Section: US & Canada
Historian Adam Tooze wins Lionel Gelber Prize for look at 2008 financial crisis
TORONTO — U.K.-born historian Adam Tooze is the winner of this year’s Lionel Gelber Prize for his book on the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. Tooze was awarded the $15,000 honour Tuesday for “Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World,” published by Viking. Founded by Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber in...
From ‘Not Us’ To ‘Why Hide It?’: How Russia Denied Its Crimea Invasion, Then Admitted It
Russia initially denied that its soldiers seized government buildings and other strategic facilities in Crimea ahead of its March 2014 annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula five years ago this week — despite obvious signs of its involvement. It took a year for Moscow to come clean. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s ex-PM calls for president to be impeached
Ukraine’s former prime minister has called for the president to be impeached over alleged high-level embezzlement amid an increasingly heated presidential race. …read more Source: FOX...
The Far Right’s Secret Weapon: Fascist Fashion
At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be much out of the ordinary about them. A t-shirt showing a mountain and deer and the slogan “Respect Nature.” A black polo shirt with black, white, and red piping and a small circular logo. A sweater showing a child on a parent’s shoulders at a soccer match, holding up a supporter’s scarf,...
Comedian Leads Ukraine Election Polls as Dirty-Trick Accusations Mount
Ukrainian voters have 44 candidates to pick from in next month’s presidential elections, but they do not feel spoiled for choice. Among what is on offer — a popular television comic, far-right war veterans, a chest-beating male chauvinist who says feminism has gone too far, a gas princess, lawmakers and spies as well as Ukraine’s...
Out Of Tune With Ukraine? ‘Unpatriotic’ Pop Diva Dropped From Eurovision
Ukraine is scrambling to find a singer to compete at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest after pop diva Maruv was disqualified for not being “patriotic” enough. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Spokesman’s Daughter Secures Internship At EU Parliament
BRUSSELS (AP) — The daughter of the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured an intern’s job at the European Union’s legislature at a time of increasing political confrontation between the EU and Russia. Right-wing French lawmaker Aymeric Chauprade on Tuesday defended his decision to hire Elizaveta Peskova, the...
Weeks Ahead Of Ukraine Vote, Poroshenko Under Fire Over Smuggling Claim
Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko has called for the impeachment of President Petro Poroshenko, accusing him of treason after a media outlet aired a program alleging that people close to the incumbent enriched themselves by smuggling spare parts for military equipment from Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Death Toll Up To 13,000 In Ukraine Conflict, Says UN Rights Office
Some 13,000 people have been killed, a quarter of them civilians, and as many as 30,000 wounded in the war in eastern Ukraine since it broke out in April 2014, the United Nations says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
In the news today, Feb. 26
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 26 ——— JAGMEET SINGH WINS CRUCIAL BYELECTION NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has won his do-or-die bid to capture a British Columbia seat in the House of Commons. The victory in the riding of Burnaby South tightens Singh’s shaky grip on the reins of the federal New Democrats. However, the challenge ahead...
