Section: US & Canada
The Sino-Semitic Connection
Having sideswiped the memory of Calvin Coolidge in Part III and snookered a twisted Navy Seals motto into service in Parts IV and V of this essay series, we now embark upon the last of three promises made back on December 10: Redeeming the claim that Jewish diaspora history can help us understand Singapore.James Thurber once warned that, “You...
Iran must deliver black boxes despite coronavirus pandemic: Champagne
An Iranian official promised on March 11 to transfer the flight recorders within two weeks to assist with Ukraine’s investigation into the crash. …read more Source:: Global...
Canadian Forces reacting to COVID-19
CF personnel in Canada and abroad remain uncertain about future movements Canada’s military is being affected in unusual ways by the pandemic. Spring is the season when thousands of personnel get orders for transfers (postings) to new bases and assignments across the country. Defence Chief General Jonathan Vance has ordered a pause to all...
Protesters defy lockdown as coronavirus threatens Ukraine-Russia peace push
The spread of the coronavirus is affecting how Ukraine resolves the war still raging in its eastern fringes. …read more Source::...
Putin Delays Vote That Would Extend His Rule, Citing COVID-19 Outbreak
MOSCOW (AP) — Citing the coronavirus, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday postponed a nationwide vote on proposed constitutional amendments that include a change potentially allowing him to stay in office until 2036. Putin didn’t set a new date for the plebiscite, which was originally scheduled for April 22, saying that it would...
Even After Trump Declared a National Emergency, Some Talk Radio Hosts Weren’t Convinced
This article first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. More than 160 million Americans have been urged to stay home in what the World Health Organization has declared a global pandemic. Nonessential businesses...
A Crimea Rom-Com Brought Scathing Reviews – And Good Money For The Head of RT, Report Says
“The Crimean Bridge. Stolen With Love!” A new investigation by the anti-corruption activist Aleksei Navalny has concluded that the head of the Kremlin-funded RT network and her husband got a sizable amount of state financing for a rom-com film that was savaged by critics. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
COVID-19: Ukraine Widens State Of Emergency; Putin To Address Nation
The global death toll from the coronavirus has almost reach 19,000 with more than 425,000 infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions as governments continue to try to slow the spread of the new respiratory illness. Here’s a roundup of developments in RFE/RL’s broadcast countries. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Cabinet Submits IMF-Required Bill On Banks To Parliament
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has submitted to parliament a revised bill on banking regulations needed to meet requirements set by the International Monetary Fund for a new lending package as the country’s feeble economy braces for the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
From around the globe, Canadians are flying home
Air Canada flights are planned this week from Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Tunisia and Ukraine. One more flight is scheduled to leave Casablanca. …read more Source:: Toronto...
