Section: US & Canada
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LOANHEAD, SCOTLAND – NOVEMBER 18: Carolyn Spray holds up one of her many Poinsettia plants ready to be dispatched for the Christmas season at the Pentland Plants garden centre on November 18,2016 in Loanhead, Scotland. The garden centre grows around 100,000 poinsettias, a traditional Christmas house plant. The Midlothian business supplies a...
Obama, EU Leaders Agree to Keep Sanctions on Russia
President Obama and leaders of the European Union agreed on Friday to retain sanctions against Russia for its military intervention in Ukraine. The meeting, hosted in Berlin by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, was held amid growing concern that President-elect Donald Trump will ease U.S. policy toward Russia despite Moscow’s military...
Putin Highlights Russia’s Development of New ‘Advanced Weapons Systems’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday underscored Moscow’s pursuit of advanced weapons systems and commitment to maintaining forces that can “neutralize” threats to the country’s security. Russia like other countries is focusing on the development of laser, hypersonic, and robotic weapons, Putin said at a meeting on developing...
Putin says Russia will put emphasis on precision systems to target enemy weapons and infrastructure
Russia is working to develop new weapons to ensure a global strategic balance, the Associated Press writes. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking to top military leaders at his residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, said that Russia, like other nations, is working on state-of-the art...
Barack Obama Ends Final State Visit To Europe By Doing Damage Control For Donald Trump
President Barack Obama spent Friday doing a first round of bidding for his successor, pleading with European leaders to work with president-elect Donald Trump once he assumes office.It’s a strange situation for all parties. During the election campaign, Obama and many of these leaders did not mince words about their distaste for Trump. The...
NATO will survive Trump, say British and Canadian leaders
(Sean Gallup/Getty Images) HALIFAX — The defence secretary of the United Kingdom and his Canadian counterpart kicked off an international security conference in Halifax Friday with reassurances they expect key military alliances will endure as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take power. During the summer, Trump said he wanted...
Defence leaders at Halifax forum say Trump’s NATO criticisms nothing new
HALIFAX — The defence secretary of the United Kingdom and his Canadian counterpart kicked off an international security conference in Halifax Friday with reassurances they expect key military alliances will endure as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take power. During the summer, Trump said he wanted changes in the North Atlantic...
What Trump’s early picks say about his administration
The Donald J. Trump administration is looking a whole lot like the coalition who brought him the White House win.On Friday, Trump rolled out three more picks for the most powerful jobs in Washington, and they offered up a little something for everyone.Establishment Republicans, many of whom are ambivalent about joining the Trump administration,...
Your letters: Flocking to welcome the gray jay, supporting minority communities
A perfect choice as Canada’s bird Re: Is the gray jay fit to be Canada’s national bird, or is that just loony? Nov. 17. Smart, friendly and hardy – a perfect description of this bird. In the late 1950s, as a university student, I was fortunate to work three summers for Ontario Hydro in northern Ontario. I spent a lot of time in the...
IMF Team: Ukraine Shows Signs Of Recovery, Progress Depends On Reforms
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team visiting Ukraine on a fact-finding mission says the country’s economy is showing signs of recovery but the strength and durability of the recovery depend on progress in implementing reforms. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
