Section: US & Canada
Pope Francis Went To Turkey To Meet Patriarch Bartholomew
Hürriyet, one of Turkey’s flagship newspapers, recently interviewed the Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis, who served as Director of the Press Office during the recent visit of Pope Francis to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Journalist Cansu Çamlibel, an articulate advocate for free speech and a well-known columnist, who features regular interviews...
UN: Children Bearing Brunt of Ukraine War
The U.N. Children’s Fund reports that the conflict in Ukraine is having a terrible impact on more than 1.7 million children. The United Nations estimated that more than 1 million people have fled their homes since March because of fighting between government forces and Russian-backed rebels. About half of them are displaced within Ukraine,...
Russians face oil-sector sanctions, new travel restrictions, over Ukraine
OTTAWA – Canada is once again imposing new sanctions against Russia in response to its incursions into Ukraine.The latest sanctions target 20 Russian and Ukrainian individuals and include new export restrictions on technologies used in Russia’s oil sector.The sanctions against individuals involve freezing of assets and travel bans.But...
A Plus-Sized Woman Asked Designers Around The World To Make Her ‘Beautiful’ Using Photoshop
Last June, freelance journalist Esther Honig asked artists from 19 countries around the world to Photoshop her face to make her “beautiful.” Shortly afterwards, her close college friend Priscilla Yuki Wilson released her own experiment on biracial beauty. Inspired by the efforts of these two women, Marie Southard Ospina decided to do a similar...
HMCS Fredericton preparing to head to Mediterranean Sea
The ship’s company of Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Fredericton is preparing to deploy overseas to join the Standing NATO Maritime Forces in the Mediterranean Sea, the Department of National Defence noted in a news release issued today. The deployment is part of NATO measures to promote security and stability in central and...
European leaders warn against too much economic pain on Russia
The European Union’s unanimous resolve to punish Russia for its aggression in Ukraine appeared to be cracking as French, German, Austrian and Italian leaders voiced concern at an alliance summit of inflicting too much pain on Moscow as its economy tumbles. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Belarusian, Kazakh Leaders Headed To Ukraine
The presidents of Belarus and Kazakhstan will visit Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko early next week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Leaders on Russia: After Sanctions, What Next?
It’s a rare occasion when European Union leaders end a summit in just one day, but that’s what happened Thursday when heads of state wrapped up their last big meeting of the year before midnight in Brussels. A top item of discussion: the standoff with Russia over Ukraine. Months of European and U.S. sanctions against Russia over the...
President Obama Is About To Address The Sony Hack
President Barack Obama held his year-end press conference on Friday afternoon. This will likely be the first time the president will weigh in on the Sony hack, which the FBI linked to North Korea on Friday morning. Obama is also expected to discuss the new spending bill and his Cuba policy shift. He began by characterizing the year as a...
Five More Soldiers Killed in Ukraine
Five more soldiers have died in Ukraine as another round of peace talks were delayed, Reuters reports. The Ukrainian troops were killed in another flare-up of battles between the country’s forces and pro-Russian separatists in the East. Negotiations between the two warring parties were planned for Sunday but have now been postponed. More...
