Section: US & Canada
Better crash probes and more care for families needed, Goodale says in PS752 report
OTTAWA — Canada’s special adviser on the federal response to Iran’s January shootdown of a Ukraine International Airlines jetliner says changes are needed in international aviation rules to allow for “more credible” crash investigations. In a lengthy report released Tuesday, former Liberal cabinet minister Ralph Goodale...
Independent Canadian report finds flaws in Iran’s probe into downing of airliner
Last month the United Nations aviation agency and Ukraine complained separately about how Iran was conducting the probe. …read more Source:: Global...
Ukraine Extends Donbas Special Status Law By One Year
Ukrainian lawmakers have approved a bill extending the law on the special status of local self-governance in areas of eastern Ukraine until December 31, 2021. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Parliament Restores Powers of Anti-Corruption Agency in Bid for Foreign Loans
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian lawmakers voted to restore the powers of the NAZK anti-corruption agency on Tuesday in a bid to secure new loans from… …read more Source:: U.S....
‘Democracy Prevailed’: Biden Aims to Unify Divided Nation
President-elect Joe Biden told Americans on Monday that “democracy prevailed” as electors nationwide cast votes affirming his victory in last month’s election, saying the country’s governing principles were “pushed, tested, threatened” but did not crumble. In a speech from his longtime home of Wilmington,...
Sorry, the Hunter Biden Story Is Still Not a Thing
Last week, America’s worst opinion page took a victory lap. “So Hunter Biden’s business is news after all,” The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board crowed after news broke that the FBI had been investigating Hunter Biden’s taxes since 2018. “Who knew? Well, the New York Post did, and so did we and a few others.” On the...
Rights group: Dozens detained at retirees’ rally in Belarus
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A human rights group said that up to 80 people were detained in the Belarusian capital on Monday during the traditional weekly rally of retirees against President Alexander Lukashenko, who won his sixth term in office in a disputed election. Between 100 and 150 people were estimated to have gathered at Independence Square in...
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Proposed As UNESCO Heritage Site
The Taj Majal and Stonehenge are UNESCO World Heritage sites and the Ukrainian government hopes that the exclusion zone around the radioactive wreckage of the Chernobyl nuclear plant will be added to the list. Ukraine’s culture minister cited the recent influx of tourists as evidence of Chernobyl’s importance “not only to...
ICC prosecutor slams ‘wholly unacceptable’ US sanctions
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The outgoing prosecutor of the International Criminal Court hit out Monday at sanctions slapped on her by the Trump Administration in her final speech to an annual gathering of the court’s member states before she leaves office next year. Fatou Bensouda noted at the start of her speech to the Assembly of States...
Top senator reveals Democrat push to impeach Trump led to discovery of key Hunter Biden information
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, revealed Sunday that Democrats’ push to impeach Donald Trump led to the discovery of key Hunter Biden information. What’s the background? Democrats conducted an investigation into Trump last year over allegations that he engaged in...
