Section: US & Canada
News of the Day From Around the World, March 24
1 Soldiers killed: Boko Haram extremists killed at least 50 Nigerian soldiers in an ambush near Goneri village in northern Yobe state, according to military officials. The attack, one of the deadliest against troops recently, came as the military tried to launch an offensive against the militants that began over the weekend, according to a...
Canadian troops in Ukraine face uncertainty due to COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA — The COVID-19 crisis has left 200 Canadian soldiers in Ukraine — and their families back home — in limbo as commanders weigh whether they should be replaced with new troops, kept in place for the time being or pulled out entirely until the pandemic subsides. Canada has had military trainers in the eastern European country since the summer...
Trudeau’s daily coronavirus update: ‘If you want things to get back to normal, do your part’ (Full Transcript)
The following is a transcript of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s March 24, 2020, briefing on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. Trudeau conducts a daily update for reporters in front of his home in Ottawa, where he is in 14-day isolation after his wife tested positive for COVID-19. My apologies for being a little delayed this...
Coronavirus Further Complicates Life At Line Of Contact In Eastern Ukraine
The global crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been acutely felt in eastern Ukraine, where the line of contact between government-controlled territory and regions held by Russia-backed separatist formations has become even more complicated than usual. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Polish court convicts 3 men in western Ukraine arson attack
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in southern Poland has convicted three Polish men of terrorism charges related to the torching of a Hungarian center in Ukraine in early 2018. The court in Krakow sentenced two of the men to prison terms and one to supervised release and community service. Ukrainian officials have suggested Russian links to the two...
Polish court convicts 3 men in western Ukraine arson attack
A court in southern Poland has convicted three Poles of terrorism charges related to the torching of a Hungarian center in Ukraine in early 2018 …read more Source:: ABC...
Polish court convicts 3 men in western Ukraine arson attack
…read more Source:: Toronto...
The Imitation Games That Authoritarians Play
In their book The Light That Failed, Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes tell a story that they attribute to Gleb Pavlovsky. He is a Russian “political technologist” who aided both Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin in achieving and holding on to political power. Pavlovsky recounts interviewing voters in the period leading up to the 1996 elections in...
Could Trump Spark a New Balkan Ethnic War?
As it struggles to manage the coronavirus crisis, the White House has begun casting around for policy victories that could fortify President Trump’s re-election chances. It has set its sights on a corner of the world that hasn’t topped American news cycles in some two decades—and which, if Trump has his way, may yet break down into...
Polish Court Convicts Three Men For Torching Hungarian Center In Ukraine
A court in Krakow has found three Polish men with right-wing, pro-Russian leanings guilty of committing terrorist acts for their roles in firebombing a Hungarian cultural center in western Ukraine last year. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
