Section: US & Canada
Ukraine: Few masks for Christmas, despite virus pressure
Although Ukraine is struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic that has inundated its overburdened medical system with patients, Orthodox Christmas celebrations have occurred widely without masks or social distancing …read more Source:: ABC...
In Washington Riot, Echoes of Post-Soviet Uprisings
In Moscow in 1993, Eastern Ukraine in 2014, and now the U.S. Capitol, there have been a similar dress code and display of banners backing seemingly lost causes. …read more Source:: The New York...
In Washington Riot, Echoes of Post-Soviet Uprisings
In Moscow in 1993, Eastern Ukraine in 2014, and now the U.S. Capitol, there have been a similar dress code and display of banners backing seemingly lost causes. …read more Source:: The New York...
Don’t Let Them Pretend This Didn’t Happen
Remember what yesterday’s attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol was like. Very soon, someone might try to convince you that it was different. Maybe someone already has.This has been a leitmotif of the Trump administration: Donald Trump does something outrageous and inappropriate, maybe even illegal. Immediately, there are horrified reactions...
After Capitol Violence, Trump Faces Calls for Removal and Staff Exodus
Recent Stories in National Security After Capitol Violence, Trump Faces Calls for Removal and Staff Exodus Pro-Trump Protesters Swarm Capitol Amid Challenge to His Election Loss Guns and Teargas in U.S. Capitol as Trump Supporters Storm Grounds By Steve Holland and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump faced growing calls...
House drafts new articles of impeachment against Trump following attack on US Capitol Building
Following the storming of the U.S. Capitol Building by a violent mob of Trump supporters on January 6, articles of impeachment have been drawn against President Donald Trump by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives — and if the articles are officially passed by the House, it will mark the first time in U.S. history that a president has...
Schumer Calls for Trump’s Removal From Office by Impeachment or 25th Amendment
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday called for President Donald Trump to “immediately” be removed from office, either through invoking the 25th Amendment or through impeachment. “What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president. This president should not hold...
Goodale rejects Iran’s offer to compensate Canadian victims of downed Ukraine plane
OTTAWA — Canada’s special adviser on the Iranian military’s downing of a passenger jet one year ago this week is rejecting Tehran’s offer to pay $150,000 to the families of those killed in the tragedy. Ralph Goodale, the former Liberal public safety minister, says Iran doesn’t have the right to offer compensation to...
Goodale rejects Iran’s offer to compensate Canadian victims of downed Ukraine plane
OTTAWA — Canada’s special adviser on the Iranian military’s downing of a passenger jet one year ago this week is rejecting Tehran’s offer to pay $150,000 to the families of those killed in the tragedy. Ralph Goodale, the former Liberal public safety minister, says Iran doesn’t have the right to offer compensation to...
A Year On, Questions Haunt Iran’s Downing of Ukrainian Plane
When Navaz Ebrahim learned that a Ukrainian plane had fallen from the sky near Iran’s capital, she didn’t realize her older sister was on the flight. They had just spoken on the phone. Niloufar had promised her, like she always does, that everything was going to be alright. As news spread of the jetliner that burst into flames and...
