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What’s behind Vladimir Putin’s power play?
Russia and the U.S. haven’t exactly been the best of pals, but their relationship has been particularly rocky through much of 2014. Based on how things have been going lately, Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be signalling he has no interest in mending fences. The tension over Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March and its...
Fisher: Russian President Vladimir Putin steals spotlight at G20 summit in Australia
BRISBANE, Australia — As happened at ceremonies in France marking the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin at this weekend’s G20 leaders’ summit is causing ructions. Brisbane’s Courier Mail welcomed Putin by demanding in Russian that the president say “sorry” for the shooting...
HMCS Toronto completes Turkish-led anti-submarine naval exercise
HMCS Toronto has completed its participation in the Turkish-led Exercise MAVI BALINA as part of Operation REASSURANCE deployment in the Mediterranean Sea. That deployment is in response to the Putin regime’s aggressive military actions against Ukraine. No caption, leave this text or replace image As part of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two...
Stranded ship crew lacks food, water: union
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Eleven men stranded on a cargo ship at the port of Argentia in Newfoundland are low on food and water and are among increasing numbers of abandoned crews, say union leaders.”My concern right now is these guys do not have a penny in their pocket,” Gerard Bradbury, an inspector with the International...
Vladimir Putin stations Russian warships off Australia’s coast ahead of G20
Vladimir Putin is underlining his presence at a major summit of world leaders in Australia by stationing warships in waters off the country’s northeastern coast, prompting the Australian prime minister to angrily accuse Russia of trying to reclaim the “lost glories” of the Soviet Union. …read more Source:...
Putin expands his black-ops bag of tricks
Even as Vladimir Putin was exciting gossip in Beijing this week by apparently flirting with China’s First Lady, Peng Liyuan, the Russian president was pushing ahead on three new fronts in his intensifying rivalry with the West. On Wednesday, while the recently-divorced Putin sparked a stream of risque jokes on the Internet by wrapping a...
G-20 Summit: Australia angry over Russian warships off country’s coast
BRISBANE, Australia – Vladimir Putin is underlining his presence at a major summit of world leaders in Australia by stationing warships in waters off the country’s northeastern coast, prompting the Australian prime minister to angrily accuse Russia of trying to reclaim the “lost glories” of the Soviet Union. The diplomatic drama, which has...
Harper rubs noses with Maori warriors ahead of meeting with New Zealand PM
WATCH ABOVE: PM Stephen Harper is at odds with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key over supply management in the dairy industry. Mike Le Couteur explains. AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Stephen Harper rubbed noses with Maori ceremonial warriors today in advance of a meeting with his New Zealand counterpart in the first official visit by a Canadian prime...
Fisher: Stephen Harper rubs noses with Maori elders before talks with New Zealand PM
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen rubbed noses with Maori elders Friday at the Governor-General of New Zealand’s residence in Auckland, in a ceremony that blended native and British traditions. Before the playing of O Canada, Harper was challenged with a dart thrown at his feet during a haka war...
Michael Den Tandt: If the Tories really loved the military so much, it wouldn’t be systematically underfunded
Question: For how much longer can the federal Conservatives shamble along with a national defence and procurement posture that is disjointed, underfunded, poorly understood, chronically secretive and increasingly, obviously unequal to the challenges at hand? This week at the G20 in Brisbane, Australia, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will wax...
