Section: US & Canada
Garneau asks Iran to explain to UN aviation council where black boxes are
OTTAWA — Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada wants Iran to explain why it hasn’t yet handed over the black boxes from the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed near Tehran on Jan. 8. Garneau is speaking this morning by video link to the United Nations aviation organization’s council and he says it has been 92 days since Iran told...
Poroshenko Suspect In Alleged Illegal Move Of Paintings
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) has announced that prosecutors consider former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko a suspect in a case about the alleged illegal transfer of valuable paintings across the border. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Africa Harbors 9 of 10 Worst Displacement Crises, Aid Group Says
Of the world’s 10 most neglected displacement crises, nine are in Africa, the Norwegian Refugee Council reports in an annual assessment released Wednesday. “The deep crises represented by millions of displaced Africans are yet again the most underfunded, ignored and deprioritized in the world,” Jan Egeland, the NRC’s secretary...
IMF Approves $5 Billion In Aid For Ukraine To Shore Up Economy Wracked By Coronavirus
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says its executive board has approved an 18-month, $5 billion stand-by arrangement for Ukraine aimed at helping the country cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Don’t Let Putin’s Pipe Dreams Become Reality
While the world has been preoccupied with the global coronavirus pandemic and the ravaged economies it has left in its wake, Russia has actively sought to use the crisis as a distraction to circumvent U.S. sanctions. These include those announced in December that halted the completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany through...
Basing Troops in Europe Is About US Security. A Pullout Would Be Unwise.
Unconfirmed news reports say the Trump administration is considering the withdrawal of 9,500 troops from Germany. If true, that would not be a prudent decision, and ultimately would harm U.S. security interests. The Trump administration has done much since 2017 to improve security in Europe. Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. has increased...
Putin and Merkel Discuss Syria, Libya, Ukraine in Phone Call: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed Syria’s humanitarian aid needs in a telephone… …read more Source:: U.S....
A tale of two mothers: How Texas couple claimed their baby from Ukraine despite lockdown
One cannot bear children, another needs money for her own family. A look at the joy and heartbreak of surrogate motherhood. …read more Source::...
When Past Isn’t Prologue
The coronavirus crisis has brought us more than enough chaos, suffering, and hardship, but it has also given us something valuable: a golden opportunity to think. The drama unfolding before our very eyes should allow us to question the comfortable clichés that have arisen from intellectual rigidity and complacency. Our perception of Russia is one...
Defense Requests More Time In Dutch MH17 Trial After Virus Delays
Lawyers for a Russian suspect in the trial in absentia of four men accused of downing flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 have requested more time to prepare their case saying that the coronavirus pandemic has severely impeded their efforts to defend their client. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
