Section: US & Canada
Ukraine wants Canada to confirm soldiers will stay to help deter Russian aggression
With thousands of U.S. troops arriving in neighbouring countries to bolster NATO, Ukraine — not a NATO member — is anxious to see an extension of Canada’s commitment to it …read more Source: Vancouver...
Ukraine wants Canada to confirm soldiers will stay to help deter Russian aggression
OTTAWA — Ukraine’s envoy says his country is growing concerned about whether Canada will continue its future military support to his country to help it deter Russian aggression. Canada has deployed 200 troops to Ukraine in a non-combat mission working with Ukrainian troops on marksmanship, communication, survival and ethics training. The...
Donald Trump Says Brexit Will Be ‘A Great Thing’
(NEW YORK) — Wading into foreign affairs days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump said Britain’s decision to leave the European Union would “end up being a great thing” and predicted the bloc would continue to break apart. The incoming president, in an interview published Sunday, said European countries are reacting to an...
Trump Wants To Cut Russia Sanctions In Return For Nuclear Arms Deal
LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia for its annexation of Crimea in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he told The Times of London.Trump, in an interview with the newspaper published online on Sunday, was deeply...
Trump: Brexit ‘a great thing,’ EU to continue to break apart
NEW YORK — Wading into foreign affairs days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump said England’s decision to leave the European Union would “end up being a great thing” and predicted the bloc would continue to break apart. The incoming president, in an interview published Sunday, said European countries are...
Trump calls NATO ‘obsolete,’ promises to reward Putin for invading Ukraine … and whines about SNL
Taking time out of his busy schedule of insulting civil rights icons with racist tweets, popular vote loser and Putin puppet Donald Trump has shared a few thoughts on foreign policy: On Russia, he suggested he might use economic sanctions imposed for Vladimir Putin’s encroachment on Ukraine as leverage in nuclear-arms reduction talks, while...
Trump: Brexit ‘a great thing’, NATO ‘obsolete’
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES NEW YORK – Wading into foreign affairs days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump said England’s decision to leave the European Union would “end up being a great thing” and predicted the bloc would continue to break apart. The incoming president, in an interview published Sunday, said European...
Five Reasons the Paris Conference Failed
As we said repeatedly in the build-up to Sunday’s gathering in Paris of representatives of 70 countries to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian issue, AJC has long supported the search for an enduring peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians based on a two-state accord. It is precisely in that spirit that we voiced our concerns about...
Will Sajjan and Trudeau go back on their promise of Canadian support for Ukraine?
Ukraine’s envoy has told the Canadian Press news agency that his country is growing concerned about whether Canada will continue its future military support to his country to help it deal with Russian aggression. The Canadian Forces has 200 military personnel providing training to their Ukrainian security counterparts. The mission will...
Trump eager to work with Putin
President-elect Donald Trump signaled an openness to working with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a nuclear reduction deal to ease American sanctions. Trump’s interview with the Times of London, published Sunday afternoon, comes amid ongoing questions in the U.S. in the days before his inauguration this Friday about Putin’s...
