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U.S. to send drones and Humvees to Ukrainian military
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden told Ukraine’s president Wednesday the U.S. will send more aid to the country, the Associated Press writes. U.S. officials said that will include small drones and armoured Humvees. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: The White House said in a statement that Biden delivered the news in a call to...
U.S. to send Ukraine more aid, including small drones and Humvees
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden told Ukraine’s president Wednesday the U.S. will send more aid to the country, which U.S. officials said will include small drones and armoured Humvees. …read more Source: CTV...
A pigeon in hawk’s feathers: Harper on security
Stephen Harper’s gotten me so scared, I feel like hiding in a closet. The prime minister is quite right — the highest purpose of government is to protect its citizens. Why, then, does he try to scare the bejesus out of them every day? I thought leaders in times of crisis were expected to keep calm and carry on, maintaining stiff upper lips...
John Baird to quit Commons seat on March 16
Ottawa West-Nepean MP John Baird is officially resigning his seat in the House of Commons on March 16. Baird made the announcement Wednesday afternoon in less than 140 characters on his Twitter account. “After 20 great years representing my community I will be stepping down as MP on March 16. It has been an honour to serve,” Baird wrote. After 20...
Leonid Bershidsky: Russia is hacking your social media news feed
Now that most of our information — and the information that news organizations use as raw material — is delivered by technology platforms such as social networks, what we know about the world is potentially hackable. Propagandists no longer have to convince professional news organizations to spread their stories; they just have to embed them into...
Stephen Harper’s four rules of super-awesome diplomacy (Hint: More pandas.)
Photo Illustration by Sarah MacKinnon and Richard Redditt TV shows like House of Cards make international diplomacy look tricky and nuanced. But it’s easy when you do it the Stephen Harper way! Just follow these four guidelines: Be assertive. In fact, be more than assertive; be aggressive to the point of recklessness. It’s important...
Photos March 11: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. A woman touches a monument for victims of the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster In the coastal area of Arahama district in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images People offer a silent prayer...
Idleness, the enemy of progress
Fighting Against Western Imperialism Andre Vltchek Badak Merah, 2014 For the better part of three decades, Andre Vltchek has dedicated his career to exposing injustice. As a filmmaker, journalist, documentarian and poet, the 52 year-old has covered dozens of war zones, lived on nearly every continent and steeped himself in the various regions,...
The greenback goes up – and global markets go down
Will today bring a turnaround for the world’s stock markets? That’s the question this morning, after a day of sharp losses in global equity yesterday. Major indexes in the US, Europe and Asia all fell, while the TSX/S&P Composite Index lost more than 200 points, and the Loonie was down more than half a cent at closing. The force...
‘Russia is still in eastern Ukraine’ aiding rebels, NATO chief charges
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg calls for the warring parties to help foreign monitors to reinforce a ceasefire …read more Source: The Globe and...
