Section: US & Canada
Canada would like a government now, please
Events, dear boy, events. We are promised a news conference later today with the prime minister, and it’s a good thing too, because the questions are starting to pile up. Ottawa woke Wednesday to two shocks. At home, news of a shooting in the capital’s residential downtown core. A domestic dispute, it seems; more of a municipal...
176 People Died in a Boeing Plane Crash in Iran Just Hours After U.S. Retaliation. Here’s What to Know
A Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Iran’s capital on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board amid heightened tension in the region. The plane crash occurred just hours after Iran launched ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house American forces, escalating tensions between the U.S. and...
63 Canadians dead in Iran plane crash
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed his government will get answers after a Ukrainian passenger jet crashed, killing 63 Canadians, just minutes after taking off from Iran’s capital. The flight included many international students and a family of four. Trudeau said Wednesday his foreign minister is in touch with the...
‘Whose Is It?’ Ukrainian Activists Confront Russian Blogger In Kyiv, With Violent Results
A Ukrainian activist was beaten, including reportedly by police, after confronting a Russian blogger with the question: “Who does Crimea belong to?” The January 6 melee did not take place in Russia, where questioning Russia’s territorial integrity is a criminal offense, but in Kyiv. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe /...
McConnell: ‘No Haggling’ Over Impeachment Trial Terms
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that he will launch President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on his terms, without any agreement on whether to call witnesses, when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sends the abuse and obstruction articles to the Senate.“There will be no haggling with the House over Senate procedure,” said...
Why Does Rudy Giuliani Want Trump To Bomb Iran?
It was the day of President Trump’s long awaited meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the United Nations in New York City — Sept. 24, 2019. Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani was there at the U.N., too, but he was talking about something else. “I am for regime change,” Giuliani told a crowd. “Down with the tyrants in...
Ukrainian passenger jet carrying over 170 people crashes in Iran, killing all on board
Iran said the Boeing 737 suffered technical difficulties soon after takeoff, but Ukraine is reserving judgment. …read more Source:: The Washington...
What we know and don’t know about Ukraine International Airline flight 752
176 people were killed in the crash outside Tehran’s airport early Wednesday, including 63 Canadians. This is what we know — and don’t know — so far. …read more Source:: Toronto...
‘This can’t be real’: 27 Edmontonians believed dead in Iran plane crash
Multiple Edmontonians are believed to be among the 63 Canadians killed in a Ukrainian passenger plane crash minutes after takeoff from Tehran’s main airport Wednesday. Two University of Alberta professors, a married couple with two daughters, were on Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. Payman Parseyan, a member of the...
Iran plane crash leaves 176 dead: ‘Black boxes’ found, Boeing flight under investigation
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed minutes after taking off from Tehran’s main airport in Iran. There were no survivors. …read more Source:: USA...
