Section: US & Canada
US House Speaker Visits Lithuania, Commits to Countering Russia
House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner has returned from a visit to Lithuania, where he affirmed Congress’ commitment to offering military assistance to the region to counter Russian aggression. The Republican led a bipartisan delegation of House members marking the 25th anniversary of Lithuania’s independence. Their visit came...
Conservative Russians are putting flags on profile photos to offset the rainbows
KIEV, Ukraine — In Soviet Russia, love doesn’t always win. Responding to the wave of pride rainbow-embossed profile photos that washed across social media in wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in America on Friday, some conservative and homophobic Russians are shading profile images the colors of...
Illegal Amber Digging Lays Waste To Ukrainian Forest
Industrial-scale mining is causing devastation to swathes of forest in western Ukraine. The country’s interior ministry says the business is controlled by criminal gangs that make up to $500 million a year. Despite the fact that the activity is illegal, the gangs carry out their work quite openly. The police say they don’t have the...
Canada to help evacuate wounded in Ukraine
Improving medevac times a must to help Ukrainian soldiers survive, officials say …read more Source:...
Can Nuclear Power Warm Russian-Saudi Relations?
Just weeks ago, Saudi Arabia and Russia traded diplomatic barbs over the conflicts in Yemen and Syria. Now, the world’s two top oil producers have reached a series of agreements spanning everything from housing to space exploration. One of those deals inked at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum calls for Russia to help Saudi...
Littlest Hobo, Anne of Green Gables could find new home on Ukrainian TV after Russian signals pulled
To counter propaganda throughout the war-torn country, the government pulled Russian TV signals, leaving dramatic holes in entertainment, information schedules …read more Source: Vancouver...
Canada to help evacuate wounded in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine – Defence Minister Jason Kenney says the medical training component of Canada’s military assistance mission in Ukraine will make a real and substantive difference for the country’s battered army. Kenney says there will be a particular focus on improving casualty evacuation, which is vital in the survival rates of wounded...
Amid Russian Aggression, Georgia, Moscow Pursue Improved Diplomatic Relations, Georgian Prime Minister Says
Georgia will continue to pursue workable diplomatic relations with Russia despite ongoing tensions and the Kremlin’s aggressive actions in Eastern Europe, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told a domestic newspaper Monday. Russia’s relationship with its neighbors in Eastern Europe suffered in recent months after its...
Canada to help evacuate wounded in Ukraine
Defence Minister Jason Kenney says the medical training component of Canada’s military assistance mission in Ukraine will make a real and substantive difference for the country’s battered army. …read more Source: Global...
Improving medevac times a must to help Ukrainian soldiers survive, officials say
KYIV, Ukraine – Defence Minister Jason Kenney says the medical training component of Canada’s military assistance mission in Ukraine will make a real and substantive difference for the country’s battered army.Kenney says there will be a particular focus on improving casualty evacuation, which is vital in the survival rates of...
