Section: US & Canada
Trudeau confirms missile strike as likely cause of plane crash: Full transcript
(In French) Hello everyone, and thank you for being with us. Across the country, I continue to discover the stories of those who lost their lives in the plane crash yesterday in Iran. I think about the victims and their families and of the communities who are mourning those losses. What happened yesterday is a tragedy. It not only shocked Canada...
Footage appears to show missile hitting Ukraine passenger plane: NYT
Footage released by The New York Times appears to show the moment a Ukraine-bound passenger plane was shot down in Iranian airspace shortly after departing from an airport in Tehran earlier this week.The 19-second clip, which The Times released… …read more Source:: The...
Germany’s Merkel Heads to Moscow Amid Heightened Global Tensions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to travel to Moscow Saturday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting will likely focus on the Iran crisis, with both Germany and Russia calling for de-escalation following the U.S. targeted killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and the retaliatory airstrikes by Tehran on Western...
Amazon fired Ring workers for accessing user video
Ring has faced issues with the security of its home devices in the past year. Author: Suzanne Nuyen (TEGNA) Ring, an Amazon-owned company that makes home security devices, has revealed it fired four employees in the past four years. The company provided details on the employees in a letter responding to questions from five Democratic Senators on...
Over 20 Canadian universities and colleges mourn students, faculty killed in Iran plane crash
The downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 has left more than 20 Canadian universities and colleges grieving the loss of students and faculty. …read more Source:: Global...
We’re Just Discovering the Price of Killing Soleimani
No American paid a price for President Donald Trump’s decision to kill Iran’s Qassem Soleimani. But it looks like 176 other people did, including 63 Canadian citizens and many more Iranian nationals en route to Canada.As of mid-day today, a horrible new chapter of the story has been posted for all to see. Iran retaliated for the...
Timeline: Canada’s diplomatic relationship with Iran
Relations between Canada and Iran have frayed and been mended many times in the decades before the deadly crash of the Ukraine International Airlines flight. …read more Source:: Global...
The New Republic’s First Issue of 2020 Profiles Joe Biden in His Last Bid for the Office of President of the United States
New York, NY — (January 6, 2020) — In The New Republic’s January/February 2020 cover story “A Man in Full,” veteran political reporter Walter Shapiro uses his decades of insight to reflect on the fortunes of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. With a political history to defend that’s longer than any other candidates, and a...
Canada’s Trudeau: Ukraine plane appears to have been shot down by Iranian missile
President Trump said Thursday he found the crash suspicious and that “somebody could have made a mistake on the other side.” …read more Source:: USA...
Trudeau: Evidence shows Iranian missile downed Ukraine plane
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday evidence indicates an Iranian missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner late Tuesday and that the strike “may have been unintentional.” Trudeau says Canadian and … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
