Section: US & Canada
The Latest: South Korea says over 27,000 self-quarantined
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. TOP OF THE HOUR: — South Korea says more than 27,000 people are under self-quarantine — South Korea reports 86 new...
Hopes Dashed After Trump Mega Fan Announces Mask Hoard
Remember Robert Hyde? He was the Connecticut contractor, congressional candidate and Trump mega-fan who somehow found his way into the Trump/Ukraine scandal. He was the guy updating Lev Parnas on the team he purportedly had surveilling US Ambassador Maria Yovanovich in Kyiv, Ukraine. Seems like a lifetime ago, right? Well, he’s back. And...
Canada, NATO allies discuss COVID-19 response in face of world security issues
OTTAWA — Canada and its NATO allies wrestled Thursday with responding to the COVID-19 crisis while reining in potential new Russian mayhem-making and helping war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan. The discussion unfolded via secure video links — a first in the alliance’s seven decades — among the alliance’s foreign ministers, including...
Canada, NATO allies discuss COVID-19 response in face of world security issues
OTTAWA — Canada and its NATO allies wrestled Thursday with responding to the COVID-19 crisis while reining in potential new Russian mayhem-making and helping war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan. The discussion unfolded via secure video links — a first in the alliance’s seven decades — among the alliance’s foreign ministers, including...
Canada, NATO allies discuss COVID-19 response in face of world security issues
OTTAWA — Canada and its NATO allies wrestled Thursday with responding to the COVID-19 crisis while reining in potential new Russian mayhem-making and helping war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan. The discussion unfolded via secure video links — a first in the alliance’s seven decades — among the alliance’s foreign ministers, including...
Red Cross to Deliver Supplies for COVID-19 Patients in Separatist Eastern Ukraine
GENEVA (Reuters) – A planeload of medical supplies for COVID-19 patients and other relief goods has arrived in Ukraine to help people enduring a… …read more Source:: U.S....
UN Warns Right-Wing Extremist Groups Getting Bolder, More Lethal
Nations around the world are growing increasingly worried about violence linked to extreme right-wing terror groups, with new research showing there has been a 320% jump in the number of related attacks over the past five years.Deadly attacks over the past year, like the shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, and in El Paso, Texas, in the U.S.,...
Ukraine to World: This Is Not the Time to Go Wobbly on Sanctions
With the coronavirus pandemic, the United States faces the greatest global challenge to its sanctions policy since the 1990s. …read more Source:: Foreign...
Putin Urges Action on ‘Challenging’ Energy Market
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Wednesday for global oil producers and consumers to address “challenging” oil markets, while U.S. President Donald Trump complained that oil cheaper “than water” was hurting the industry.Oil prices fell nearly 70% from January highs as coronavirus lockdowns hammered demand and as...
Troops await word on quarantine location upon return from Ukraine
The 200 troops, the majority of whom are from Edmonton, first deployed to Ukraine in October for a six-month mission training local forces to fight Russian-backed separatist forces in the east of the country. …read more Source:: Toronto...
