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Ukraine leader vows to reassert control as fighting hits new heights in the east
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president vowed Sunday to reassert control over his country’s conflict-shattered eastern regions as fighting there reached a new peak of intensity. Petro Poroshenko told a crowd of several thousand gathered in central Kyiv that Ukraine wouldn’t “give up an inch” of its land to Russian-backed...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine hits new heights
Petro Poroshenko vows to reassert control over separatist-held region …read more Source: The Globe and...
Obama to pitch tax increases for wealthy, support for middle class
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is turning to his biggest television audience of the year to pitch tax increases on the wealthiest Americans and put the new Republican Congress in the position of defending top income earners over the middle class. READ MORE: Obama aiming to take control of 2015 agenda As Obama continues to signal what he will...
Ukraine Launches Major Offensive To Retake Donetsk Airport
After a night of intense shelling by government forces, much of the airport has reportedly been retaken from Russian-backed separatists.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Shake it off: These will be the happiest Grammys ever
Photo illustration by Sarah MacKinnon and Richard Redditt “Just think: while you’ve been getting down and out about the liars and dirty, dirty cheats in the world, you could have been getting down to this sick beat.” Thus speaks Taylor Swift on the breakdown of Shake It Off, the perky first single from her 2014 album, 1989. When the song...
Ukraine leader vows to reassert control over separatist-held east
Ukraine’s president has vowed to reassert control over a conflict-shattered eastern region in which fighting hit a new peak of intensity over the weekend. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia’s Prominent Prisoners Reflect Tension With Its Neighbors
Russia is jailing three prominent figures from Ukraine and Estonia on what critics say are highly questionable charges. The cases also reflect the friction between Russia and its neighbors.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Obama and Cameron pledge to jointly tackle domestic threats
In a show of trans-Atlantic unity, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged a joint effort on Friday to fight domestic terrorism following deadly attacks in France. …read more Source:...
Feds spend $50,000 for flag’s 50th birthday
OTTAWA – The federal government has allotted $50,000 for celebrations for the upcoming 50th birthday of the iconic Maple Leaf flag.That’s compared to almost $4 million for a campaign marking the 200th anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald’s birth, and $5.2 million spent on the bicentennial of the War of 1812.Canadian Heritage...
BRIC? Bye, BRIC: Another shift in global economic power
Natalie Behring/Bloomberg/Getty Images In late November 2001, while fires still burned in the rubble of the Twin Towers, Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill put out a report reframing the global balance of power. Four countries, he said, would dominate economic growth—China, Russia, India and Brazil. Reaching for a name to call this new...
