyber Attack on the Ukrainian Electrical Infrastructure: Another Warning
For some time, security experts have warned that critical services – for example, electricity and water supplies – can be attacked through cyberspace. The assumption is that such action requires sophisticated capabilities in cyber intelligence, technology, and operations, and possession of such capabilities is usually attributed to countries that...
How Trump Bought the Conservative Movement
It has become increasingly clear that the “self-funded” candidate in the Republican presidential primary, Donald J. Trump, will destroy the GOP’s chances to win in November if he is not the nominee. Leftist groups are ecstatic over Trump’s “Bush lied, people died,” mantra over the Iraq war. Internet trolls for Vladimir Putin are...
Diplomatica: West, Russia should re-engage economies, security, ambassador says
Western sanctions against Russia in response to its expansion into Ukraine have had an effect on the country’s economy, Russian Ambassador Alexander Darchiev admitted last week. But they haven’t hurt nearly as much as the country’s “systemic dependence on lavish natural resource revenues,” a concept, the ambassador noted, that...
Tomaszewski: Ditch the memorial and educate people about communism instead
In this newspaper recently, Paul Dewar argued against the proposed Memorial to the Victims of Communism, dismissing communism as only an “idea.” Mr. Dewar was born in 1963, so presumably he was able to read newspapers long before the Soviet Union collapsed, and was around when the Tiananmen Square massacre took place. If he was a precocious...
Ukraine’s Western-backed government faces vote that could dissolve cabinet
Vote could precipitate a collapse of coalition government and bring about snap elections …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk faces threat of no-confidence vote
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is due to address parliament, where he faces the threat of a vote of no confidence. A no-confidence vote could cause the government to collapse, leading to snap elections. Mr Yatsenyuk’s government has been criticised over the slow pace of reform and faces allegations of corruption. Western...
It’s time for the Liberals to show us their Arctic plan
During one of the 2015 election debates, Justin Trudeau accused Prime Minister Harper of lacking an Arctic policy, calling it “Big Sled, No Dogs.” The idea was that the Conservative government’s Arctic record was empty rhetoric on investment in northern communities and on security in the face of Russian expansion in nearby waters. Mr....
Tatars step up resistance to Russian rule over Crimea
Tatars step up resistance to Russian rule over Crimea …read more Source:...
