Section: US & Canada
Head of Ukraine’s New Orthodox Church Assumes Office
The newly elected head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church has officially assumed office in the capital of Kiev, a month after the church severed its centuries-long ties with the Russian Orthodox Church. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukrainian Orthodox Church Enthrones Epifaniy As Leader
The new Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) has installed its first metropolitan, Epifaniy, at a ceremony in Kyiv on February 3, in a process that further establishes the new church body’s independence. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UN Need $162 Million to Protect and Aid Most Vulnerable in Eastern Ukraine This Year
The United Nations is appealing for $162 million to provide protection and life-saving assistance to 2.3 million of the most vulnerable people in eastern Ukraine, which is in its fifth year of civil war. The United Nations reports more than 3,300 people have been killed and up to 9,000 injured since 2014 when civil war broke out in eastern...
Russia to pull plug on nuclear arms pact after U.S. does same
Following in the footsteps of the U.S., Russia will abandon a centrepiece nuclear arms treaty but will only deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles if Washington does so, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. …read more Source:...
Russian Disinformation Is a Serious Threat to Europe. Here’s How to Counter It.
The likelihood of an escalated conflict between the Ukraine and Russia has grown in recent years, and it reached a new level of intensity last November with Russia’s attack on Ukrainian naval vessels. But Russia’s meddling extends beyond the battlefield. Russia is also interested in impacting and corrupting foreign elections. Europe...
US Suspends Cold War-Era Nuclear Treaty With Russia, and Ukraine Braces for the Fallout
KYIV, Ukraine—The U.S. announced on Friday that it was suspending its obligations under a Cold War-era arms control treaty with Russia. “For far too long, Russia has violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with impunity, covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a direct threat to our allies and...
Preelection Dismissal At Ukraine’s Public Broadcaster Sparks Outcry
The supervisory board of Ukraine’s public broadcaster has fired the operator’s director without explanation in a closed-door decision just two months before a potentially divisive presidential election. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU: Future member states must hold democratic elections
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief says would-be member states from the former Soviet Union must hold free and fair elections to be eligible for future membership. Federica Mogherini was referring to Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia who signed association agreements with the EU in 2014, amid …...
Trump Admin Poised To Announce Withdrawal From Nuclear Arms Treaty
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is poised to announce Friday that it is withdrawing from a treaty that has been a centerpiece of superpower arms control since the Cold War and whose demise some analysts worry could fuel a new arms race. An American withdrawal, which has been expected for months, would follow years of unresolved dispute...
This election year, you are the first line of defence against misinformation
In 2019, an election year federally and in Alberta, what if we could we all resolve to be better consumers of online content? Could we train to become sommeliers of social media news shares, carefully discerning the provenance of a piece and determining whether it is authentic or just swill — or even poison? The implications of not taking more...
