Section: US & Canada
Heartbreaking Stories Emerge As Germanwings Plane Crash Victims Identified
A day after a Germanwings jet plummeted from the sky and crashed in the French Alps en route from Barcelona, Spain, to Dusseldorf, Germany, heartbreaking details emerged about the 150 people on board, all of whom are presumed dead. Germanwings on Wednesday confirmed many of the passengers’ nationalities — including 72 Germans and 35...
US Senator Supports Arms Shipments to Ukraine
Russia’s relations with the West are at a low point, a senior member of the U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee said, due to Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula one year ago and Moscow’s continuing support for separatist rebels in Ukraine, especially in that country’s eastern Donbas region. Senator...
Senate to spend long night on symbolic ‘vote-a-rama’
U.S. senators are voting on dozens of budget amendments ranging from a call to arm Ukrainian troops against the Russians, to a bid to cover “virtual colonoscopies” under Medicare. The…Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Arrests in Ukraine Are Seen on Live TV
The head of the Ukrainian state emergency service, Serhiy Bochkovsky, and his deputy, Vasiliy Stoyetsky, were arrested and charged with corruption during a televised government meeting. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine Arrests 2 Officials as Nation Watches on TV
The director of the emergency services ministry and his deputy were handcuffed at a meeting and face charges of embezzlement and abuse of power. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine tops Iraq, Syria as global security threat, Alexander says
Russian aggression in Ukraine is a bigger threat to global security than the rise of ISIS in Syria and Iraq, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander says. Video recorded of Alexander giving a speech to the Ukrainian Canadian Congress on Feb. 22 – and posted on YouTube last week – shows him ranting against Russian President...
‘Putin is behaving like a terrorist’: Cabinet minister’s speech on Ukraine sparks social media battle with Russia
Conservative cabinet minister Chris Alexander says the situation in Ukraine is the biggest security issue facing the world today, even as his government debates expanding its military actions in the Middle East. Alexander’s comments, made to Ukrainian Canadians during a speech in Toronto Feb. 22, are being shared on the internet as the...
All parties signal support for Magnitsky law to sanction Russian officials
Canada is moving toward becoming the second country to adopt a so-called Magnitsky law to impose sanctions on Russian officials, as all political parties in the Commons have signalled their support. It’s a step that would spark the ire of Russia – but since Canada is already sanctioning that country over its actions in Ukraine, it appears...
‘Putin is behaving like a terrorist’: Cabinet minister’s speech on Ukraine sparks social media battle with Russia
Conservative cabinet minister Chris Alexander says the situation in Ukraine is the biggest security issue facing the world today, even as his government debates expanding its military actions in the Middle East. Alexander’s comments, made to Ukrainian Canadians during a speech in Toronto Feb. 22, are being shared on the internet as the...
Ukraine’s bond rating falls as Russia refuses deal
Ed AdamczykKIEV, Ukraine, March 25 (UPI) — A downgrade in Ukraine’s bond-issuing rating coincides with a debt restructuring program and suggestions the country may soon default on its obligations. …read more Source: United Press...
