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Six Ukrainian soldiers killed as rebel uprising marks first anniversary
Casualties put further strain on a tenuous ceasefire struck two months ago …read more Source: The Globe and...
The Pope’s Easter message: ‘We ask for peace, above all’
Pope Francis leaves St. Peter’s square at the Vatican after he celebrated an Easter mass, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (AP Photo) VATICAN CITY — The following is the Vatican’s official English-language translation of Pope Francis “Urbi et Orbi” Easter message, which he delivered Sunday in Italian from the central balcony of St....
Pope leads Easter service in rain-lashed Vatican square with tens of thousands of faithful
VATICAN CITY — In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on Sunday praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer, while expressing deep worry about bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. Cautious hope ran through Francis’ “Urbi et Orbi” Easter message, a kind of...
Vatican’s official English-language translation of Pope’s ’Urbi et Orbi’ Easter message
VATICAN CITY — The following is the Vatican’s official English-language translation of Pope Francis “Urbi et Orbi” Easter message, which he delivered Sunday in Italian from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica: “Jesus Christ is risen! Love has triumphed over hatred, life has conquered death, light has dispelled the darkness!...
Government confirms Canadians have been evacuated from Yemen
OTTAWA – The federal government is confirming that an undisclosed number of Canadians have been taken out of Yemen, amid Russian state media reports that the Kremlin had helped them leave. Foreign Affairs spokesman John Babcock said in an email on Saturday they are aware that Canadians departed from Yemen safely. Russian news agency TASS reported...
Government confirms undisclosed number of Canadians evacuated from Yemen
OTTAWA – The federal government is confirming that an undisclosed number of Canadians have been taken out of Yemen, amid Russian state media reports that the Kremlin had helped them leave.Foreign Affairs spokesman John Babcock said in an email on Saturday they are aware that Canadians departed from Yemen safely.Russian news agency TASS...
Russia’s role in Ukraine seen shifting to training rebels
They may wear camouflage, but the Russians’ presence in eastern Ukraine is hardly invisible. …read more Source: Global...
Local Volunteer Groups Lead Effort To Help Ukraine’s Displaced Citizens
People fleeing the fighting in the separatist cities of Donetsk and Luhansk are big burden for Ukraine’s financially strained government, but Kharkiv residents are stepping up to help.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Russian trawler sinks off Kamchatka with 54 dead
A Russian trawler has sunk off the Kamchatka peninsula, with 54 sailors so far confirmed dead. Sixty-three people have been rescued, many suffering from hypothermia, according to officials in Russia’s Far East, but 15 are reported missing. The Dalniy Vostok freezer trawler had 132 people on board when it sank. Seventy-eight of those on...
Russia is shaking off the curse of oil
Signs are multiplying that the Russian economy will not die a painful death, but is just taking some long-overdue strong medicine. The country posted unexpected growth in the fourth quarter of 2014 and it can now look beyond oil for drivers of recovery. Today, the Federal Statistics Service said the Russian economy expanded 0.4 per cent in the...
