Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Prime Minister offers to resign after leaked recording
Ukraine’s prime minister offered his resignation on Friday after audio was leaked of him questioning President Volodymyr Zelensky’s grasp of economics, in the first major political test for the inexperienced leader. …read more Source:: CTV...
Airliner crash a mistake that pleased Iran’s enemies: Supreme Leader Khamenei
Iran’s supreme leader says that the downing of a civilian airliner leaving Tehran was a bitter accident that saddened Iran and made its enemies happy. In a rare sermon at Friday prayers in Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran’s international rivals have seized on the crash to question the country and its armed forces. The crash of...
Flight 752: Canadians don’t believe full and accurate accounting of aviation tragedy will ever be revealed
In the wake of the devastating Ukraine International Airlines plane crash in Tehran that killed 176 people, including 57 Canadians, the people of this country have little confidence the truth about what really happened will ever emerge. The latest public opinion survey from the Angus Reid Institute indicates most – seven-in-ten – do not believe a...
Giuliani’s associate Lev Parnas speaks again: ‘It was all about 2020’
Lev Parnas, Rudy Giuliani’s former business associate, said on CNN Thursday night that his view of his and Giuliani’s efforts in Ukraine was that “it was all about 2020, to make sure [Trump] had another four years.” “That’s the way everybody viewed it,” Parnas said. “There was no other reason for doing it.” The statement came...
Pompeo stonewalls as evidence emerges of possible surveillance of ex-Ukraine ambassador
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has maintained a persistent silence as stunning new evidence has emerged suggesting the former ambassador to Ukraine may have been illegally surveilled before she was forced out of her job by President Donald Trump. The State Department has not publicly commented on any developments in the more than 36 hours since a...
The Rona Ambrose sweepstakes are—maybe?— back on
Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign-up at the bottom of the page to get it delivered straight to your inbox. Rideau Hall’s harassment levels are still among the worst in the public service: Twenty-two per cent of employees who filled out an annual employee survey claimed to have experienced...
Ukraine Asks Six Nations To Assign Specialists To Investigate Deadly Iran Crash
Ukraine has asked Canada, France, Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Iran to assign experts to assist in the investigation of the January 8 crash of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight PS0752 near Tehran that killed all 176 people aboard. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump Impeachment Resumes Tuesday
The actors in the somber drama of U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment have a long weekend to contemplate their roles and responsibilities, thanks to the Martin Luther King national holiday Monday.The Senate issued a summons to Trump on Thursday, notifying him of the trial and the charges against him. He must respond in writing by...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Offers Resignation
Ukraine’s prime minister offered his resignation on Friday after an audio recording was leaked in which he was heard making disparaging comments about president’s understanding of the economy.Oleksiy Honcharuk said in a Facebook post that he took the job of prime minister to fulfill the program of the president, calling him “a model...
Ukrainian prime minister resigns after controversial recordings about president published
Ukraine’s prime minister submitted his resignation Friday, days after he was caught on tape saying the country’s president knows nothing about the economy. …read more Source:: FOX...
