Section: US & Canada
Putin Takes Swipe At U.S. In Victory Day Speech
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia showed off new machines of war, including a highly sophisticated tank, on Saturday in the annual Victory Day military parade through Red Square that marks the surrender of Nazi Germany and the Red Army’s key role in the defeat. The Armata tank drew a round of strong applause as it rumbled through the square, part of a...
Western leaders stay away from Russia Victory Day celebrations over Ukraine crisis
Russia showed off new machines of war in the annual Victory Day military parade through Red Square that marks the surrender of Nazi Germany and the Red Army’s key role in the defeat. …read more Source: Global...
U.S. Aid Workers Released In Eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine are reported have released two U.S. aid workers captured some 10 days ago. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Flexes Military Might as Foreign Leaders Stay Away From V-E Parade
This year, Russia’s annual Victory Day parade marks 70 years since Allied and Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in world war two. But as well as being a landmark anniversary, likely the last Russia’s war veterans will be alive for, is significant for two reasons. The Armata T-14, the first tank Russia has designed since the fall of the...
What Republicans Can Learn From British Conservatives
Luke MacGregor / Reuters Stephen Harper in Canada. Tony Abbott in Australia. John Key in New Zealand. And now, impressively re-elected, a second-term David Cameron in the United Kingdom. Center-right leaders are in charge of every one of America’s closest English-speaking allies. Only in the United States does the liberal left govern. With...
Ex-NATO Chief: ‘We Will Never Reconcile’ With Russia Over Ukraine
As Moscow marks 70 years since the allied victory over Hitler, NPR’s Scott Simon talks to former NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen about the West’s frayed relations with Russia.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Russia Holds WWII Remembrance; Western Leaders Stay Home
NPR’s Corey Flintoff tells NPR’s Scott Simon about Russia’s celebration of the victory over Hitler 70 years ago Saturday. Western leaders stayed away to protest Russian moves on Ukraine.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
US, Europe Mark 70th Anniversary of VE Day
Russia staged a massive military parade Saturday in Moscow’s Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day — the day in 1945 when Nazi troops laid down their arms, ending World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Russia’s main World War II allies – the United States, Britain and...
Russia Marks WW II Victory With Huge Military Parade
Russia staged a massive military parade Saturday in Moscow’s Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day — the day in 1945 when Nazi troops laid down their arms, ending World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Russia’s main World War II allies — the United States, Britain and France...
Russia seeks extradition of alleged Nazi war criminal living in Quebec
Russian authorities are asking Canada to extradite an alleged war criminal of Ukrainian ancestry who’s lived here for more than 60 years, a request that appears designed to embarrass Ottawa while relations with Moscow remain frosty over President Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: National...
