Section: US & Canada
Glavin: The very least Canada can do is resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees now
It wasn’t exactly auspicious, the way Justin Trudeau chose to set the inaugural tone for his new Liberal government at that rally in Ottawa on Tuesday by way of introducing himself to Canada’s “friends around the world,” whoever they might be. “Many of you have worried that Canada has lost its compassion over the past 10 years. I have...
Back To The Future: Echoes Of Soviet Past In Modern Russia
On the occasion of Back To The Future day, here’s a look at several aspects of Soviet life at the time of the 1989 release of the Hollywood trilogy’s second installment that have made a comeback in contemporary Russia under President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin’s Bipolar Disorder
There may not be an Iron Curtain descending on the Eurasian landmass, but there is an emerging bipolar order. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Why Putin Might Extend Russia’s anti-ISIS Operations to Iraq
On October 6, 2015, Federation Council Chairman Valentina Matviyenko declared that Russia would launch airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq, if the Iraqi government gave Russia the green light to intervene. As the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and Iraqi Shiite leaders have both called for Russian participation in...
Why China’s Belt and Road Plan Is the Best Way to Lift the Global Economy
BEIJING — The much-talked-about “Belt and Road Initiative” has been gaining attention ever since it was first proposed by President Xi Jinping of China in 2013. So has the recent birth of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Silk Road Fund. B&R has been offered as an innovative mode of cooperation in global...
Netanyahu causes uproar by linking Palestinians to Holocaust
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked an uproar in Israel on Wednesday for suggesting that a World War II-era Palestinian leader persuaded the Nazis to adopt their Final Solution to exterminate 6 million Jews.Holocaust experts and survivors slammed Netanyahu’s comments as historically inaccurate and serving the...
Is the US Abetting World Order or Disorder?
Stephen F. CohenHow the ‘sulking superpower’ is resisting peaceful outcomes from Syria to Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine Takes Russia To WTO Over Railway Equipment
Ukraine has launched a trade dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) with a complaint about Russia’s restrictions on Ukrainian-made railway equipment. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Netanyahu Causes Uproar by Linking Palestinians to Holocaust
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked an uproar in Israel on Wednesday for suggesting that a World War II-era Palestinian leader convinced the Nazis to adopt their Final Solution to exterminate 6 million Jews. Holocaust experts and survivors slammed Netanyahu’s comments as historically inaccurate and serving the interests of...
DNR Ready For Limp Bizkit And Its ‘Hot Dog Flavored Water’
The frontman for one of the “worst” bands to emerge from the United States in recent years is in love with Russia, with the idea of moving to Crimea, and might now take his act to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
